HomeMy WebLinkAbout3641 ORDINANCE NO. 5~ql
AN ORDINANCE establishing an employee
suggestion award program.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. There is hereby established an employee
suggestion award program to pay employees of the City of Bremerton
a cash award, as provided herein, for which will result in
demonstrable savings of money suggestions made in accordance with
the procedures established herein.
Section 2. Supervisory personnel of the City of
Bremerton shall not be eligible for the employee suggestion award
program.
Section 3. Suggestions shall be submitted in a legible
manner to the individual employees department head for approval in
accordance with the guidelines established herein. Suggestions shall
include:
a. A specific statement of what is suggested and how
it can be accomplished.
b. A brief statement describing the present methods,
practices or problem.
c. A statement of the savings, improved services, or
benefits which will accrue from the adoption of the
suggestion.
Section 4. The employee suggestion shall be forwarded to
the City Auditor for determination of the annual savings to the City
of Bremerton upon implementation of the employee suggestion. The City
AUditor shall retain the right to disqualify such as the following:
a. The need for routine maintenance of buildings or
grounds.
b. Personalized complaints affecting the suggester only.
c. Recommendation for a study, review, survey, design,
audit, research development, investigation, etc.
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without stating what the expected ~utcome should
be or what solution might result from it.
d. Changes in salary position or classification.
e. Enforcement of laws, policies, procedures,
regulations, rules, etc.
Section 5. All employees are eligible for awards for
adopted suggestions, except that awards shall not be made for:
a. Suggestions which represent a part of the normal
duties of the suggestor or over which the suggestor
has the power to make the change.
b. Suggestions by employees whose normal duties are
research and planning unless the subject matter is
unrelated to normal work assignments.
c. Suggestions wherein the suggestor, either directly
or indirectly, has a proprietary interest in the
suggestion.
Section 6. In the case of suggestions identical or similar
to others received before it the suggestion received first shall receive
consideration and those received later shall be disqualified.
Section 7. No cash award shall be for less than Twenty
Dollars ($20.00) or for more than the maximum amount of Five Hundreds!
Dollars ($500.00). .The City Auditor shall determine the amount of
demonstrable savings of money to the City of Bremerton and shall
determine the amount of cash award which normally will be an amount
equal to five percent (5%) of the annual savings, subject to the
minimum and maximum amounts allowed herein for cash awards.
Section 8. Cash awards shall be in addition to regular
compensation and the acceptance of the such cash awards shall constitute
an agreement that the use by the City of Bremerton of the suggestion
for which the award is made shall not form the basis for a further
claim of any nature upon the City by the employee, his heirs or his
assigns.
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Section 9. A suggestor may, by written appeal, request
that the City Auditor reconsider either a denial of the award and/or
the amount of the award. To be valid the appeal must be received by
the City Auditor within 30 calendar days from when the suggestor is
notified of the decision of the City Auditor.
An Employees right to a suggestion expires two years from
the date of the action by the City Auditor. If a rejected suggestion
is placed in effect during this two year period, an employee may file
an appeal based on the suggestions implementation. Such appeal must
be filed within 60 days of the date that the suggestion was placed
into effect.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this~~
day of ~~ , 1981.
PASSED by the City Council of the~iCity of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of
such passage this ~ day of 3~, , 1981.
RSTAD~ay6r- -- __
ATTEST:
KA%~HLEEN L. MANDIO, City Clerk
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