§ 114-427. Leave to serve on an approved city employee board or commission.

City employees who are elected to or appointed to an approved city employee board or commission may attend meetings and other official functions of such board during such employees' regular or assigned working hours, and the time spent attending such meetings and functions shall not be charged to such employees' leave time, subject to the following conditions:

(1)

The employees shall notify, in writing, their immediate supervisors of their attendance at such meeting not less than 48 hours prior to the scheduled date and time of the meeting. With regard to specially called or emergency meetings, the employees shall notify, in writing, their immediate supervisors of such meeting as soon as is practicable under the circumstances. In the case of emergency or special meetings called on short notice, reasonable accommodation shall be afforded the employee; however, if an employee's services are deemed indispensable by such employee's supervisors, the needs of the service shall take precedence over the board or commission meeting.

(2)

Should it become necessary for an employee to travel out of the city in connection with such employee's official duties as a member of any city board or commission, or other such board or commission where city employee representation is required, such time shall be charged in the same manner as that related to absences while on official business of the city.

(3)

The time taken pursuant to this section for attendance at meetings and other official functions of boards and commissions of the city or other such boards and commissions where city employee representation is required shall not exceed 48 hours per year for regular, special or emergency called meetings and shall not exceed three days per year for travel out of the city. Travel out of the city for "53 hour" employees of the fire department shall not exceed six days per year.

(Ord. No. 2007-22(06-O-2700), § 1, 3-27-07)