EDITOR'S NOTE: The City negotiates and contracts with the applicable union organization recognized as the bargaining agent for the purposes of collective bargaining relative to wages, salaries, working conditions, fringe benefits and other matters pertinent to the employment of these City employees who are members of such unions. Copies of the current negotiated agreements are on file with the City Administrator.
Except for elected officials of the City as designated in Section 165.01 of this chapter, all employees of the City required to give bond are covered by a Public Employees Blanket Bond for Faithful Performance of Duty in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) which coverage also includes members of the Thomas Conner Memorial Commission, the Weller Memorial Commission and the Park and Recreation Board. The cost of the premium on the blanket bond is paid by the City.
165.01 Bonds of elected and appointed officials.
165.02 Vacations.
165.03 Longevity.
165.04 City employee business expenses.
165.05 Hospitalization and health insurance.
165.06 Holidays.
165.07 Funeral leave.
165.08 Accumulation and use of sick leave.
165.09 Payment for accumulated, unused sick leave.
165.10 Donation to City.
165.11 Accumulated holiday pay for Chief and Captain of Police Department upon retirement.
165.12 Layoffs.
165.13 Defense of lawsuits.
165.14 Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation Program and Board.
165.15 Deduction of union dues by Director of Finance.
165.16 Life insurance.
165.17 Jury leave.
165.18 Probationary period for new employees.
165.19 Injury leave and property loss compensation.
CROSS REFERENCES
Welfare - see Ohio Const., Art. II, Sec. 34
Worker's compensation - see Ohio Const., Art. II, Sec. 35; Ohio R.C. Ch. 4123
Wages and hours on public works - see Ohio Const. Art. II, Sec. 37; Ohio R.C. Ch. 4115
Deductions for municipal income tax - see Ohio R.C. 9.42
Expenses for attendance at conference or convention - see Ohio R.C. 733.79
Council to establish compensation - see CHTR. Sec. 3.01(4)
The following elected and appointed officials of the City shall, upon taking office, furnish bond in the amount as designated:
Mayor | $ 1,000.00 |
Director of Finance | 25,000.00 |
Director of Law | 1,000.00 |
Council Member | 500.00 |
The cost of the premiums on the bonds required in this section shall be paid by the City. (Ord. 05-45. Passed 10-3-05.)
(a) (a) All employees of the City, other than the Director of Finance, who are not covered by a union agreement and who work at least thirty hours per week exclusive of lunch periods, sick leave and vacation shall be entitled to vacation with pay based on the following schedule:
Years Completed Service Days Vacation 1-4 10 5 11 6 12 7 13 8 14 9 - 12 15 13 16 14 17 15 18 16 19 17 - 19 20 20 - 24 21 25 and over 25 |
(Ord. 17-20. Passed 3-20-17.)
(c) "Years Completed Service," as used in subsection (a) hereof, except for the Police Chief, Fire Chief, City Engineer, Public Works Superintendent, Park and Recreation Director, and Superintendent, Wastewater and Sewers, includes all full-time employment with the State of Ohio or any political subdivision thereof. “Years completed service”, as used in subsection (a) hereof for the Police Chief, Fire Chief, City Engineer, Public Works Superintendent, Park and Recreation Director, and Superintendent, Wastewater and Sewers, includes all full-time employment in a related field of public employment. Such service need not be continuous. A part-time employee of the City who becomes a full-time employee with the City will be given longevity credit for purposes of determining vacation from their part-time hiring date, if their employment was continuous until their full-time starting date.
(Ord. 08-31. Passed 6-16-08.)
(d) Vacation leave to an employee's credit which is in excess of the accrual for the last two years of employment shall be considered excess vacation. Employees shall forfeit their right to take or to be paid for excess vacation and such excess vacation shall be eliminated from the employee's vacation leave balance on each anniversary of employment.
(Ord. 77-23. Passed 5-2-77.)
(e) Upon termination of employment regardless of reason, the employee or his estate shall be entitled to compensation at his rate of pay in effect just prior to the effective date of Ordinance Nos. 09-35, 09-37 and 09-38, whichever Ordinance is applicable to his position.
(Ord. 09-57. Passed 8-17-09.)
(f) Vacation time charged to annual vacation allocation may be taken in increments of one-half hour for up to twenty-one one-half hours of total vacation allocation per calendar year, with no less than forty-eight hours advance notice to the departmental supervisor. The balance of annual vacation allocation shall be taken in increments of not less than one-half day, with no less than forty-eight hours advance notice to the departmental supervisor. Upon written request, and for good cause shown, in the judgment of the supervisor, exceptions may be allowed.
(Ord. 09-50. Passed 8-3-09.)
(a) All full-time employees of the City, other than elected officials, Police Chief, Fire Chief, City Engineer, Public Works Superintendent, Park and Recreation Director, Superintendent, Wastewater and Sewers, and those covered by collective bargaining agreements, shall receive as an addition to their base pay an additional longevity pay based on the following schedule:
Completed Years of Continuous Service With City of Tiffin | Percent of Base Pay |
4 - 7 | 2% |
8 - 11 | 4% |
12 - 15 | 6% |
16 - 19 | 8% |
20+ | 10% |
(Ord. 08-31. Passed 6-16-08.)
(b) Any full-time employees with six years or more of continuous service as of January 1, 1988, will continue to receive longevity enhancement of annual salary at the rate prevailing at the time they entered service with the City, to wit:
Completed Years of Continuous Service with City of Tiffin | Percent of Base Pay |
6 - 10 | 3% |
11 - 15 | 5% |
15 or more | 8% |
Effective until such time as compensation may be calculated in accord with subsection (a) hereof without income reduction.
(Ord. 93-66. Passed 11-1-93.)
(c) Such benefit shall extend only to continuous service uninterrupted by other employment other than military service. Service with another governmental agency may not be included in determination of any longevity benefit with the City.
(d) Terms of this section may be superseded by collective bargaining contracts approved by the City.
(Ord. 88-8. Passed 2-16-88.)
(e) The Police Chief, Fire Chief, City Engineer, Public Works Superintendent, Park and Recreation Director and Superintendent, Wastewater and Sewers, shall receive as an addition to their base pay longevity pay based on the following schedule:
Completed Years of Service | Percent of Base Pay |
in related field of public employment and additional years of continuous service with the City | |
4 - 7 | 2% |
8 - 11 | 4% |
12 - 15 | 6% |
16 - 19 | 8% |
20+ | 10% |
(Ord. 08-31. Passed 6-16-08.)
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