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ORDINANCE NO. 74-6-988
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUB -SECTIONS (a) AND (h) OF SECTION 2-22
"SICK LEAVE�ENERALLY" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH,KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Sub -section (a) of Section 2-22 "Sick leave generally"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained
so that said sub -section as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 2-22. Sick leave generally.
(a) Each employee of the city regularly employed on a full time basis, shall
be entitled to sick leave with pay, and each employee shall be entitled to accrue sick leave
time up to and including a total of 120 working days. The accrual of sick leave shall be at
the rate of one and one-half (11) working days for each month of service up to the first 90
days accrued and at the rate of one (1) working day for each month of service up to
the 120 day total. No sick leave shall be credited to any employee until such time as he
has worked for the City for six consecutive months, after which time sick leave shall
be credited from the date of employment. A month is which a salaried employee is
paid for 15 days or more, and a daily or hourly employee is paid for 12 days or more,
or a member of a platoon in the fire department is paid for five (5) twenty-four hour periods
or more, shall be considered a month of service. Any employee granted a leave of absence
for any purpose shall continue to accrue sick leave at the rate prescribed in this section
during such absence. when an employee retires or dies, he or his surviving spouse or
his designated beneficiary, shall be paid an amount equivalent to one day's regular pay
for all sick days he has accumulated over 50 days at the time of such retirement or death."
SECTION 2. That Sub -section (h) of Section 2-22 "Sick leave generally"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained
so that said sub -section as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 2-22. Sick leave generally.
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(h) Members of a platoon in the Paducah Fire Department working shifts
j� of twenty-four hours on duty and forty-eight hours off duty shall be charged with two (2) I
days sick leave for each twenty-four hour shift. One day of sick leave will be charged for
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any excused period of illness up to twelve (12) hours. Compensation for sick leave
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shall be computed at the members rate of pay times the hours absent during the pay period,
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and full credit shall be given for regular and overtime pay as if the member had actually
worked his scheduled shift of twenty-four (24) hours on duty and forty-eight (48) hours
off duty as required by I(RS 95.500."
SECTION 3. Sections 1 and 2 above amend an ordinance adopted November 25,
1947, which was last amended by Ordinance No. 74-4-945 adopted April 2, 1974.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and retroactive to June 17, 1974.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners June 18, 1974
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, June 18, 1974.