HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-2-6003155
ORDINANCE NO. 99-2- (0.3
AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION 78-65 OF CHAPTER 78,
PERSONNEL, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY, TO PROHIBIT THE GRANTING OF RETROACTIVE SALARY AND
WAGE INCREASES
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes require that municipalities adopt
fiscal year budgets; and
WHEREAS, personnel costs are the largest category of city expenditures;
and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Legislative Body to require that
large expenditures be fixed in the budget at the time of its adoption.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
SECTION 1. That Section 78-65 of Article III, "Compensation", of
Chapter 78, "Personnel", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah prohibiting the
granting of retroactive salary and wage increases, is hereby created and ordained to
hereafter read as follows:
"Section 78-65. Retroactive Salary and Wage Increases.
No employee shall be granted a retroactive salary or wage increase except
in instances where the Director of Finance certifies that a retroactive wage
payment is due an employee as result of an error by city staff in making
previous payments to the employee."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will
become effective upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners January 26, 1999
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners. 2 a --'1999
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, .23 , 1999
Published by The Paducah Sun 1�'I•� ted, . is 9 9
ord/retropay