167.16 REEMPLOYMENT.
   (a)   Any employee whose employment with the City is terminated for any reason for more than ninety days and is reemployed at a later date shall forfeit all past privileges and rights and shall be employed as a new employee at the base rate. Military leave and leaves of absence are excepted from this section to the extent required by federal law.
   (b)   A non-civil service employee who desires to be employed by the City as an employee covered by civil service, and who qualifies as such and is appointed to such a civil service position, must resign his non-civil service position prior to appointment as an employee covered by civil service. If the appointment occurs within ninety days of his resignation as a non- civil service employee, he shall be permitted to retain any existing membership in the City’s health insurance plan, shall be permitted to retain all annual leave and sick leave accrued as a non-civil service employee, and shall be permitted to utilize his previous period of employment in calculating annual leave to be earned in his new position.
   (c)   A civil service employee who desires to be employed by the City as a non-civil service employee, and who is to be appointed to such a non-civil service position, must resign his civil service position prior to appointment as a non-civil service employee. If the appointment occurs within ninety days of his resignation as a civil service employee, he shall be permitted to retain any existing membership in the City’s health insurance plan, shall be permitted to retain all annual leave and sick leave accrued as a civil service employee, and shall be permitted to utilize his previous period of employment in calculating annual leave to be earned in his new position. (Ord. 1906. Passed 1-2-97.)