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ORDINANCE N0. 683
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING NEW CHAPTER 3 DF THE
FRIDLEY CITY CODE ENTITLED PERSONNEL AND REPEALING
PP.IOR CHAPTER 3 EN7ITLED PERSONNEL
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRI�LEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
3.01 Purpose
To establtsh standards, conditions and regulations of work and pay in �
City employment within the City of Fridley, to be applicable to all regular
and full-time non-um on employees of the City except where the City shall
otherwise hereafter provide, or unless modified by a separate contract or
agreement The Council established the standards, condittons and regulations
contained in the following sections. (Ref 182 and 636)
3.02 Hours of ldork
The regular work week of each employee shall commence on P4onday of each week
and terminate on Friday of each week and shall consist of forty (40) hours
each week, holidays excepted, unless the needs of any department dictate
otherwise, as determined by the City Manager
Overtime and overtime pay for any day shall commence after the expiratton of the
regular vaorktng day. Overtime and overtime pay for any week shall commence
after the expiration of the regular working week It is provided, however,
that no employee shall be entitled to overt�me pay for any day or for any
week unless the actual hours of work during the week shall be additional hours
or days of work and are not performed on such day in lieu of other hours or days
of work re9ular to such employee.
There are certain employees of the City, other than the police or firemen,
who are and may be designated by the City Manager to serve in a"standby"
status in beha1f 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 regular pay for each day served
in such status. If on any such day the employee in "standby" shall actually
perform work for the City, he shall be entitled to compensation for each
hour or portion thereof actually worked at 1z times the regular pay, which
pay shall be in addition to the two (2) hour "standby" pay
In the public interest, an 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. For such overt�me work performed, pay
computed at the rate of one and one-half (1%z) times the regular pay, but
not less in any event than an amount equal to two hours regular pay, provided,
however, that such mtnimum amount shall 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 withtn
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 m�elfare, 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 (1z� times ihe regular pay The
following days are "holidays", New Year's Day, January 1, bdashington"s and
Lincoln's Brithday, the third Monday rn February, Memorial Day, the last
Monday in May, Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in
September; Christopher Columbus �ay, the second Monday in October, Veterans
Day, November 11; Thanksg�ving Day, the fourth Thursday in November and
Christmas Day, December 25, provided, when New Year's Day, January l; or
Independence Day, �uly 4; or Veterans Day, November 11, or Christmas Day,
December 25, falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday and,
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provided, when New Year's Day, January 1, or Independence Day, July 4; or
Veterans Day, November 11, or Christmas Day, December 25, falls on Saturday,
the preceeding day shall be a holiday. (Ref. 509 and 573)
3.04 Uacations
Each employee of the City who has worked regularly for the City for a period
of not less than s�x (6) successive months is entitled to a vacat�on away
� from employment with pay. vacat�on pay shall be computed at the regular
rate of pay to which such employee is entitled. An employee who has worked
a minimum of six (6) months is entitled to one (1) workday of vacation for
each month so worked, an employee who has worked eighty-four (84) successive
months is entitled to one and one-half (1'z) workdays of vacation for each
month worked beginning with the eighty-fifth (85th) month of consecutive
employment. An employee who has worked one hundred eighty (180) successtve
months is entitled to one and two-thirds (1 2/3) workdays of vacation for
each month worked beginn�ng with one hundred eighty-first (181st) month of
consecutive employment.
3.05 5ick Leave
Each employee of the City is entitled to sick leave away from employment
wtth pay. Probationary employees are eligible for sick leave on the condition
that should they term�nate w�th the City prior to the complet�on of the
probationary period, the sick leave taken wtll be deducted from their final
pay checks. Sick leave pay shall be computed at the regular rate of pay to
which such employee is entitled. An employee who has worked a minimum of
six (6) months is entitled to one (1) day of sick leave for each month worked,
cumulative to one hundred twenty (120) days of sick leave. After ane hundred
twenty (120) earned and unused days of sick leave has accumulated,one (1) day
addttional vacatton shall be granted to an employee for every three (3) sick
leave days earned and unused. The employee may elect, after ninety (90)
earned and unused days of sick leave have accumulated, to receive one (1)
� day additional vacation for every three (3) stck leave days earned and unused.
