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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
RELATING TO PERSONNEL RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF OCOEE; AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 99-12 REGARDING MILITARY
LEAVE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee desires to amend the personnel
policies and regulations for the administration of personnel matters within the City of Ocoee;
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee believes that it is important to
provide for the proper and equitable treatment of City employees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority
to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and
Chapter 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 10.04. Section 10.04 Military Leave of the
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS as adopted by
Ordinance Number 99-12 is hereby amended to read as follows (with additions double-
underlined and deletions stricken):
10.04 Military Leave
A. Regular employees who are commissioned reserve officers or reserve enlisted
personnel in the United States military or naval services or members of the Florida
State National Guard, shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties
without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, for such time as they shall be ordered to
military service or field training in an active duty or active duty for training status, for
a period not to exceed seventeen (17) days in anyone annual period.
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B. The employee shall be required to submit an order or statement from the appropriate
military commander as evidence of any such duty. Such order or statement must
accompany the formal request for military leave at least two (2) weeks in advance.
C. Regular employees who are members of the Armed Forces Reserve or Florida National
Guard shall be excused from work without pay to attend inactive duty training drills as
required. Evidence of membership in the applicable organization shall be provided to
the department by the employee. Requests for absences from work can be made by the
employee either orally or in writing. The submission of the applicable Reserve or
National Guard training schedule will satisfy this requirement. Except upon
declaration of civil emergency conditions, if there is a conflict between departmental
scheduling and required military training, the department will make every effort to
excuse the employee from work.
D. Re!!ular emolovees in the National Guard or a reserve comoonent of the Armed
Forces of the United States will be !!ranted a leave of absence from their resoective
oositions to oerform active militarv service. the first 30 calendar davs of anv such
leave of absence to be with full oav. For oav ourooses. emolovees will be treated
as thou!!h thev were reoortin!! to work durin!! this initial thirtv (30) d~v oeriod.
E. Re!!ular emolovees in the National Guard or reserve comoonent of the Armed
Forces assi!!ned to active militarv dutv for a oeriod exceedin!! 30 davs. will receive
the difference between the emolovee's total militarv remuneration and normal Citv
wa!!es for a period not to exceed five (5) months. If the emolovee has accrued
oersonal leave hours. those accruals will be used first when oavin!! the difference
between the emolovee's total militarv remuneration and normal Citv wa!!es uo to a
maximum for five (5) months. The emolovee's insurances will be continued for a
maximum of five (5) months at no cost to the emolovee. Emolovees will not accrue
oersonalleave durin!! an absence for active military service.
F. It is the emolovee's resoonsibilitv to orovide their suoervisor with documentation
from the militarv. which states their base oav and allowances.
DoG. In the event an employee is drafted into military service, the employee will be
eligible for reemployment with the City upon completion of their military obligation and
successful comoletion of a return to dutv ohvsical in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 5.
Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
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competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
SECTION 6.
Conflicts. All ordinances and resolution, or parts of ordinances
and resolutions, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and rescinded.
SECTION 7.
Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this I It, ~ay of -'3 p t../ L
,2002.
APPROVED:
err, Y, OF OCOEE, .,FIfF, RillA
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S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FORM ~ j
LEGALITY this }6 day of ~,2002.
ADVERTISED April 4. 2002
READ FIRST TIME April 2. 2002
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
A PR I L I~ , 2002
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. ;;r../),
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By: 0 '.' ~
City Attorney
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