HomeMy WebLinkAbout2940 ORDINANCE NO. :;L~O
~~ ANcertainORDINANCE amending~,_,,~__.,~,Ordinance No. 1813 and repealing
Ordinance No. 2917--to oro,vid~ for the overtime of
members of'~%~'~i~'e~q~epartment and certain
working foremen; an~//eclaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 2917 is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section I of Ordinance No. 1813 is amended to read
as follows:
Section 1. Employees of the Police and Fire Departments shall
work such shifts as may be assigned by the Commissioner of
Public Health and Safety, subject to any initiative ordinance
which may apply and shall be subject to call in any emergency
while off duty. No overtime or holiday pay shall be allowed
such employees except that members of the Police Department
below the rank of captain shall receive overtime pay of I and
1/2 times their regular hourly wage for actual time spent as
witnesses in Municipal Court during non-duty hours or regular
days off; and except that in order to maintain the minimum
on-duty strength as required by the Fire Department regulations,
overtime shall be paid when required for that purpose at the
hourly rate of I and 1/2 times their hourly wage computed at
the man's annual salary divided by 2912.
Section 3. Section ~ of Ordinance No. 1813 is .amended to read
as follows:
Section 4. As used in this ordinance "overtime" shall mean any
time worked by any employee, except supervisory employees, and'
policemen and firemen subject to Section i of Ordinance No. 1813,
at the request of proper authority over his regular assignment
in any one day or on his regular days off; except that certain
working foremen may be paid overtime in those emergency
situations, such as water or sewer break, ice and snow conditions,
emergencies not in the regular routine of their duties, and
only when approved by the City Commissioners. It shall include
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work performed on holidays, except as provided in Section 3
of Ordinance No. 18lB. It shall also include time worked by
an employee outside of his regular weekly work schedule who
has been called back from vacation in an emergency for such
work. The shortening of time off between work weeks due to
changes in work schedules shall not be considered overtime.
Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE: That an emergency exists affecting
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Bremerton, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately
following passage and publication.
PASSED unanimously on first reading by the City Council of the
City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication of such passage this /~/~/'day of February, 1971.
c GLENN K. JARSTAD,~yor ~
ATTEST:
G. CF~KEADON, ., City Clerk
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