City employees, who pursuant to state law are entitled to military leave without loss of pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in any two (2) consecutive years and fire commissioned personnel who are entitled by section 22-90(4) to military leave not to exceed thirty (30) days in one (1) year, will, when called to active duty which exceeds either of the preceding thirty (30) day periods for a period that exceeds thirty (30) consecutive days, receive pay to supplement their military base pay and allowances to the equivalent of their regular rate of city pay during the following time period and pursuant to the conditions hereafter provided:
(1) The supplemental pay will commence July 1, 2002, but pursuant to Tucson Code section 10-31(1), shall expire annually subject to readoption and reenactment as part of the annual compensation plan for the succeeding fiscal year.
(2) Supplemental military pay is an amount calculated to make the employee’s military base pay and allowances equivalent to the monthly amount of the employee’s regular rate of city pay as set forth in the adopted annual compensation plan that the employee would have received, were the employee not on active duty.
(3) The employee performs extended military service, meaning for a period exceeding thirty (30) consecutive days.
(4) The thirty (30) day period of military leave for which the employee is entitled to pay by state law or section 22-90(4) during military service has been or becomes exhausted during the period of military service.
(5) The employee's base monthly military pay and allowances during any qualifying period is less than the amount the employee would have received as the employee's regular rate of pay per month from city employment were the employee not on active duty and as provided for in the city annually adopted compensation plan.
(6) The employee provides proof of military service, hostile fire/imminent danger assignment, base military pay and allowances pursuant to procedures to be established by the human resources director. The director shall certify that the employee's base military pay and allowances received per month is less than the amount the employee would have received as his regular rate of city pay per month were the employee not on active duty before any payment of supplemental military pay will be made to an employee.
(Ord. No. 9641, § 1, 12-10-01; Ord. No. 9709, § 1, 6-3-02; Ord. No. 9866, § 4, 6-23-03; Ord. No. 10003, § 6, 6-28-04; Ord. No. 10165, § 2, 6-14-05; Ord. No. 10426, § 2, 6-19-07; Ord. No. 10550, § 2, 6-17-08; Ord. No. 10675, § 2, 6-2-09, eff. 7-1-09; Ord. No. 10806, §§ 2, 3, 6-15-10, eff. 7-1-10; Ord. No. 10814, § 1, 7-7-10; Ord. No. 10900, § 2, 6-28-11, eff. 7-1-11; Ord. No. 10989, § 3, 6-5-12, eff. 7-1-12; Ord. No. 11075, § 5, 5-21-13, eff. 7-1-13; Ord. No. 11134, § 2, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 11180, § 2, 6-3-14, eff. 6-29-14; Ord. No. 11273, § 2, 6-9-15, eff. 6-28-15; Ord. No. 11373, §§ 2, 4, 6-7-16, eff. 6-26-16; Ord. No. 11398, § 1, 9-7-16, eff. 6-26-16)
Editor’s note – Ord. No. 11180, § 2, adopted June 3, 2014, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2015. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 29, 2014. Ord. No. 11273, § 2, adopted June 9, 2015, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2016. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 28, 2015. Ord. No. 11373, § 2, adopted June 7, 2016, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2017. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 26, 2016. Ord. No. 11464, § 2, adopted June 6, 2017, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2018. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 25, 2017. Ord. No. 11558, § 2, adopted June 5, 2018, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2019. Ord. No. 11611, § 3, adopted December 18, 2018, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2019. Ord. No. 11659, § 2, adopted June 18, 2019, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2020. Ord. No. 11848, § 2, adopted June 22, 2021, and Ord. No. 11910, § 3, adopted February 23, 2022, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for Fiscal Year 2022. Appendix A and accompanying schedules are implemented for all classified and unclassified employees, effective June 23, 2018. Ord. No. 11935, § 2, adopted June 7, 2022, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for fiscal year 2023. Ord. No. 12012, § 2, adopted June 6, 2023, ratified, reaffirmed, and reenacted this section for fiscal year 2024.