ORD 2002-05 - Amend Personnel Rules Compensatory Time 02-05-2002ORDINANCE NO. 2002-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE PERSONNEL RULES OF THE
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8, SECTION 5,
COMPENSATORY TIME TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
COMPENSATORY TIME THAT MAY BE ACCRUED; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS,
that:
SECTION 1: Chapter 8 "Compensation," Section 5 "Compensatory Time," Paragraph a.2.
of the City of Huntsville Personnel Rules is amended to hereinafter read as follows:
2. Except for paid fire fighters, the maximum amount of compensatory time
that an employee may accrue and accumulate is 40 hours; however, an
employee may accrue up to 56 hours of compensatory time with approval
of the Department Director. The maximum amount of compensatory time
that a paid fire fighter may accrue and accumulate is 64 hours. When an
employee accrues a balance of fifty -six hours or a paid fire fighter accrues
a balance of sixty -four hours compensatory leave time, the City will pay
all additional overtime. A supervisor will permit an employee to use
compensatory time leave within a reasonable time. If an employee terminates
employment with the City, then the City will pay the employee their accrued
balance of compensatory time at a rate not less than the employee's average
pay rate for the last three (3) years of the employee's final regular pay rate
whichever is higher.
SECTION 2: If any portion of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be declared invalid by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof
and the City Council determines that it would have adopted this Ordinance without the invalid
provision.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall take effective immediately from and after the date of its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2002.
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
William B. Green, Mayor
ATTEST:
jveDa� raW�eller, City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Paul C. Isham, City Attorney