Subject: 10584/Code/2-152(h)/OvertimePay-Safety
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 14:54:00 -0500


                
                               ORDINANCE NO. 10584
                
                
                 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                 PART II, SECTION 2-152(H), RELATIVE TO OVERTIME
                 PAY FOR CERTAIN CITY EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN LAW
                 ENFORCEMENT OR FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITIES.
                
                
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       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, as follows:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Section
       2-152(h) be and the same is hereby amended by deleting said
       subsection in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new
       subsection (h) as follows:
            	 (h)  Overtime pay provisions for certain employees
            engaged in fire protection or law enforcement activities
            are:
           
                 (1)  Law enforcement personnel.  All non-exempt
                      sworn personnel engaged in law enforcement
                      activities shall receive overtime pay as
                      follows:
                
                      a.   Police Officers, Sergeants, and
                           Inspectors shall receive overtime pay for
                           all hours worked in excess of their
                           normally scheduled work day.
                     
                      b.   Lieutenants shall receive overtime pay
                           for all hours worked in excess of one
                           hour more than their normally scheduled
                           work day.
                     
                      c.   In addition to the above, such non-exempt
                           employees shall receive overtime pay for
                           all hours worked exceeding the maximum
                           allowable hours for the work period.
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                      d.   Notwithstanding any other provision of
                           this chapter, part-time law enforcement
                           personnel shall be paid overtime for all
                           hours worked in excess of the maximum
                           allowable hours in a work period.  The
                           work period for part-time law enforcement
                           personnel shall be the same as for
                           regular, full-time law enforcement
                           personnel.
                     
                 (2)  Fire protection personnel.  All employees
                      engaged in fire protection activities
                      (excluding the Fire Chief, Assistant Chiefs
                      and Commanders) shall receive overtime pay for
                      all hours in excess of their established work
                      period set forth by the Fair Labor Standards
                      Act 7(k) exemption.
                
                 (3)  Court appearances for fire and law enforcement
                      personnel.  Court appearances which arise out
                      of the employee's duties as a City employee
                      shall be used in calculating whether the above
                      non-exempt persons exceed such hours per work
                      shift.
                
                
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance
       shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage as
       required by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading June 10, 1997.	     s/__________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:__X____ DISAPPROVED:_______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  6/13, 1997.
      
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/__________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
      
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