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OCTOBER 15, 1973
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ORDINANCE NO. '',;;A: CY
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FOLLOWING
SECTIONS OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE
RELATIVE TO THE POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN,
COMPENSATION PLAN, BASIC PERSONNEL POLICY AND
CONDITIONS OF CITY EMPLOYMENT: SECTION 1:308
COMPENSATION AND SECTION 1:316 SICK LEAVE,
INJURY ON DUTY PAY AND SEVERANCE PAY
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. The City Council hereby declares that the emergency
hereinafter defined exists and that an emergency ordinance is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or
welfare in accordance with Sections 3.05, 3.06 and 3.08 of the Charter of
the City of St. Louis Park.
Section 2. That Section 1:308 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code
entitled "Compensation Plan" is hereby amended to add the following:
Section 1:308 (A) (1) Basic Tables of Numbered Pay Ranges.
Each numbered pay range in the basic tables
consists of a minimum and maximum bi-weekly
rate with intermediate pay steps at
approximately five per cent (57.) intervals.
Said basic tables shall be amended to add the
following:
SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION - FIRE/POLICE
BI -WEEKLY PAY RANGES
STEPS
Range
No. B C D E F G
47F $ 369.56 $ 388.04 $ 407.44 $ 427.81 $ 449.20 $ 460.43
50F 410.43 430.95 452.50 475.12 498.88
47P 386.17 405.48 425.75 447.04 469.39
52P 434.77 456.50 479.33 503.30 528.46
(C) Uniform Allowance.
Uniformed members of the Fire Department will be
assigned an allowance of $125.00 per year and uniformed
members of the Police Department will be assigned
an allowance of $185.00 per year, in addition to
their regular salary, to be used for uniform
acquisition and replacement. The disbursement of
such expense allowance shall be the responsibility
of the City Manager who shall establish such
rules and procedures as may be necessary.
Section 3. That Section 1:316 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code
entitled "Sick Leave, Injury on Duty Leave and Severance Pay" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 1:316. Sick Leave, Injury on Duty Leave and Severance Pay
Sick Leave.
A. Accrual and Eligibility
Sick leave with pay shall accrue at the rate of one working
day for each calendar month of full-time employment or major
fraction thereof. Sick leave so accrued shall not be available
for use until after satisfactory completion of the initial (not
promotional) probationary period. During sick leave each
employee shall receive compensation at his regular rate of pay.
Sick leave shall be granted only for absence from duty because
of personal illness, legal quarantine, or serious illness in
the immediate family when the attending physician certifies
that the employee's attendance and assistance to the member of
the family who is ill is necessary. Sick leave may be accumu-.
lated to a total of not more than 120 working days (firemen 60
working days), provided, however, that the City Manager is
authorized to extend benefits under exceptional circumstances
beyond accumulated sick leave.
Workmen's Compensation benefits received by an employee shall
be credited against the compensation due an employee during
sick leave with a corresponding credit to earned sick leave
computed to the nearest multiple of one-half day.
An additional leave of absence with pay for not to exceed three
working days during each twelve (12) months of employment after
the first twelve (12) months of employment, may be granted on
account of a death in the immediate family of the employee.
Such leave shall not be accumulative in the event it is not
used.
B. Injury on Duty Leave
Leave of absence with pay shall be granted to sworn police
officers and firemen who become incapacitated as a result of
injury or occupational disease incurred through no misconduct of
their own while in actual performance of City assigned duties.
This shall exclude any injuries sustained while performing any
voluntary off-duty services for which payment is made by a
contracting party other than the City.
(1) Extent of Leave. Such injury leave shall extend for a
maximum of ninety (90) calendar days, unless it is determined
sooner by competent medical authority, approved by the City
Manager, that the employee can return to any duties
for which he may be capable and qualified. At the
discretion of the City Manager, the injured employee may
be required to submit to a medical examination at any
time by a physician selected by the City.
(2) Method of Payment. During such injury leave, the
City shall pay such employee his full pay, either as direct
payment from srlary funds or as Workmen's Compensation
insurance benefits, or both, but the total amount so paid
for loss of time from work shall not exceed the full pay
which such employee would have received for period at his
regular rate of pay. Such injury leave shall not be
charged against the employee's sick leave or vacation
leave.
(3) Notice of Injury - Failure to Report. An employee
who is physically incapacitated and who fails to report
within eight (8) hours, followed by a written report
within twenty-four (24) hours, any injury, however minor
to his supervisor and to take such first aid or medical
treatment as may be necessary under the circumstances,
shall not be eligible for injury leave as outlined above.
C. Severance Pay
Severance pay shall be granted to sworn police officers
and firemen in accordance with the following provisions
effective January 1, 1973:
(1) Qualifications Required. To qualify for severance
pay, an employee shall have: retired from service; had
at least twenty (20) years continuous service with the
department; and, must leave the City in good standing
after submitting proper notice.
(2) Method of Payment. After termination of employment
with the City, a qualified employee will be reimbursed
for one-third (1/3) of accrued sick leave as earned in
Section 1:316 (a), computed at his base rate of pay at
time of termination of employment to a maximum of forty
(40) days for police officers and twenty (20) days for
firemen.
D. Proof Required
In order to be eligible for sick leave pay, an employee
must:
(1) Report promptly to his department head the reason
for his absence.
(2) Keep his department head informed of his condition
if the absence is of more than three working days'
duration.
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(3) Submit a medical certificate for any absence
exceeding three working days if required by the
City Manager.
E. Penalty
Claiming sick leave when physically and mentally fit
except as permitted in this section may be cause for
disciplinary action, including transfer, suspension,
demotion or dismissal.
F. No Terminal Sick Leave
No sick leave benefits of any kind shall be granted
upon termination of employment, except as provided for
in Section 1:316(C).
Section 4. The City Council hereby declares that an emergency exists
in connection with said compensation plan, justifying and requiring that
this ordinance upon its passage on the date hereof shall become effective
immediately without publication.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effective January 1, 1973.
Adopted by the Ci •uncil October 15, 1973.
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Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk 441-444-41."--."
Reviewed for administration: Approved as to for and legality:
City Manager
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City ttorney