[Code 1964, § 11-9; Ord. No. 1383, § 1(1), 7-7-1988]
(a) 
The city is a "political subdivision" as defined in Sections 70.600 through 70.755, RSMo., and hereby elects to have covered by the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System all its eligible employees in the following classes:
(1) 
Present and future general employees (neither "policeman" nor "fireman" as defined in the Act).
(2) 
Policemen (as defined in the Act). Present and future policemen.
(b) 
(Reserved)
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1383, adopted July 7, 1988, did not specifically amend this Code. Section I(1) adopted a change in the contributions from covered employees, changing to no contributions; such provision was treated as superseding § 2-27(b), which authorized and directed the city treasurer to deduct member contributions and remit same to the retirement system, together with the employer contributions.
[Ord. No. 1090, § 1, 7-5-1979; Ord. No. 1383, § 1(3), 7-7-1988; Ord. No. 1889 § 1, 7-18-2001; Ord. No. 1891 § 1, 8-2-2001]
The city hereby elects Benefit Program L-6 (2% for life) in accordance with the provisions of Section 70.655, RSMo., as amended. The clerk shall certify this election to the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System within ten (10) days hereof. Such election shall be effective on the first day of August, 1988.
[Ord. No. 1241, § 4, 7-5-1984]
The first six (6) months of any employment is considered to be first probationary and thereafter there shall be second probation for an additional six (6) months, unless prior to the expiration of the second six-month probation period such second probationary period shall have been extended by action of the appropriate department head concurred in by the board of aldermen. While in either first or second probation period, an employee shall only be considered a probationary employee.
The compensation, including any allowances, as well as provisions for pay grades and advancement from one pay grade to another, of all city officers and employees, including members of boards and commissions, shall be as set by the board of aldermen from time to time.
[Code 1964, § 2-6; Ord. No. 2303 § 1, 10-16-2014]
(a) 
The following officers shall, before entering upon the performance of their duties, give their official bonds in accordance with Section 79.260 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri:
(1) 
City Treasurer.
(2) 
Assistant City Treasurer (if appointed).
(3) 
City Collector.
(4) 
City Clerk.
(b) 
The penalties of such bonds shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen, and the bonds, except the bond of the City Clerk, shall be filed with the City Clerk. The bond of the City Clerk shall be filed with the City Treasurer.
(c) 
Other officers and employees of the City may be included in a public employee blanket bond, in penalty, form and condition to be approved by the Board of Aldermen.
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State law reference—Bonds of city officials, RSMo. § 79.260.
[Code 1964, § 2-7]
It shall be the obligation of the city to defend and save harmless any official or employee of the city on any claim, cause of action, law suit, judgment or litigation of a civil nature of third parties against such official or employee arising out of the acts, failures or omissions of such official or employee occurring in the course of his governmental capacity or employment, if such official or employee was acting in good faith at such time, in the event such acts, failures or omissions are not covered by insurance carried by the city.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 2209 § 1, adopted February 16, 2012 repealed section 2-33 "hours of work" in its entirety. Former section 2-33 derived from Ord. No. 927, § 2, 8-1-1974.
[Ord. No. 927, § 3, 8-1-1974; Ord. No. 989, § 1, 5-6-1976; Ord. No. 1833, § 1, 10-21-1999; Ord. No. 2209 § 1, 2-16-2012; Ord. No. 2288 § 1, 6-19-2014]
(a) 
All department heads will submit a vacation schedule for their departments on or prior to December 15 for the ensuing calendar year to the Mayor for his approval. The approved vacation list will be posted in each department on or prior to January 15. Employees shall not be eligible to take vacation until first and second probationary periods have been completed. Vacation shall be awarded to regular full-time employees based on the anniversary date of their completion of the appropriate probationary period and (or length of service for increases in amount of vacation) as provided in the Personnel Rules and Regulations and Personnel Handbook of the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, as approved and revised by the Board of Aldermen from time to time. Beginning January 1, 2012, vacation shall be credited on a calendar-year basis; provided, however, that an employee's initial vacation award and increases in the amount of an employee's vacation by reason of longevity will be prorated on a monthly basis in the year of award. For example, if an employee has an anniversary date of employment on August 15 then on the August 15 after completion of probation the employee would become eligible to take five-twelfths (5/12) of the initial amount of annual vacation during the remainder of that calendar year, and on the August 15 after completion of the requisite longevity for an increased vacation award (i.e., five (5) years or fifteen (15) years of continuous employment) the employee would become eligible to take five-twelfths (5/12) of the increased amount of annual vacation award during the remainder of that calendar year in addition to taking the amount of vacation for which the employee was already eligible at any approved time during the year.
(b) 
When a paid holiday occurs during an employee's vacation, an extra day of vacation will be allowed to all employees except the Police Department. This extra day shall be taken either at the beginning of the vacation period by starting the day preceding the scheduled vacation, or at the end of the vacation period by reporting a day later than the usual time. Vacation time cannot be carried over to the following year except that if any employee is unable to take his or her vacation at any time during any particular year due to City needs as provided in writing by the department head and approved by the Mayor, then such vacation time can be carried over to the following year.
