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ORDINANCE NO. 2000-10- �a
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 33(A), "SICK LEAVE" OF
CHAPTER 78, PERSONNEL OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 33(a), "Sick Leave" of Chapter 78, Personnel of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Generally.
(1) Each employee of the city regularly employed on a fixll-time basis shall be
entitled to sick leave with pay. The accrual of sick leave shall be at the rate
of 11/2 working days for each month of service for all employees except
Police Sergeants, Investigators and Officers and Fire Captains,
Lieutenants, and Firefighters who shall accrue such leave at the rate of
11/3 days per month. No sick leave s1W1 be-__a:,.ea to , employee ,n
k t 1, 1, t .a t 't. f eenseeefive «.enths after.
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1,' b. time siekleave shall b diced f -em the date ef e «lei nt A
month in 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 24-hour periods or more,
3 shall be considered a month of service. A day for which an employee
receives workmen's compensation benefits from the city insurance carrier
shall be considered a day for which the employee is paid under this
section. Any employee granted a leave of absence for any other purpose
shall not continue to accrue sick leave at the rate prescribed in this section
during the absence.
(2) Retirement time purchase: When an employee retires the city will
purchase one day of retirement credit for each sick day accumulated up to
a maximum of one year's retirement credit (242 days). An employee must
have a minimum of 50 days accrued sick time at the time of retirement to
receive this benefit.
(3) Payment alternative: Employees may elect the following benefit in lieu of
the retirement time purchase described in subsection (a)(2).
i. Upon retirement, employees electing the payment alternative who
have over 50 days of sick leave accumulated shall be paid an
amount equivalent to one day's regular pay for all sick days
accumulated over 50 days up to a maximum of 70 days pay.
ii. Current employees who desire to select this payment alternative in
lieu of the retirement time purchase benefit in subsection (a)(2)
must state their desire in writing to the City Personnel Director
before 4:30 p.m. June 30, 2000. Employees hired after the effective
date of this ordinance who desire to select this payment alternative
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in lieu of the retirement time purchase benefit in subsection (a)(2)
must state their desire in writing to the City Personnel Director
within 90 days of their date of employment.
iii. Employees who select this payment alternative may accrue a
maximum of 150 days of sick leave. All other employees may
accrue a maximum of 242 days of sick leave.
iv. Police Sergeants, Investigators and Officers and Fire Captains,
Lieutenants, and Firefighters who elect this payment alternative in LL
lieu of the retirement time purchase described in paragraph (a)(2)
and who have 150 days of sick leave accumulated shall be paid an
amount equivalent to one day's regular pay for 1/3 of all sick days
accumulated over 150 days. Payment for these sick days shall be
no later than the last day of January of the following year.
(4) Death benefit: If an employee dies, the surviving spouse or designated beneficiary
shall be entitled to the same unused sick leave benefits option as elected by the
employee, either the retirement time purchase benefit described in subsection (a)(2)
or the payment alternative described in subsection (a)(3).
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become
effective upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
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ATTEST:
AenitSmith, City Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners Oct,- 3, 606
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners , ./d, o` ,6 00
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, �� , /o� 000
Published by The Paducah Sun, (k -&AER /Z-2006
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