HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-OR-17ORDINANCE NO. 99-OR- ~] 7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ~ 35.10
OF THE JEFFERSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ESTABLISHING A SICK LEAVE POLICY FOR INJUR!ES IN THE LINE
OF DUTY
WItEREAS, 335.10 of the Jeffersonville Municipal Code (the "Code") provides that city
employees accrue five (5) working days of sick leave per year and may accrue sick leave up to thirty
days after five years of employment, but does not provide any additional sick leave for injmSes
suffered in the line of duty; and
\X'HEREAS, Article 13 of the 1998 Agreement between the City of Jeffersonv2Ie (the
"City-") and the Indiana FratemaI Order of Police Labor Council, Inc. (the "FOP") requires that the
Jeffersonville Common Council (the "Council") be requested to amend 335.10 of the Code to allow
an employee who is injured in the line of duty to t~e up to forty (40) working days of sick leave in
addition to all other sick leave benefits; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that employees injured in the line of duty shotdd be
allowed additional sick days;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED that 335.10 of the Code is hereb
amended by adding the following subsection:
§35.10 (E) If an employee is injured in the line of duty for the City of Jeffersonville, that employee
m~' take up to four (40) working days of sick leave in addition to all other sick leave benefits.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
'Passed this
day of ' .
~' Tl~omas R. Galli=an
Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
Presented,by m,e./as
day of _~,/zaZt L.~ , i999.
Clerk and Treasurer to the Mayor of said City of Jeffersonviiie th5
C. Richard Spencer, Jr./
Clerk ,~nd Treasurer f
and signed by me this __~ day of