Ordinance No. 0985 01-27-1992ORDINANCE NO. 985
� AN ORDINANCE RECODIFYING THE FRIDLEY CITY
CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3, PERSONNEL
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as
follows:
3.01. PURPOSE
The purpose of this Chapter is to establish standards, conditions
and regulations of work and pay in City employment within the C�ty
of Fridley, to be applicable to all non-union employees of the
City occupying positions duly authorized by the Fridley City
Council except where the City shall otherwise hereafter provide,
or unless modified by a separate contract or agreement. The
Council establishes the standards, conditions and regulations
contained in the following sections. (Ref. 182, 636, 985)
3.02 HOURS OF WORK
1. Administrative and supervisory employees shall not qualify
for overtime pay, standby pay, or call-back pay
2. The regular work week of each graded employee sha11 commence
on Monday of each week and terminate on Friday of each week and
� shall consist of forty (40) working hours each week, holidays
excepted, unless the needs of any department dictate otherwise, as
determined by the City Manager.
3. Overtime and overtime pay for any day shall commence after
the expiration of the regular working day. Overtime and overtime
pay for any week shall commence after the expiration of the
regular working week; provided, however, that no graded employee
sha11 be entitled to overtime pay for any day or for any week
unless the actual hours of work during the week shall be
additional hours of days of work and are not performed on such day
in lieu of other hours or days of work regular to such employee.
4. Graded employees of the City may be designated by the City
Manager to serve in a standby status on behalf of the City on a
Saturday or Sunday or other holiday of the City to perform work as
may be necessary to the public interest on such day. The standby
employee is entitled to and may receive as compensation for such
service as standby, two (2) hours of pay at one and one-half (1
1/2) times the regular rate of pay for each day served in such
status. If on any such day the employee on standby shall actually
perform work for the City, the employee shall be entitled to
compensation for each hour or portion thereof actually worked at
one and one-half (1 1/2) times the regular pay, which pay shall be
� in addition to the two (2) hours of standby pay. (Ref. 985)
5 In the public interest a graded employee may be called to
perform work for the City after the regular working day and in
such event the employee shall receive pay computed as follows:
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For such overtime work performed, pay computed at the rate of one
' and one-half (1 1/2) times the regular pay, but not less in any
event than an amount equal to two (2) hours regular pay, provided,
however, that such minimum amount sha11 not apply in the case of
an employee who had not left the site of the work performed during
the regular working period, and such employee is directed to
perform work for the City within one (1) hour of the expiration of
the regular working day, in which case the work performed is
considered normal overtime for the period of time actually worked.
3 03. HOLIDAYS
The following days shall be holidays, and no employees, except in
the case of necessity to public safety, health and welfare, or
unless the requirements of employment so provide, shall be obliged
to perform work on such day; and when so performed, compensation
for such work shall be paid as overtime work at the rate of one
and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular pay. The following days
are "holidays:" New Year's Day, January 1; Martin Luther King's
Birthday, the third Monday in January; Washington's and Lincoln's
Birthday, the third Monday in February; Memorial Day, the last
Monday in May; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first
Monday in September; Veterans' Day, November 11, Thanksgiving Day,
the fourth Thursday in November; and Christmas Day, December 25,
procided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day,
July 4; or Veterans' Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December
� 25; falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday and
provided when New Year's Day, January 1; or Independence Day, Ju1y
4; or Veterans' Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25,
fa11s on Saturday, the preceding day sha11 be a holiday. (Ref.
872)
3.04 ANNUAL LEAVE AND SHORT TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS
1. Each employee of the City hired on or after January l, 1983,
sha11 be entitled to annual leave away from employment with pay.
