City of Columbus - File #: 1332-2007

• File #: 1332-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/17/2007
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 9/10/2007
• Final action: 9/13/2007
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to recognize a moral obligation to reimburse Ms. Bethany Jester for hours worked above the maximum hours allotted for limited employment in Public Safety, to authorize the expenditure of $845.38 from the Division of Police; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/13/2007	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/12/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/10/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
9/10/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
8/29/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
8/29/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
8/28/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/28/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/24/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/24/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/24/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/23/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/23/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/22/2007	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/22/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/22/2007	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/22/2007	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/22/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/21/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/21/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/17/2007	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/17/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/17/2007	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to recognize a moral obligation to pay wages to Ms. Bethany Jester, a former employee of Public Safety, for inadvertently working 39.7 hours more than the allotted 480 hours allowed for limited temporary employees. Ms. Jester worked 71 hours for the pay period ending August 11, 2007 which put her 39.7 hours more than the allotted 480 hours. She was employed by the Public Safety, Division of Police, Traffic Bureau, Mounted Unit as a Hostler, working with the police horses at the Police Mounted Unit Facility located at 2609 McKinley Avenue. Public Safety requests a moral obligation payment of $ 845.38 to be made to Ms. Bethany Jester for wages earned by inadvertently working 39.7 hours over the allotted time of 480 hours.

Emergency designation is requested so Ms. Bethany Jester can be paid her wages in a timely manner.

Fiscal Impact:  Funds for this expenditure are from the Division of Police Personnel Services portion of the General Fund Budget.

Title

To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to recognize a moral obligation to reimburse Ms. Bethany Jester for hours worked above the maximum hours allotted for limited employment in Public Safety, to authorize the expenditure of  $845.38  from the Division of Police; and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, it is necessary to recognize a moral obligation to pay Ms. Bethany Jester for hours worked for the Department of Public Safety; and

WHEREAS, the hours worked were 39.7 hours more than the allotted total of 480 hours for limited employees; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operations of the Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to recognize said moral obligation for the immediate preservation of public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, now, therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS

SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to recognize a moral obligation to pay Ms. Bethany Jester for wages earned for working 39.7 hours over the allotted 480 hours for limited employment for the Public Safety Department.

SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $  845.38, or so much therefore as may be necessary be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:

Division	Fund	OCA Code	Obj Level 1	Obj Level 3	Amount
30-03	010	300509	01	1112	$  669.34
30-03	010	300509	01	1120	$    40.16
30-03	010	300509	01	1160	$    92.70
30-03	010	300509	01	1171	$      9.71
30-03	010	300509	01	1173	$     33.47
				TOTAL	$    845.38

Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is made part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.