(c) 
Full-time employees on a personal leave of absence as hereafter defined are entitled to vacation benefits, sick leave benefits and all other benefits of full-time employees upon return to work provided that the requirements of this chapter are met.
[Ord. No. 927, § 4, 8-1-1974; Ord. No. 976, § 1, 10-2-1975; Ord. No. 1190, § 1, 8-19-1982; Ord. No. 1443, § 1, 2-15-1990; Ord. No. 1998, § 1, 2-17-2005; Ord. No. 2288 § 1, 6-19-2014]
(a) 
The following are eleven (11) paid holidays for full-time regular employees:
(1) 
Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
(2) 
Independence Day, July 4.
(3) 
Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
(4) 
Veterans' Day, November 11.
(5) 
Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
(6) 
The day after Thanksgiving.
(7) 
Christmas Day, December 25.
(8) 
New Year's Day, January 1.
(9) 
Martin Luther King Day, the third Monday in January.
(10) 
Washington's Birthday, the third Monday in February.
(11) 
Good Friday, the Friday immediately preceding Easter.
(b) 
Whenever a paid holiday falls on a Saturday, the day preceding will be observed as a holiday; and when a paid holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be considered as a holiday. Whenever a paid holiday occurs during a paid vacation of a full-time employee, his/her vacation shall be extended one (1) day as aforesaid.
(c) 
Police Officers shall be required to work their regular schedule regardless of holidays. In lieu of paid time off for recognized holidays, each officer below the rank of lieutenant will receive an extra eight (8) hours of pay for each holiday which occurs during the officer's full-time employment with the City, to be paid concurrently with the payment of wages for the pay period in which the holiday occurs.
[Ord. No. 927, § 5, 8-1-1974; Ord. No. 1019, § 1, 6-2-1977; Ord. No. 1241, § 4(d), 7-5-1984; Ord. No. 2209 § 1, 2-16-2012]
Sick leave is made available to employees to permit them to be away from work and sustain their income when they are ill or injured. Sick leave cannot be used for absence due to health concerns of family members or any person other than the employee. Employees must use available vacation, compensatory time or other applicable forms of authorized leave if they wish to be away from scheduled work for reasons involving anyone other than the employee. Full-time employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours per full month. Sick leave for full-time employees will be determined from the first day of the month following their employment. Unused sick leave may be accumulated to a total of not more than six hundred (600) paid hours. Absences paid by Workmen's Compensation will not be paid sick leave. When absence is for more than three (3) consecutive paid working days, a physician's certificate is required and is to be submitted to the department head upon return to work. Also, if absence is taken for more than five (5) separate occurrences during the calendar year, then a physician's certificate shall also be required. Employees who fail to provide a required medical certificate will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. No accrued sick leave shall be paid upon dismissal or resignation. Department heads are responsible for keeping a detailed record of days earned, days used, and days accumulated. A summary of such record shall be distributed to the mayor and the city treasurer as of June 30 and December 31 of each year.
[Ord. No. 927, § 6, 8-1-1974; Ord. No. 2209 § 1, 2-16-2012; Ord. No. 2348 § 1, 11-5-2015]
(a) 
Military leave. Full-time employees entering the active military service of the United States by draft, enlistment or by call to active duty through reserves or national guards shall be granted leave of absence without pay to termination of such duty.
(b) 
Jury service. Full-time employees shall be paid the differential between jury pay and City pay. Regular employees will submit vouchers to support payment received as a result of jury duty.
(c) 
Deaths. Full-time employees are allowed three (3) days with pay in the event of death in their immediate family; i.e. wife, husband, child, grandchild, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, brother, sister, daughter-in-law, stepfather or mother, stepchild, step grandchild and grandparents.
(d) 
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Eligible employees may take unpaid family and medical leave in accord with the City's FMLA policy as more fully detailed in the City's Personnel Rules and Regulations.
(e) 
Personal leave of absence. If the Board of Aldermen determines, in its unlimited legislative discretion, that an employee with a demonstrated record of exemplary service has an unforeseen and unavoidable inability to work, either for reasons not qualifying for FMLA leave or following exhaustion of FMLA benefits, and the board determines, in its said discretion, that the best interests of the City would be so served, the board may grant a full-time employee a leave of absence for a personal reason for up to ninety (90) days, without pay. Only one (1) extension for an additional period of ninety (90) days, without pay, may be granted by the Board of Aldermen. Full-time employees on a personal leave of absence are entitled to vacation benefits, sick leave benefits and all other benefits of full­time employees provided that the requirements of this chapter are met.
[Ord. No. 1167, § 1, 8-20-1981; Ord. No. 2594, 1-21-2021]
It shall be unlawful for any official of the city to knowingly discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment by the city on account of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression provided such employee or applicant possesses adequate training and educational qualifications.
