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ORDINANCE D-1644-03
(As Amended)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARMEL, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 3, DIVISION II,
SECTION 2-51 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel awards its employees longevity pay for each
year of full-time service to the City; and
WHEREAS, longevity pays encourages employees to remain with the City and
thereby eliminate the loss of experience, efficiency and productivity that are the result of
employee turnover; and
WHEREAS, longevity pay has remained constant at $150 per year of service for
over twenty (20) years; and
WHEREAS, the rate of longevity pay must be adjusted periodically in order to
minimize the effects of inflation and ensure that it is at a level sufficient to achieve the
desired effects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City
of Carmel, Indiana, as follows:
Section I: Chapter 2, Article 3, Division II, Section 2-51 of the Carmel City
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2-51 Longevity.
(a) Subject to the conditions listed in (b) throu~ (d) below, each full-time employee
of the City shall receive $200 longevity pay for each year of full-time service to
the City, up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) years or $5,000.
(b)
An employee must have been employed full-time for a minimum of six (6)
months during any calendar year to receive credit for service in that year.
(c)
Longevity pay shall accrue on December 31 of the year in which it is earned, and
shall be included in the employee's hourly rate of pay in the year immediately
following. All entitlement to longevity pay shall cease when the employment
relationship is terminated.
(d)
Should an employee have an interruption in employment of 90 or fewer calendar
days, the employee shall be entitled to full credit for service prior to the
interruption. After an interruption of more than 90 calendar days, a returning
employee shall be treated as a new employee for purposes of calculating longevity
pay and shall not receive credit for prior service, unless specifically required by
applicable law.
(e) The Carmel Common Council shall review the amount and the terms of longevity
pay no less frequently than every four years during the year of the general election
of City officials."
Section II: All City ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision
of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency only, as of the
effective date of this Ordinance.
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Section III: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect on January 1, 2004.
PASSED by the Common Council of the~_,City of Carmel, Indi,,ana this } ~ '~C'~ay
~c~ 1S~f 2003, by a vote of I ayes and f~' nays.
COMMON COUNCIl, FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
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~u~der, P~si~nt ~ Tempore
,~A(onald E. Carter
Wa~yne Wilson
ATTEST:
~an~a~a~L .~C 0 r~ay ?~(-~.~T~r~e~
Ssn~lm I~. JohnSo~
Deputy Cler~ ~or
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this ~ day of~~-
2003, at [ 0'. c~O t~.M.
,)~ ~Deputy Clerk
~ Diana L. Cordray, I3dMC, Clerk-Treasurer
Approved byme, _Mayor of the
2003, at ~_.M.
City of Carmel, Indiana, this ~ d~ay of~
Jame~
ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Treasurer
Prepared by: Barbara A. Lamb
Director of Human Resources
City of Carmel, Indiana