Ordinance 254212/10/85
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ORDINANCE NO. 2542
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 2.35.040
COMPENSATING TIME TO RETURN TO PRIOR
RULES RELATING TO THE USE OF SUCH
BENEFIT AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BE EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds amended its provisions
regarding the use and accumulation of compensatory time in order
to comply with the then applicable Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) limitations, and
WHEREAS, said FLSA has been amended to permit greater
latitude in the use of compensatory time and to recognize
policies in effect on April 15, 1986, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to return to its
previously established rules and to afford them full recognition
under the terms of the Act, now, therefore,
FOLLOWS:
THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS
Section 1. Section 2.35.040 of the Edmonds City Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2.35.040 COMPENSATING TIME
When work beyond regular hours for any employee,
including department heads and assistant department
heads, is required of an employee by the City,
compensating time off may be allowed as City
requirements will permit and subject to the following
requirements:
1. Non-exempt, nonrepresented employees, if they
request, may be allowed, at the City's option,
compensating time off at one and one-half times
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the overtime worked; provided that such employee
may not accumulate more than 40 hours of
compensating time and that any compensating time
off earned must be used within the twelve-month
period following the date on which overtime is
worked.
2. All employees other than specified in Section 1
above, shall be allowed compensating time off
equal to the amount of overtime worked. The
compensating time off must be used within the
twelve month period following the date of overtime
worked and all rules regarding limitation on use
imposed by subparagraph 1 shall be followed.
3. Compensating time shall be taken at the
convenience of the City. All compensating time
must be recorded and then approved by the
employee's supervisor and/or Department Head. The
Mayor will approve compensating time of Department
Heads.
4. Upon termination no exempt employee shall be paid
for unused compensating time. Non-exempt
employees shall be paid for unused compensating
time at one and one-half times the overtime
worked. However, every effort should be made to
use compensating time before termination.
Section 2. This ordinance, being an administrative
acction, is not subject to referendum and shall take effect five
(5) days after its publication in the City's official newspaper.
The City Clerk is authorized and instructed to publish this
ordinance or a summary thereof consisting of its title.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
APPROVED:
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MAYOR, LARkY S. VAUGfITEN
ITY CLERK, JACQUELINE G. PARRETT
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: December 10, 1985
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: December, 17, 1985
PUBLISHED: December 22, 1985
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1985
ORDINANCE NO. 2542
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOINIISH,
ORDINANCE NO. 2542.
Ak-ORDINANCE�OF.THE
CITY -OF EDMONOS" W.A9H-
INGTON, - AMENDING, SEC-
TION 2-35.640 COMPENSA-r
ING TIME To RETURN TO
PRIOR RULESRE,LATING
TO THE 1 USE OF .SUCH
BENEFIT AND FIXING A
TIME - WHEN THE. SAME
SHALL BE -EFFECTIVE: The
tilll text of the ordinance will
be mailed to.ony person -,Upon
request
Published: Decembec.2211985:
Affidavit of Publication
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
December 22, 1985
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and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
during all of said period
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