Sick leave days shall not accumulate beyond one hundred twenty (120). Before
_ any sick leave compensation is paid, the City may request and is ent�tled to
receive from any employee who has been absent more than three (3) days in
succession, a certificate signed by a competent physician or other medical
attendant certifying to the fact that the a6sence was in fact due to sickness
and not otherwise. The Ctty also reserves the right to have an examination
made at any time of any person claimin9 absence by reason of sickness, such
examination may be made when the City deems the same reasonably necessary to
verify the sickness claimed and may be made in behalf of the City by any
competent person designed by the City. Sick leave is to be used normally
for the sickness of the employee only, however, two stck days per year may
be used for the following specified uses: (1) Seriaus illness of the spouse.
(2) Serious illness of child. 7he special use days cannot be accumulated
from one year to the next and if they are not used, they are included in the
normal sick leave accumulation Time off with pay can be charged to the
specifted special uses listed above For additional reasons, t�me off with
pay can be charged to sick leave only if the employee is sick. (Ref. 534)
3.051 Severance Pay
Each employee who leaves ihe C�ty employment for any reason, vahether voluntary
or involuntary, will be paid for earned, unused vacation days that have been
earned and not taken. An employee hired before September l, 1978 with 48 or
more consecutive months of employment will receive severance pay in cash
� based on une and one-half (1z) days for each twelve (12) consecutive months
worked, but not to exceed thirty (30) days of same.
3.06 Injury
Any full-ttme City employee who has been employed by the City at least stx (6)
months and who is injured on the regular ,7ob shall be entiiled to full pay up
to a period of ninety (90) days while he is absent from work 6y reason of
such �n�ury and h�s accrued sick leave will not be charged until after and
beginning with the n�nety-first (91st) day of absence from work by reason of
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such in�ury, provided, however, the amount of any compensation shall be
reduced by any payment received by the in,7uretl employee from workmen's
compensation insurance An employee who claims an absence from work due
to an in�ury sustained on his regular �ob is sub,7ect to an examination
to be made in behalf of the C�ty by a person competent to perform the
same and as is designated by the Ctty.
Any volunteer fl remen in�ured while serv�ng the City in the performance
of his duty shali 6e entitled to compensation for a period not to exceed
ninety (90) days while absent from work by reason of such in�ury Rate
of compensat�on shall be equal to the then current pay scale for first
class firemen in the City of Fridley, Minnesota, provided, however, the
amount of any compensat�on shall be reduced by any payment received by
the �n�ured fireman from workmens compensation insurance, or any payments
received from his regular employer. Any volunteer f�reman who claims an
absence from work due to said in,7ury shall submit said claim on forms
provided 6y the Ctty and if so requested, su6,7ect himself to an examinatton
by a physician des�gnated by the City, (Ref. 466)
3.07 Disqualification
A failure without good cause on the part of the employee to provide such
certificate or to submit to such an examination or examinations as may be
deemed necessary by the City to verify any illness or to determine the
nature of any in,7ury and the cause thereof, shall sub,7ect the employee to
6eing disqualified from compensation otherwise to be received by reason of
such illness of in�ury and the absence caused thereby; and also to such
other disciplinary means as are provided by law
3.08 Absences
An employee who has been duly summoned for ,7ury duty in any court or who
has 6een 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 shal] be entitled to receive
as pay a sum of money equal to the difference between what he receives as
compensation for such �ury duty or witness fees and his regular pay Any
employee absent from work in accordance with the order of a duly established
military authority shall receive pay and compensatton during such absence
as is provided by State Law
In case of death occurring �n the immediate family of an employee, such an
employee may be excused from work for up to three days with additional time
off granted by the City Manager if additional time 7s needed. This time off
shall not sub,7ect the employee to loss of pay. For thts purpose, members of
the immediate family of the employee are considered to be the following.
spouse, ch�ld (natural or adopted), parent, grandparent, brother, sister,
mother-in-law or father-in-law (Ref. 535)
3.09 Adm�nistrative Policy
The City Manager wiil exercise the power to formulate and execute such
admi m strative polic�es wh�ch w�ll further clarify and complement this
chapter Such administrative policies will apply to all City emploVees not
spectfically covered by any other agreement.
3.10 Effective Date
The benefits arising hereunder shall operate retroactively and inure to
each employee as of January 1, 1960.
ADOPTE� BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 24TH DAY dF JULY, T978
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MAYOR - WTLLIAA �. NEE
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CITY CLERK - MARUTN C NSELL
First Read�ng:
Second Reading
Publtsh ....
�uly 10, 7978
July 24, 1978
August 2, 1978
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