Commencing with the effective date of this section, there is hereby established a policy of maintaining the wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment for all full-time municipal employees of the city, when he or she is performing service in the uniformed services under R.C. §§ 5923.05 and 5903.02, and any amendments thereto. The Director of Finance is specifically authorized to continue paying the employee’s base wages and other benefits during his or her service in the uniformed services as defined in R.C. §§ 5903.02, and any amendments thereto, and as set forth in R.C. §§ 5923.05(A), (B) and (C), and any amendments thereto. If a full-time employee remains in the uniformed services beyond any period entitling them to full pay provided by the Ohio Revised Code, which is currently 22 eight-hour work days or 176 hours in any one calendar year, the Director of Finance is then authorized to continue to compensate the employee the difference between his or her gross base military pay while the employee remains in military service. In addition, the employee shall be entitled to receive all his or her respective benefits during both the initial period and extended period of pay while in military service. Said sections of the Ohio Revised Code are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in these Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 2001-237, passed 12-17-2001; Ord. 2003-136, passed 6-16-2003)