Ordinance 97-3: Longevity Elimination

WHEREAS, DeKalb County has for many years paid its employees longevity compensation at the rate of one hundred dollars per year for the years the employee continued to work for DeKalb County up to a maximum of eight years.;

WHEREAS, DeKalb County has experienced some problems and undue complexity in calculation and application of longevity; and

WHEREAS, the DeKalb County Council and the DeKalb County Commissioners have decided to eliminate longevity;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED THAT the DeKalb County Council and the DeKalb County Commissioners eliminate longevity compensation for employees of DeKalb County beginning with the calendar year 1998 and any current level of longevity for any existing employee shall become part of that employee's salary beginning with the calendar year 1998, and no longevity shall be paid in 1998 or thereafter. The concept of awarding compensation based upon longevity for years of service is hereby eliminated for DeKalb County employees.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the County Commissioners of DeKalb County, Indiana, to become effective after the Third Reading.

READ AND PASSED ON FIRST READING: March 3, 1997

READ AND PASSED ON SECOND READING:

READ AND PASSED ON THIRD READING:

Signed, approved and adopted after the Third Reading by the DeKalb

County Council and the DeKalb County Commissioners.

THE DEKALB COUNTY COUNCIL:

Robert Wilder, President

Charles R. Ridge, Vice President

Alan C. Middleton

James B. Mason

Thomas A. Lavin

Michael W. Gerig

Wayne A. Madden

DEKALB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

William C. Ort, President

Connie R. Miles, Vice President

Don C. Kaufman, Member

Attested by:

Mary Bowman, DeKalb County Auditor