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