HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-2014 OVERTIME PAY OR COMPENSATORY TIME IN LIEU THEREOF. ORDINANCE NO. a n\y
AN ORDINANCE relating to city government personnel; providing for
overtime pay or compensatory time in lieu thereof; and
amending Sections 2.22.040 and 2,40.100 of the City of
Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 2.22040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.22.040 Overtime pay.
A. Overtime pay will be allowed for members of the Fire
Department except battalion chiefs and fire chief when required
to work in excess of their basic work week or their standard
work day or shift at the rates set out in Section B below.
B. Overtime pay rates for Fire Department employees
below the rank of fire chief shall be computed in the follow-
ing manner:
1. Effective January 1, 1976, when personnel are called
from off-shift in order to maintain minimum fire com-
bat strength as determined by the City Council, the
• hourly overtime pay rate shall be computed by dividing
such employee's basic monthly salary by 238.33 and mul-
tiplying the result by 1.5. Effective January 1, 1977,
the hourly overtime pay rate shall be computed by divid-
ing such employee's basic monthly salary by 234.00 and
multiplying the result by 1.5.
2. When personnel are called from off -duty by the fire
chief or his designate because of a fire, the hourly
rate shall be computed by dividing the basic monthly
salary by 173.33 and multiplying the result by 1.5.
3. A minimum of 2 hours of overtime pay shall be allowed
for any call -back from off - shift.
C. Fractions of an.hour served on overtime duty shall
be rounded to the next full hour for the purpose of computing
amount of overtime.
D. Overtime payment may be allowed for battalion chiefs
when required to work because of an emergency or unusual cir-
cumstances if approv by the City Manager.
• E. Compensating time off in lieu of overtime pay, as
based on the rates provided by this section, may be taken
at a time agreed upon by the Fire Chief and the employee, but
may not be imposed by the Fire Chief in lieu of overtime pay
upon any employee who has not so requested such compensating
time off."
Section 2. Section 2.40.100 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
1t 2.40.100 Overtime Pay.
A. Overtime payment will be allowed for an employee
below the rank of division head and police captain when ordered
to work at the rate of time and one -half except as follows:
(1) When police officers are required to appear in muni-
cipal court during their off duty hours they shall be paid
at a straight time rate for such time. A minimum of two hours
per day for court appearance shall be allowed. The officers
shall have the option to take time off, at a straight time
rate, in lieu of payment, and to accumulate such time off to
a maximum of twenty -four hours for any one officer.
(2) Overtime payment may be allowed for division heads
and police captains at the rate of time and one -half when
required to work because of an emergency or unusual circum-
stances if approved by the City Manager.
(3) Department directors, when required to work overtime
in a nonsupervisory capacity because of an emergency determined
by the City Manager, may be paid overtime at a straight time
rate.
(4) Compensating time off in lieu of overtime pay, as
based on the rates provided by this subsection, may be taken
at a time agreed upon by the department head and the employee,
but may not be imposed by the department head in lieu of over-
time pay upon any employee who has not so requested such com-
pensating time off.
B. Overtime pay for employees, other than fire department
personnel, who are paid at a monthly rate shall be computed
by dividing the basic monthly salary by one hundred seventy -
three and thirty -three one - hundredths and multiplying by a
factor of 1.5.
C. Fractions of an hour served on overtime duty shall
be rounded to the next full hour for the purpose of computing
the amount of overtime."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days.. after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law
and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this ` h day of
, 1976.
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