(a) Generally. Except as otherwise provided in this section, and except for those employees defined as exempt, employees shall be compensated for hours in excess of 40 scheduled hours worked per calendar week at the rate of one and one-half times their established hourly compensation. For computation purposes, the basis for 40 scheduled hours of work shall include any approved paid leave time for vacation, sick, holiday, personal and compensatory time.
(b) Compensatory time. In lieu of overtime compensation, and with the concurrence of an employee’s department head, an employee may accumulate not more than 40 hours of compensatory paid time off. Such time shall be calculated at the rate of one and one-half hours of compensatory time for each hour of overtime worked.
(c) Employees in Departments of Police Service, Engineering, Building, Water Reclamation and Information Systems. Non-exempt employees in the Departments of Police Service, Engineering, Building, Water Reclamation and Information Systems who are required to work on an emergency basis on Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day shall be compensated for such service at the rate of two times their hourly rate of compensation for hours worked. Employees in these Departments who are called out to perform services on behalf of the city shall be paid for not less than three hours, provided that such call-out service is not contiguous with regularly scheduled work hours.
(d) Other full-time employees.
(1) Hourly paid employees assigned to clerical duties at evening meetings shall be paid a minimum of one hour at a rate of time and one-half for such meeting provided the meeting is not part of regularly scheduled work day hours.
(2) For time in excess of one hour at such meetings, payment shall be made in increments of 15 minutes (rounded upwards) at time and one-half.
(e) Approved flexible work schedule exception. If the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee and the employee’s department head approve, and a non-exempt full-time employee elects to work a 40 hour per week work schedule other than five, eight-hour days, then such an employee shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half times their established hourly compensation only for those hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
(Ord. 1998-25, passed 5-18-1998; Ord. 2001-185, passed 7-16-2001; Ord. 2002-106, passed 5-6-2002; Ord. 2004-238, passed 11-1-2004; Ord. 2010-281, passed 12-20-2010; Ord. 2012-201, passed 8-20-2012)