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Home My WebLink About2717 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 2717 AN ORDINANCE establishing awards for city employees; and creating new Chapter 2.43 of the Pasco Municipal Code. WHEREAS, The City Council has determined that non-management employees of the city should receive special monetary awards for achievements deserving of special recognition above and beyond their regular wages and benefits for suggestions and distinguished service that are of benefit to the city; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. New Chapter 2.43 is added to the Pasco Municipal Code, which chapter shall read as follows: CHAPTER 2.43 PROGRAM OF MONETARY AWARDS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES Section: 2.43.010 Established--Participation. 2.43.020 Administration. 2.43.010 ESTABLISHED--PARTICIPATION. The city establishes a program of awards to stimulate and reward suggestions and distinguished service of city employees which are of benefit to the city. Participation therein shall be limited to non-management employees unless specifically provided otherwise. The following categories of awards are established. A. "SUGGESTION" AWARDS: (1) To be eligible for a monetary award, a suggestion must make possible an elimination or reduction of city expenditures without substantially impairing an existing city service. (2) Employees shall not be eligible for an award for suggestions pertaining to subjects assigned for research or development or for problems assigned for solution for which such employee would normally be expected to offer in the line of duty. (3) The suggestion must propose a change which was not under active consideration by the city department affected at the time the suggestion was made. (4) If duplicate suggestions are submitted, only the first received shall be eligible for an award. -1- (5) A suggestion which has been put into effect by the city department concerned must be submitted for award consideration within sixty days of its adoption, provided that this requirement may be waived by the city council upon recommendation by the city manager. (6) Each employee submitting a suggestion shall execute the following agreement: "In consideration of my participation in the suggestion award program I hereby agree that the use by the City of Pasco of my suggestion concerning ... shall not be the basis of a claim of any nature against the City of Pasco by me, my heirs, executors or assigns." (7) The total amount of a money award shall be ten percent of the net first year savings (as determined by the city manager), but not more than one thousand dollars. (8) Appropriate commendation of an employee whose adopted suggestion does not merit a money award may be approved by the city manager. B. SAFE DRIVING AWARDS: (1) To be eligible an employee must have been employed on a full-time basis and responsible for operation of a city-owned vehicle on a routine basis and integral to their job classification, as determined by the city manager. Such an employee without a preventable accident shall receive the monetary award prescribed herein below for the respective period of consecutive years: a. Five years: One hundred fifty dollars; b. Ten years: Two hundred fifty dollars; c. Fifteen years: Three hundred fifty dollars; d. Twenty years: Five hundred dollars. C. ATTENDANCE AWARDS: (1) Each full-time employee using zero sick leave hours during a twelve consecutive month period shall receive a monetary award not exceeding fifty dollars in value. D. CONTINUOUS SERVICE AWARDS: (1) Continuous service awards shall be available to both full and part-time employees, including management employees. (2) Each employee completing continuous city service in increments of ten, fifteen, -2- ayor Pro Tern E A cni der APRROVED AS TO FORM: N WELLS, City Clerk GREG RUBSTELLO, City Attorney twenty, twenty-five and thirty years shall receive an award not exceeding one hundred dollars in value. 2.43.020 ADMINISTRATION. Except for the "Suggestion" Awards, the total annual expenditure for the provision of the awards provided for herein and the cost of a dinner banquet for the presentation of such awards shall not exceed the combined total of five thousand dollars. The city manager shall issue administrative rules/procedures for the administration of this awards program and further defining the eligibility and criteria for the awards program, not inconsistent with the requirements set forth herein. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect five days after passage and publication. PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this day of Febio ary, 1989. A 4011110/ egait ,A 99302-2608 P0 BOX 2608 __PASCO, WASHINGTON (509) 582-1500 LEGAL ADVERTISING INVOICE SOLD TO Clt) of Pasco P.O. Box 2cr3 Pasco WA g9 7401 DATE 022589 LEGAL NO 008012 ACCOUNT NO 50590 DESCRIPTION Ordinance No. 2717 TIMES 001 LINES 204 TOTALS 148.51 DAY 0 /9 '/9 NOTICE: This is an invoice for legal advertising space Please pay from this invoice as no statement will be rendered Please detach at perforation and return with payment AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ORDINANCE NO 1 2717-' I+ AN' ORDINANCE'estab- lishIng awardCfor;tity,em- tployees, and Creating new c•Chapter 243 of the Pasco Municipal Code ".ara,14,,,01, 1 WHEREASVq_tierCity 4 Cauncila,has,determined thati.non-managementtem - „ployees , of, the city should rredeive pspeciaL , monetary 1,awards;. for,,y,achievements ;deserving ollspecial recog- pinion; aboveftand7 beyond i 'their regular,,,lwages4and ; t berfeets,„forAsfiggestions -rand distinguished 'service ,thatt. are i ofii.benefit'Io' the 4 city. NOW THEREFORE.‘ , THE crii,COUNCIL OF ;&THE,,p ITN „ogspAsco ' ,4mAskiNGTON=0 -60 ;pa- , DAIN,AS;Fp)...Lovvs1.-- - rsectionil ,,New -ChaVer i2 43 is added to the Pasco ,MuniCipal ,,aCodert-t*hich 1 chapter shall read was.fol- i lows 1"J th1,4,1",it.i1:1 ,44:5 , 1, ' t CHAPTER 243 - PROGRAM ,OF 4 MONETARVAWARDS1" il FOR CITY.EMPLOYE ES 'Section 041 /4 14.