163.30 LONGEVITY PAYMENT.

   (a)    Eligibility.

      (1)    Membership on the payroll roster of the City as of September 1 of any calendar year in which payment is to be received.

      (2)    Completion of two (2) years or more service as of September 1 of each appropriate calendar year, for employees hired before January 1, 2002.

      (3)    For those employees hired on or after January 1, 2002, completion of three (3) years or more service as of September 1 of each appropriate calendar year.

         (Ord. 21-308. Passed 10-20-21.)

   (b)   Rate. The longevity payment rate per year for each full year of service attained as of September 1 of each appropriate calendar year shall be as follows:

   Effective January 1, 2023, $65.00 per year after third year -Longevity payments plateau with no change after the 25th year.

   In the case of the Police and Fire Chiefs, they shall receive, notwithstanding the amount stated in this section, no less than the amounts received by the respective Police and Fire Department bargaining unit members as called for in their collective bargaining agreements.

   The above rate changes being for certain positions in the various department of the City of Youngstown, Ohio, not included in any bargaining unit thereof, designated as "Management", including the Youngstown Municipal Court and the Youngstown Clerk of Courts, but excluding the Mayor of the City of Youngstown.

(Ord. 23-429. Passed 11-13-23.)

   (c)   Payment Period. Longevity shall be paid during the first week of December of the appropriate calendar year.

   (d)    Computation of Service.

      (1)    Each period of 365 calendar days of service shall be determined to be one full year of service.

      (2)    Total service with the City shall be utilized to determine longevity, eligibility and payment.

      (3)    Military service shall be considered as continuous service credit if the employee entered military service within 90 days of termination of employment with the City and officially applied for reinstatement to the employment of the City as provided by law within ninety days of separation from the military service.

      (4)    Periods of leave of absence by an employee shall not be computed as service with the City.

      (5)    Periods of suspension whereby the employee is temporarily or permanently removed from the payroll of the City shall not be computed as service with the City.

      (6)    Any period during which an employee is not carried on the employment roster of the City for purposes of payment shall not be considered a period of service with the City.

   (e)    Proration. Employees eligible for longevity payment who retire under the Public Employees Retirement System or the Police and Firemen's Pension and Disability Fund or who become disabled and retire on a disability pension provided by the PERS or the Police and Firemen's Pension and Disability Fund or employees who become deceased shall be entitled to have their longevity payment prorated from September 1 of the appropriate calendar year to the date of separation from the service of the City.

   (f)    Maximum Twenty-Five Years. The cap shall be maintained at twenty five (25) years service with the City.
(Ord. 99-217. Passed 6-2-99.)