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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1997-1071 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Fields Council Bill No L ORDINANCE NO 1071 Series of 1997 TITLE. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 19-32 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY FOR USE OF ACCRUED LEAVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT Section I Section 19-32(a) of the Code oflaws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is hereby repealed and reenacted as a new Section 2-3(t) to read as follows: A compensation schedule for all regular employees of the City will be annually established and included as an appendix in the annual budget and adopted by the city council in the exercise of its legislative discretion. In accordance with principles of public accountability, specifically that employees should not be paid for time not worked due to the need to be accountable to the city's taxpayers for expenditures of city funds, unclassified employees' pay will be reduced when partial days of annual leave, sick leave, or holiday leave are used by the employee when no accrued annual leave, sick leave, holiday leave, or compensatory time is available. Section 2 Section 19-32(b) of the Code oflaws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is hereby repealed and reenacted as a new Section 2-3(g). Section 3 Section 19-32(c) ofthe Code oflaws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is hereby repealed and reenacted as a new Section 2-3(h). Section 4 Safety Clause The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be attained. Section 5 Severability If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 6 This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after final publication. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of.2- to.....2. on this 24 tltiay of Feb;q~, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set forMarch 24, 1997, at 7'00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of JL to -2.., this 24thday ofMarcl} 1997. SIGNED by the Mayor on thisllillday of March, 1997 &c''-''_A. .1......1 ~<.k.", Dan Wilde, Mayor (JJ~ A Wanda Sang, City ~ APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY ~~~([~? Gerald Dahl, City Attorney 1st Publication. February 28, 1997 2nd Publication. March 28, 1997 Effective Date' Ap r i1 12, 1997