-A, r4'll n Av. , ;.2 43 0102 E5t8bli5heE5 1 ,- bcipation 2 43 020 Administration LIZHEI3AR. 0TIElpS1W1/40BN- ,The city establishes ,s ,proL gram of awards to stimulate and reward suggestions and 'distinguished ,service of city employees which are of benefit to the city Partici pation'therein shall be lim- ited to "non-management employees unless specif- ically provided ,otherwise The following catagonest of awards are established tpt, A SUGGESTION'\ AWARDS COUNTY OF BENTON ss STATE OF WASHINGTON TRACY E. HOEVET , being duly sworn, deposes and says, I am the Legal Clerk of the Tn-City Herald, a daily newspaper That said newspaper is a legal newspaper and has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and it is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published countinually as a daily newspa- per in Benton County, Washington That the attached is a true copyof a Ordinance No. 2717 as it was printed in the regular and entire issue of the Tr-City Herald itself and not in a supplement thereof, 001 time(s), commencing on 022589 , and ending on 022989 , and that said newspaper was regulary distributed to its subscribers during all of this period SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN BEFORE ME THIS -2 2 Notary public in and for Ae :.ticIte of Wash- ington, residing at COMMISSION EXPIRES 7— / z-- ORDINANCE NO 2717 AN ORDINANCE estab lishing awards for city em ployees and creating new Chapter 2 43 of the Pasco Municipal Code WHEREAS The City Council has determined that non management em- pluyees of the city should receive special monetary awards for achievements deserving of special recog nition above and beyond their °regular wages and benefits for suggestions and distinguished service that are of benefit to the city NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO WASHINGTON DO OR DAIN AS FOLLOWS Section 1 New Chapter 2 43 is added to the Pasco MunicipaL Code which chapter shall read as fol- lows CHAPTER 243 PROGRAM OF MONETARY AWARDS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES Section 2 43 010 Established-Par ticipation 2 43 020 Administration 2 43 010 ESTAB LISHED PARTICIPATION The city establishes a pro gram of awards to stimulate and reward suggestions and distinguished service of city employees which are of benefit to the city Partici pation therein shall be lim ited to non management employees unless specif ically provided otherwise The following catagories of awards are established A SUGGESTION AWARDS (1) To be eligible for a monetary award a sugges tion must make possible an elimination or reduction of city expenditures without substantially impairing an existing city service (2) Employees shall not be eligible for an award for suggestions pertaining to subjects assigned for re- search or development or for problems assigned for solution for which such em ployee would normally be expected to offer in the line of duty (3) The suggestion must propose a change which was not under active con sideration by the city de partment affected at the time the suggestion was made (4) If duplicate sugges tions are submitted only the first received shall be eligible for an award (5) A suggestion which has been put into effect by the city department con cerned must be submitted for award consideration within sixty days of its adoption provided that this requirement may be waived by thp city council upon recommendation by the city manager (6) Each employee sub mating a suggestion shall execute the following ag- reement In consideration of my participation in the sugges tion award program I hereby agree that the use by the City of Pasco of my suggestion concerning o o o shall not be the basis of a claim of any na ture against the City of Pasco by me my heirs ex ecutors or assigns (7) The total amount of a money award shall be ten percent of the net first year ---, savings (as determined by the city manager) but not more than one thousand dollars (8) Appropriate commen dation of an employee whose adopted suggestion does not merit a money award may be approved by the city manager B SAFE DRIVING AWARDS ' ( (1)l o be eligible l i: inb4leay(n 'ebl e3em ployeemusthae- wedonafullt 7 tionofaeiy onaroutine:esis:nc,nt-re graitotheirjob ssi;ica-i- bon as determined by the city marmaer- Such An.....rel. ployee without a preventa - ble accident shall receive the monetary award pre- scribed herein below for the respective period of con secutive years a Five years One hundred fifty dollars b Ten years Two hundred fifty dollars c Fifteen years Three hun- dred fifty dollars d Twenty years Five hun dred dollars C ATTENDANCE AWARDS (1) Each full-time em ployee using zero sick leave hours during a twelve consecutive month period shall receive a monetary award not exceeding fifty dollars in value D CONTINUOUS SERV ICE AWARDS (1) Continuous service awards shall be available to both full and part time em ployees including manage- ment employees (2) Each employee com pleting continuous city service in increments of ten fifteen twenty twenty five and thirty years shall receive an award not ex ceeding one hundred dol lars in value 2 43 020 , ADMINISTRA TION Except for the Sug gestion Awards the total annual expenditure for the provision of the awards pro vided for herein and the cost of a dinner banquet for the presentation of such awards shall not exceed the combined total of five thousand dollars The city manager shall issue administrative rules /procedures for the admin istration of this awards program and further defi ning the eligibility and cnte na for the awards program not inconsistant with the re quirements set forth herein Section 2 This ordi mince, shall take effect five days after passage and publication PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by,the Mayor this 21 day of February 1989 s E A Snider Mayor Pro Tern ATTEST s Evelyn Wells City Clerk February 22, 1989 Tri City Herald P.O. Box 2608 Pasco, Washington 99302 Gentlemen: Please publish Ordinance Nos. 2716 and 2717 on the following date: February 25, 1989 Please send two (2) Affidavits of Publication for each. Sincerely yours, Evelyn Wells City Clerk ew