(a) In General.
(1) All full-time and part-time regular and probationary employees on the City payroll prior to May 1, 1994, shall be provided with a longevity plan. Annual longevity payments shall be made during the first half of the month of December of each year in accordance with the schedule detailed below. Employees must have served at least five years of continuous service and be on the City payroll as of December 1 of the year in which longevity payments are to be made. Longevity payments shall be based on the basic salary of the employee as of June 30 of the year in which the longevity payment is made, and the rate of payment shall be as follows:
A. Two percent of basic annual salary after five years of service.
B. Two and one-half percent of basic annual salary after ten years of service.
C. Three percent of basic annual salary after fifteen years of service.
D. Four percent of basic annual salary after twenty years of service.
E. Five percent of basic annual salary after twenty-five years of service.
(2) All full-time and part-time regular and probationary employees hired by the City after May 1, 1994, will not be eligible for the longevity bonus provided in paragraph (a)(1) hereof.
(Ord. A-1949. Passed 3-28-94; Ord. A-2324, passed 11-25-02; Ord. A-2464. Passed 12-12-05.)
(b) Pro Rata Payments to Retired Employees. Employees who retire under normal or disability retirement programs of the City during any year in which longevity payments shall be made under this plan and who, because of such retirement, shall not be in the employment of the City as of November 30 of that particular year shall, nevertheless, receive a pro rata longevity payment for that year based on the number of full months of employment from the last December 1 to the date of the employee’s retirement. Such longevity payments shall be computed on the basis of the employee’s basic salary at the time of retirement or as of June 30 of the year in which the longevity payment is made, whichever is less. Such payment shall be made at the same time as other longevity payments are made or at the date of retirement.
(Ord. A-604. Passed 7-20-64; Ord. A-2282. Passed 12-10-01.)
(c) Pro Rata Payments to Promoted Employees losing longevity. Employees who are promoted to a position without longevity pay but were receiving it in their previous job will receive pro rated longevity for the months worked prior to the promotion in the previous position. Employees affected by this within the past five years will be retroactively paid for the year they were promoted.
(Ord. A-2805. Passed 12-8-14.)