(A) The standard work hours per day and/or week for each department employee are shown below, by department.
DEPARTMENT | HOURS | ||
Day | Week | Pay Period | |
Police Department | 8 | 40 | 80 per pay period |
Fire Department | 24 | 53 | 106 per pay period |
Chief of Police | 8 | 40 | 80 per pay period |
Fire Chief | 8 | 40 | 80 per pay period |
(B) Whenever a full-time employee is required to work beyond the employee's normal work period, the employee shall be paid at a rate of 1½ times the employee's regular hourly rate for all such overtime hours. Chiefs of the respective departments shall be eligible for overtime worked during emergencies which are above and beyond the normal scope of work emergencies, such as natural disaster emergencies, employee shortages, etc. All overtime for the Chiefs of the respective departments shall be approved by the Safety-Service Director.
(C) The hourly rate shall be calculated as follows for eligible employees:
(1) Annual salary divided by total number of annual work hours.
(2) The hourly rate for the Senior Fire Captain shall be the same as the Union Fire Captain's.
(3) Overtime for eligible employees shall be 1½ times the employee's hourly rate. The Senior Fire Captain's overtime rate will be the same as the Union Fire Captain's.
(1981 Code, § 36.19) (Ord. 6377-90, passed 1-8-1990; Am. Ord. 6496-92, passed 2-10-1992; Am. Ord. 6545-93, passed 2-22-1993; Am. Ord. 6754-96, passed 12-23-1996; Am. Ord. 6879-98, passed 7-13-1998; Am. Ord. 7034-99, passed 10-27-1999; Am. Ord. 00-10-076, passed 11-27-2000; Am. Ord. 04-10-064, passed 11-22-2004; Am. Ord. 05-11-047, passed 12-12-2005; Am. Ord. 12-10-057, passed 11-26-2012; Am. Ord. 14-02-007, passed 2-24-2014; Am. Ord. 14-03-012, passed 3-24-2014; Am. Ord. 14-11-053, passed 12-22-2014; Am. Ord. 15-11-034, passed 12-28-2015; Am. Ord. 17-03-013, passed 3-13-2017; Am. Ord. 18-02-007, passed 2-12-2018; Am. Ord. 18-12-074, passed 12-26-2018; Am. Ord. 20-04-020, passed 4-13-2020; Am. Ord. 20-11-065, passed 12-28-2020; Am. Ord. 21-12-070, passed 12-13-2021; Am. Ord. 22-02-016, passed 2-28-2022; Am. Ord. 22-12-061, passed 12-26-2022; Am. Ord. 23-02-010, passed 2-13-2023; Am. Ord. 23-11-064, passed 11-27-2023; Am. Ord. 24-03-015, passed 3-25-2024)