Annual leave pay shall be computed at the regular rate of pay to
which such employee is entitled. A beginning employee shall
accrue annual leave at the rate of eighteen (18) days per year for
the first seven (7) years (84 successive months) An employee who
has worked seven (7) years (84 successive months) shall accrue
annual leave at the rate of twenty-four (24) days per year,
beginning with the eighty-fifth (85th) month of consecutive
employment. An employee who has worked fifteen (15) years (180
successive months) shall accrue annual leave at the rate of
twenty-six (26) days per year, beginning with the one hundred
eighty-first (181st) month of consecutive employment. The maximum
total accumulation of annual leave at the end of any given year
shall be thirty (30) days for any individual employee. (Ref. 985)
2. Employees of the City hired prior to January l, 1983, shall be
� provided with the opportunity to transfer from being sub�ect to
the previous vacation, sick leave, and in�ury on duty provisions
of this Chapter to being sub�ect to the annual leave provisions of
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this section at a time and under conditions to be established by
the City Manager. (Ref. 985)
3. Each employee of the City who has successfully completed the
employee's probationary period shall be eligible for the short
term disability benefit. Such an employee shall be entitled to
fu11 pay commencing on the twenty-first (21st) consecutive working
day on which the employee is absent due to a physician-certified
illness or in�ury o£f the job and continuing until the employee
returns to work able to carry out the duties and responsibilities
of the employee's position or through the one hundred and tenth
(110th) working day of absence, whichever occurs first. Such an
employee shall also be entitled to full pay commencing on the
eleventh (llth) consecutive working day on which the employee is
absenL due to a physician-certified illness or in�ury on the �ob
and continuing until the employee returns to work able to carry
out the duties and responsibilities of the employee's position or
through the one hundredth (100th) working day of absence,
whichever occurs first. The amount of any compensation for the
short term disability benefit shall be reduced by any payment
received by the disabled employee from workers' compensation
insurance, Public Employees Retirement Association disability
insurance, or Social Security disability insurance Payment of
short term disability benefit by the City to an employee shall not
exceed ninety (90) working days for any single illness or in�ury,
regardless of the number and spacing of episodes. The annual
leave balance of an employee receiving short term disability
bene£it shall not be reduced, nor shall such employee accrue
annual leave during that period. (Ref. 985)
4. Before any short term disability payments are made by the City
to an employee, the City may request and is entitled to receive a
certificate signed by a competent physician or other medical
attendant certifying to the fact that the entire absence was, in
fact, due to illness or in�ury and not otherwise. The City also
reserves the right to have an examination made at any time of any
employee claiming payment under the short term disability benefit.
Such examination may be made on behalf of the Crty by any
competent person designated by the City when the City deems the
same to be reasonably necessary to verify the illness or in�ury
claimed. (Ref 985)
3.05 SEVERANCE PAY
Each employee who leaves the City employment for any reason,
whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be paid for accrued annual
leave days. An employee hired before September l, 1978, with
forty-eight or more consecutive months of employment will receive
severance pay in cash based on one and one-half (1 1/2) days for
each twelve (12) consecutive months worked, but not to exceed
� thirty (30) days of same. (Ref. 985)
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3.06 INJURY TO A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
� Any volunteer firefighter in�ured while serving the City in the
performance of the firefighter's duties sha11 be entitled to
compensation for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days while
absent from work by reason of injury. Rate of compensation sha11
be equal to the then current pay scale for first class
firefighters in the City of Fridley, Minnesota, provided, however,
the amount of any compensation shall be reduced by any payment
received by the in�ured firefighter from workers' compensation
insurance, or any payments received from the firefighter's regular
employer. Any volunteer firefighter who claims an absence from
work due to said in�ury sha11 submit said claim on forms provided
by the City and if so requested, submit to an examination by a
physician designated by the City (Ref. 466)
3.07 DISQUALIFICATION
Failure without good cause on the part of an employee to provide
such certificate or to submit to such an examination or
examinations as may be deemed necessary by the City to verify an
illness or to determine the nature of an in�ury and the cause
thereof, shall subject the employee to being disqualified from
compensation otherwise to be received by reason of such illness or
in�ury and the absence caused thereby, and also to such other
disciplinary means as are provided by 1aw.
� 3.08 ABSENCES
l. An employee who has been duly summoned for �ury duty in any
court, or who has been duly summoned as a witness in any
proceeding, shall be excused from work for the purpose of
complying with such summons, and while absent from work in
accordance therewith, such employee shall be entitled to receive
as pay a sum of money equal to the difference between what the
employee receives as compensation for such �ury duty or witness
fees and the employee's regular pay.
2. An employee absent from work in accordance with the order of a
duly established military authority shall receive pay and
compensation during such absence as is provided by State law.
3. In case of death occurring in the immediate family of an
employee, such an employee may be excused from work for up to
three (3) days with additional time off granted by the City
Manager if additional time is needed. This time off shall not
sub�ect the employee to loss of pay. For this purpose, members of
the immediate family of the employee are considered to be the
following: spouse, child (natural or adopted), parent,
grandparent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, or father-in-law.
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3.09 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
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The City Manager shall have the power to formulate and execute
such administrative policies which wi11 further clarify and
complement this Chapter and to make rules and regulations for the
employment of temporary, part-time and contract employees as well
as consultants and independent contractors for services. Such
administrative policies, rules, and regulations shall apply to all
City employees unless there is a specific provision to the
contrary in this Chapter or in a collective bargaining agreement
entered into by the City.
3 10 EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION
The City Manager shall have the power to authorize the expenditure
of funds for Employee Appreciation. These funds sha11 be expended
for an appreciation dinner and for the purchase of lapel pins,
plaques, certificates, and time pieces recognizing service to the
City. The expenditure shall be compensation for services and
shall not be considered as a gift. (Ref. 918)
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1992.
ATTEST:
SHIRLEY A HAAPALA - CITY CLERK
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Publication:
January 6, 1992
January 27, 1992
February 4, 1992
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WILLIAM S. NEE - MAYOR