(a) Pay Period. The compensation provided for in the annual Pay Plan shall be paid to the respective officials and employees on a bi-weekly basis, based on a fourteen (14) day pay period, beginning 12:01 a.m. on Sunday and ending at midnight on Saturday, unless otherwise provided in the annual Pay Plan or the affected employee's collective bargaining agreement.
(b) Direct Deposit Policy. Council hereby adopts a direct deposit payroll policy, whereby all compensation shall be paid to all City officials and employees by direct deposit. All officials and employees of the City shall provide a written authorization designating a financial institution and an account number to which payment of the official's or employee's compensation shall be credited. Such written authorization shall not be considered a public record.
Statutory reference: ORC 9.37
(c) Required Deductions. Payment of compensation to officials and employees shall be made after withholding the appropriate deductions for:
(1) Federal income tax, state income tax, city income tax, Medicaid, and Social Security contributions;
Statutory reference: ORC 9.42
(2) Insurance contributions and retirement plan contributions, as applicable;
(3) Other deductions that may be required by law or by court order; and
(4) Elective deductions by the employee for the purchase of U.S. saving bonds.
Statutory reference: ORC 9.40
(d) Elective Deductions. The Administrative Steering Committee may establish a personnel policy allowing other elective deductions from the salary or wages of any official or employee, which may include but is not limited to:
(1) Deductions for credit union savings;
Statutory reference: ORC 9.43
(2) Deductions for payment to a nonprofit debt pooling company, nonprofit budget and debt counseling service or for payment or compromise of any account, note, or other indebtedness;
Statutory reference: ORC 9.45
(3) Contributions to one (1) or more specified charitable agencies that are corporations not-for-profit, community chests, united funds, or other similar united community fund organizations; and/or
Statutory reference: ORC 9.80, 9.81
(4) Contributions to Ohio's Deferred Compensation Plan or other approved 457 deferred compensation plan.
(Ord. 2022-13. Adopted 05/26/22)