§ 2-845. Employee suggestion program.

(a)

There is established an employee suggestion program in city government.

(b)

The employee suggestion program will function as follows:

(1)

Compensation shall be granted to city employees who submit eligible suggestions which specify a method to perform city operations better, quicker, easier, safer or for less cost. This compensation will be in the form of either cash or a nonmonetary award. The cash award will be paid as a percentage of the cost savings or revenue gain generated by a suggestion. This award will equal ten percent of the estimated first year's net savings or revenue gain, but no such award shall exceed $500.00 per employee suggestion.

(2)

An employee suggestion committee shall be responsible for determining whether or not a suggestion merits a nonmonetary award or the employee is entitled to cash compensation.

(3)

The suggestion committee shall be composed of members selected from the city's administrative, legislative and service-delivery departments. The mayor or the mayor's designee shall determine the tenure, size and manner in which committee members are chosen. Once constituted, the majority of members will select a chair to preside over the functioning of the committee. The employee suggestion committee shall have the power to adopt those rules which are considered necessary to conduct the committee's business.

(4)

The administrator of the governmental unit responsible for coordinating suggestion program activities shall provide an annual report to the council on the condition and achievements of the program no later than January 31 of the following year.

(Code 1977, § 7-4114)