(a) The City may provide rental uniforms of a type which may be laundered for all full-time personnel of the Service Department, Wastewater Treatment Department and maintenance employees of the Parks and Recreation and Golf Maintenance Departments. The rental service shall include the laundry service. In addition, certain designated employees shall be provided with one pair of safety shoes per year. If individual employees wish to purchase their own shoes, they will be reimbursed for the cost of the shoes up to two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00). Payments will be made by the Finance Director upon presentation of an invoice approved for payment by the Department Head and the Mayor.
(b) Part Time and Seasonal employees of Service Department shall be provided with uniforms including safety-colored t-shirts when working in safety sensitive areas.
(c) A four hundred dollar ($400.00) Uniform Allowance per calendar year shall be provided to all Department Heads and Assistant Department Heads.
(d) Clothing Allowance checks shall be paid to eligible employees in January of each year. Clothing Allowance recipients for each department shall be required to wear work-related clothing from a list approved by the Mayor.
(e) The Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief shall receive a clothing allowance that is equal to the dollar amount agreed to for the Captains as outlined in the Bargaining Unit Agreement.
(f) The Police Chief, Assistant Chief and Police Lieutenants shall receive a Uniform Allowance equivalent to that of the Sergeants' Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Communications Supervisor in the Police Department shall receive a Uniform Allowance equivalent to that of the Dispatchers' Collective Bargaining Agreement. The City shall provide uniforms for part time dispatchers and part time police in an amount to be determined at the discretion of the Police Chief and approval of the Mayor.
(g) The Fitness Center Manager and the Activities Coordinators may purchase logo shirts totaling up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) each year. Part-time Community Center and Fitness Center employees shall receive logo shirts as established by the Parks and Recreation Director.
(h) Golf Course Rangers shall receive logo shirts as established by the Golf Course Manager. Seasonal employees of the Golf Maintenance Department shall be provided with logo T-Shirts as established by the Director of Golf Maintenance.
(i) The City shall provide uniforms for part time firefighters and police officers in an amount to be determined at the discretion of the Fire Chief and Police Chief and approved by the Mayor.
(j) Each department head and the Mayor shall be granted ownership of their City-issued cell phone and iPad to keep as their personal property upon retiring from the City.
(k) Each Mayor who has served at least one four (4) year term and each councilperson who has served no less than two (2) full terms (eight (8) years) shall be granted ownership of their City-issued iPad to keep as personal property upon completion of service as an elected official in good standing. In addition, Each Mayor that who has served at least one four (4) year term and each councilperson who has served no less than two (2) full terms shall be entitled to a lifetime individual membership to the Twinsburg Fitness Center upon completion of service as an elected official in good standing. (Ord. 89-2021. Passed 12-14-21.)