[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Plattsburgh
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-27-1957 by L.L. No. 8-1957 (Ch. 80 of the 1989 Code)]
A.
The weekly payroll period and/or workweek for all City departments
and offices shall begin on Thursday and end on the following Wednesday.
B.
Except as hereinafter provided, all City officials, department heads
and employees shall be paid biweekly.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
In the case of labor-class, temporary, part-time or other hourly
rate employees, payrolls for whom are audited by the Common Council
at its regular weekly meeting, the payday shall be on the second Friday
following the completion of the workweek.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, members of the Civil Service
Commission, the Director of Weights and Measures and the Civil Defense
Director shall be paid once each month at the end of the month, and
Aldermen and call firemen shall be paid monthly.
[Amended 10-5-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Payrolls, for which the City Chamberlain shall prescribe regulations,
forms and practices not inconsistent with law, shall be filed electronically.
Retirement reporting will be completed as required by New York State.
B.
Payroll elapsed time shall be approved by department heads and/or
the Mayor.
C.
The Mayor and three Councilors approve the payroll dollars to be
paid weekly. Civil Service certifies payroll once annually, in February
of each year.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Amounts of compensation for those personnel whose annual salaries
shall have been fixed by the Common Council shall be 1/26 of the annual
rate for which an employee shall be eligible. Payments for the first
and last pay periods of each calendar year shall be adjusted, on the
basis of the number of days respectively therein, but the total salary
paid to each person during the year shall not exceed the annual amount
fixed by the Common Council. Changes of annual salary rates established
during a given year shall be valued, for that year, according to the
number of working days elapsed and remaining. Calendar surplus days
may cause overpayment every 14 years for salaried employees.
B.
For fractions of weeks for new or separated personnel and in cases
where salary increments or other increases become payable other than
at the beginning of a pay period, the amount of compensation payable
shall be computed on the basis of daily rates for the applicable period
or periods.
C.
Computed daily rates for annual salaried personnel paid weekly shall
be determined by dividing 1/26 of the annual salary rate applicable
by the number of days and fractions of days customarily worked during
each weekly pay period by regular personnel in similar positions.
For purposes of this computation, six days shall be presumed to be
the work week of personnel of the Fire Department under present schedules
and also for those personnel whose positions are generally regarded
as part-time. Fire Department employees work 24-hour days twice weekly
and once during the last week of their month.
D.
Amounts of monthly compensation for monthly paid employees or Councilors
shall be 1/12 of the prescribed annual rate for which the employee
or Councilor shall be eligible.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
All payrolls shall first be audited and approved by resolution of
the Common Council before payments shall be made.
B.
All payments of salaries and wages for personal services shall be
made by the City Chamberlain, and the Department of Finance shall
maintain the records thereof. Such disbursements shall be only on
the basis of properly authenticated payrolls prepared by or filed
with his office, from appropriations established for such purpose
by the Common Council.
C.
For payrolls of each pay period, warrant checks or electronic transfers
against the several funds and appropriation accounts properly chargeable
therefor shall be drawn to the order of "City Chamberlain —
City payroll account" for the total or gross amounts of such payrolls
and shall require the signatures provided by the City Charter for
disbursement of City moneys.
D.
Such warrant checks or electronic transfers shall be deposited by
the City Chamberlain to the credit of the City payroll account in
the designated depositary for City moneys, which new account he is
hereby authorized to establish.
E.
The City Chamberlain is hereby authorized to make deductions on such
payrolls for withholding taxes and retirement and social security
purposes as are required by law and for such other purposes as group
insurance premiums, etc., as may be authorized. Checks or electronic
transfers drawn against the City payroll account for the total amounts
of such deductions shall be deposited in the City Chamberlain's
trust and agency funds account for subsequent payment by him to the
proper respective recipients.
F.
Payments of the net amounts due the several persons on such payrolls,
after subtraction of all authorized payroll deductions, shall be by
individual payroll check or electronic direct deposit for each person
listed thereon, drawn against the City payroll account, which payroll
check shall require the signature of the City Chamberlain.
