City of Milwaukee - File #: 131379

• File #: 131379
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/22/2014
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/4/2014
• Effective date: 3/21/2014
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to recall allowance and special CPR pay in the fire department.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, WAGES AND BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/20/2014	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
3/7/2014	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/4/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:0
2/26/2014	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Deborah Ford, Department of Employee Relations	Pass	5:0
2/21/2014	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
2/21/2014	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/21/2014	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/22/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
131379
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to recall allowance and special CPR pay in the fire department.
Sections
350-152.5-2 cr
350-152.5-3 cr
Analysis
Currently, employees in the position of assistant chief are eligible for annual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) payments in addition to their regular base compensation. This ordinance establishes the compensation and administration for this benefit.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 350-152.5- 2 and 3 of the code is created to read:

2. COMPENSATION. An employee who has successfully completed an approved course in CPR shall receive a compensation of $200 in addition to his or her base pay.
3. ADMINISTRATION. a. Payments made under sub. 2 shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable after December 31 of the year in which they were earned. Prorata adjustment to the nearest calendar month on the basis of time served as CPR-qualified shall be made for those employees who have held CPR qualified status for less than one calendar year. For the purpose of prorating, an employee who has held CPR-qualified status for at least 14 days in a calendar month, exclusive of any mandatory furlough time, shall be deemed as having held CPR-qualified status for the full calendar month; if an employee has held CPR-qualified status less than 14 days in a calendar month, the employee shall be deemed as not having held CPR-qualified status at all during the calendar month.
b. An employee who separates from active service on account of voluntary resignation or normal service retirement during a calendar year shall receive the amount set forth in sub. 2 prorated on the basis of his or her active service during that calendar year computed to the nearest calendar month.
c. Except for employees who separate from active service during a calendar year on account of normal service re...