HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-1474 ORDINANCE NO. /
AN ORDINANCE relating to City personnel; specifying contributions to
be made by the City to payment of premiums for a City
employees' group insurance plan; authorizing special
assignment pay; adopting a longevity plan for City
employees; amending Section 2.04.030 and 2.24.010 and
subsection 2.40.020 B., and adding subsection 2.20.088
(g) of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring
an emergency.
110 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 2.04.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.04.030 City Contributions.
A. Life Insurance Plan. Effective January 1, 1973, the City
shall pay the full premium for each employee covered by the group
life insurance plan adopted by Section 2.04.010 of this chapter;
provided, the amount of the premium to be so paid by the City
shall not exceed one dollar and thirty-seven cents per month for
each employee covered by such plan.
B. Hospital and Medical Insurance Plan. Effective January 1,
1973, the City shall contribute the amount of three dollars per
month for each member of the Police and Fire Departments whc is
covered by the LEFF pension act and who has enrolled his depen-
dents to be covered by the group hospital and medical plan
adopted by Section 2.04.010 of this chapter; and the City shall
contribute the amount of thirteen dollars and fifty cents for
each other employee enrolled in such pl
Section 2. Section 2.24.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
410 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.24.010 Longevity plan - Eligibility - Restrictions.
Commencing January 1, 1973, those employees of the City of
Yakima who are regularly and continuously employed full time, and
who have completed periods of service as hereinafter set forth,
shall receive compensation, called longevity pay, in addition to
their regular salary, according to the following schedule, to be
paid on the thirty-first day of December and the first day of
July of each year.
Years Service Longevity Compensation
At least five years and less than ten years . . . $10.00 per mo.
At least ten years and less than fifteen years. . . 15.00 per mo.
At least fifteen years and less than twenty years • 20.00 per mo.
Twenty years or more 25.00 per mo.
Provided that upon termination of employment of anyone
entitled to such longevity pay, such person shall receive a
longevity payment, according to the above schedule, for the
number of months of eligibility served by such employee from the
date on which the immediately previous longevity payment was
made. Such payment shall not be made for fractions of a month,
and if termination of employment occurs on or before the fifteenth
day of any month, that month shall not be counted as one for which
longevity pay is to be made, and if termination of employment
occurs after the fifteenth day of any month, that month shall be
counted as one full month for which longevity pay is to be made.
Provided, further, that no such longevity pay shall be paid
to any employee who is discharged from employment for disciplinary
reasons, or, who terminates his employment without giving at least
two weEks notice in writing of such termination."
Section 3. Subsection 2.40.020 B. of the City of Yakima 141,:±c±-
pal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.40.020 Vacation Leave
B. Accumulation of Vacation
Commencing January 1, 1973, vacation leave may be accumulated
not to exceed 240 hours."
Section 4. Subsection 2.20.088 (g) is hereby adopted as a new
subsection of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows:
"2.20.088 Special Assignment Pay
(g) When any member of the Police Department is assigned
by the Chief of the Department to a duty position which requires
operation of a motorcycle, such member shall be paid fifteen
dollars a month, in addition to his regular salary, for each
month that he operates a motorcycle more than fifty percent of
his total duty time."
Section 5. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare
of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
• PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this ilbi
of December, 1972.
Mayor
ATTEST:
ity 'Clerk
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