3515ORDINANCE NO. 3515
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 3324 AND ITS AMENDMENTS TO AMEND SECTION 23.0 OF
THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE PAY FOR
WORK DURING EMERGENCIES OR DISASTERS TO NON-EXEMPT AND EXEMPT
EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Sanford, FI0dda, deems it necessary to
amend Section 23.0 of the Citys Personnel Rules and Regulations to provide compensation to non-
exempt and exempt employees for work dudng emergencies or disasters.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE tT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1:
SECTION 2:
SECTION 3:
The City Commission adopts statements above as if fully set forth heroin.
That the terms of Ordinance No. 3324 are hereby amended.
That Ordinance No. 3324 be and same is hereby amended to provide that
the revisions to the Personnel Rules and Regulations attached hereto as Exhibit "A' is incorporated
herein by reference are hereby adopted.
SECTION 4: If any section or portion of a section of this Ordinance proves to be invalid,
unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair the validity, force or effect of any other
section or part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the
same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 6: That this ordinance shall be effective upon passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this E:~ Day of (/~~ A.D. 1999.
ATTEST: "
AS~H~~N OF THE
CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
EXHIBIT A
CITY OF SANFORD
PERSONNEL RULES & REGULATIONS
SECTION 23.0
PAY FOR WORK DURING EMERGENCIES OR DISASTERS
23.1
GENERAL
It is the policy to fairly compensate employees when any natural, technological or human-
caused emergency or disaster requires an emergency declaration by the City.
PROCEDURES
A~ City personnel in non-exempt (non-salaried) pay plans who are designated by their
Department Directors as essential and who are assigned to work dudng emergencies or
disasters, will be compensated for time worked in accordance with the Fair Labor
Standards Act (F.L.S.A.) Thcsc crnployccs will receivc full pay for hours worked dudng thc
emergency in addition to their normal full day pay for thc work ,~ay or work wcck only in the
event that City operations have been closed down due to the disaster and State or Local
Emergency has been declared by the City Commission. Overtimc rulcs apply according to
thc Fair Labor Standards Act (F.L,S.A.).
Employees in a non-exempt (non-salaried) pay plan and considered as non-essential
personnel and are not instructed to report to work will not receive pay for the work day
but may request leave with pay (vacation, personal absence or comp time) !f they have
no paid leave balance available their time will be reflected as "leave without pay".
Whcn City opcrations arc dosed down before start of s schcduled workday, employecs
normally scheduled to work who arc instructed not to roport to work (as dcscdbed in (1)
abovc) will receivc full pay for t~hc workJay.
When City operations ore dosed down dudng a scheduled workday, employees who report
to work r=nd arc subsc>quently released by thc City Managcr will reeeivc full pay for thc
workday.
Employees in an "exempt" (salaried) pay plan who are considered as non-essential
will not have their salary affected by the above rule due to City operations having been
closed.
Employees already on official leave will not receive any additional paid time off and will be
paid according to their odginai leave request.
Employees scheduled to be on leave dudng their standard work (vacation, holiday, personal,
comp time, or sick) who are called in to work due to an emergency situation will be paid et
an oveffimc ratc. for hours worked during the emergency in accordance with the FLSA
and will not receive any additional paid time off.
It is the department's responsibility to verify any emergency hours worked and approve all
payment.
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CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 3515, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 25th day of
October, 1999, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the
City of Sanford, Florida, on the 26th.day of October, 1999.
City of Sanford, Florida