[Ord. No. 1048, § 1, 6-1-1978; Ord. No. 1174, § 1, 12-19-1981; Ord. No. 1486, § 1, 5-16-1991]
(a) 
In case of occupational injury or illness sustained by an employee of the city, payments will be made in accordance with the provisions of the state workers' compensation law; except, that each occupational injury or illness shall be compensated for from the first day.
[Ord. No. 1680, § 1, 12-21-1995]
(a) 
For purposes of this section, the term "expenses" shall refer only to expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of the official business of the city. The term "employee" shall include all persons employed by the city and all elected and appointed officials.
(b) 
Any employee incurring any expense as defined in this section and seeking reimbursement of same may submit to the city clerk a voucher certified as being true and correct. Said voucher shall be submitted in a form as required by the city clerk not more than ten (10) days after the expense is incurred. The city clerk shall review such expense vouchers, shall make such investigation as may be appropriate and shall reimburse to the employee only those expenses properly incurred.
(c) 
The city clerk may advance payment of projected expenses as authorized by the board of aldermen when the projected expenses to be incurred would pose a financial burden on the employee. If such an advance is authorized, within ten (10) days after such expenses are actually incurred the employee shall submit to the city clerk a voucher for the expenses actually and necessarily incurred and any balance of the advance remaining after expenditure.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1471, § 1, adopted Aug. 2, 1990, repealed § 2-40, which pertained to hospitalization insurance and payments in lieu of; such section derived from Ord. No. 1210, § 1, adopted June 2, 1983. Subsequently Ord. No. 1680 added a new § 2-40 as herein set out.
[Ord. No. 1681 § 1, 12-21-1995; Ord. No. 2413, 1-18-2018]
(a) 
The board of aldermen hereby adopts Exhibit A, attached to Ord. No. 1681, as the city's alcohol and controlled substances testing policy. The mayor is directed to take all steps reasonable and necessary to implement this policy in accordance with the terms thereof. Said policy is not set out herein but is on file and available for inspection in the office of the city clerk.
(b) 
The City of Bellefontaine Neighbors hereby adopts the attached U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ( FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, January 2018, and Drug and Alcohol Policy Addendum, Effective January 1, 2108, attached hereto as Exhibit A and B, attached to Ord. No. 2413, and incorporated herein by this reference, as the City's policy with respect to the matters addressed therein.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1681, § 1, adopted December 21, 1995, did not specifically amend the Code; hence, inclusion herein as § 2-41 was at the discretion of the editor. In the original ordinance the word "unnecessary" previously found above, read "necessary", this was a typographical error changed at the direction of the city. Additionally, Ord. No. 2413 did not specifically amend the Code and inclusion herein was done after consultation with the City.
[Ord. No. 1701, §§ 1, 2, 8-1-1996; Ord. No. 2111 § 1, 7-16-2009; Ord. No. 2216 § 1, 5-3-2012; Ord. No. 2223 § 1, 8-16-2012; Ord. No. 2228 § 1, 10-18-2012; Ord. No. 2275 § 1, 3-20-2014; Ord. No. 2307 § 1, 11-6-2014; Ord. No. 2348 § 1, 11-5-2015; Ord. No. 2366 § 1, 5-19-2016; Ord. No. 2450, 3-7-2019]
(a) 
The rules, regulations, and procedures set forth in the document entitled "Personnel Rules And Regulations And Personnel Handbook City Of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri," dated May 3, 2012, as revised by Ordinance No. 2223 on August 16, 2012; Ordinance No. 2228 on October 18, 2012; Ordinance No. 2275 on March 20, 2014; Ordinance No. 2307 on November 6, 2014; Ordinance No. 2348 on November 5, 2015; Ordinance No. 2366 on May 19, 2016, and Ordinance No. 2450 on March 7, 2019, are hereby incorporated herein by reference and adopted as the rules, regulations and procedures governing employment with the City as to all matters encompassed therein.
(b) 
The Board of Aldermen reserves the right to amend, modify, repeal or revise the provisions set forth in the referenced document from time to time and to interpret and apply the rules and regulations as may be necessary from time to time.
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Editor's Note: Nonamendatory Ord. No. 1701, §§ 1, 2, adopted Aug. 1, 1996, has been included herein as section 2-42 at the discretion of the editor. The "Personnel Rules and Regulations and Personnel Handbook, City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri" has not been set out herein but is available in the office of the city clerk.
[Ord. No. 1717, §§ 1, 2, 12-5-1996]
The City of Bellefontaine Neighbors hereby adopts the U.S. Conference of Mayors Deferred Compensation Program and its attendant investment options and hereby establishes the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors Deferred Compensation Plan for the voluntary participation of all eligible city employees, elected officials and independent contractors.
The mayor of the city is hereby authorized to execute for the city individual participation agreements with each said employee requesting same, and to act as the administrator of the plan representing the city, and to execute such agreements and contracts as are necessary to implement the program. It is implicitly understood that other than the incidental expenses of collecting and disbursing the employee's deferrals and other administrative matters, that there is to be no cost to the city for the program.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1717, §§ 1, 2, adopted Dec. 5, 1996, was nonamendatory of the Code; hence, codification herein as § 2-43 was at the discretion of the editor.