PAY PERIODS. The City Manager shall have the authority to determine the length of pay periods. All employees are paid bi-weekly, resulting in 26 pays per calendar year. However, an anomaly occurs approximately every 11 years, resulting in a calendar year with 27 bi-weekly pays. During these years with 27 pays, the annual salary, vacation, and sick leave accrual rates set forth herein, as well as the rates set forth in applicable labor contracts, shall be exceeded to accommodate the additional pay.

COMBINATION OF POSITIONS. The City Manager shall have the authority to combine any of the positions referred to in this Personnel Schedule so as to reduce the workforce by decreasing the number of persons employed by the City. In the event the City Manager elects to combine positions as provided herein, he or she may, if he or she so chooses, make such adjustments to the compensation to be paid in connection with the combined positions as he or she, at his or her sole discretion, deems fair and equitable.

COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS. The City Manager, at any time and from time to time, may grant to department heads, increases in compensation in excess of the rates established herein, when he or she, at his or her sole discretion, determines that adjustments are dictated by equity. Any such adjustment shall result in increased compensation to the subject department head and shall be paid as hereafter provided. In contemplating such adjustment, the City Manager may consider the expectations and performance of the subject department head; the department head's level of compensation as it relates to compensation levels of subordinate personnel in the same department; and other factors deemed relevant by the City Manager. Any supplement to a department head's annual compensation, as provided herein, shall be by way of additional city-paid compensation to designated deferred compensation plans made available by the city.

COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR CITY MANAGER. City Council, at any time, may grant to the City Manager increases in compensation in excess of the rates established herein, when they determine that such adjustments are warranted. Any such adjustment shall result in increased compensation to the City Manager and shall be paid as hereafter provided.

TEMPORARY INCREASES IN SALARY. The City Manager is authorized to make a temporary increase in salary paid to any employee who is required to assume the duties of a higher position for an extended, but temporary, period of time (as opposed to being promoted to a higher position). This temporary addition to salary may not be greater than twenty percent (20%) of the rate of compensation paid for the lower position.

PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION PAYMENT. In addition to annual salary compensation, an employee in the Public Safety Captain classification who holds and maintains a paramedic certification shall receive a lump sum payment of $1,631.76. An employee who receives his/her paramedic certification during the course of a calendar year shall receive a pro-rated amount.

CLOTHING ALLOWANCE. In addition to annual salary compensation, an employee in the Public Safety Captain classification shall receive an annual lump sum clothing allowance payment of $500 to be paid at the end of each calendar year.

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. These are employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week throughout the year. Said employees shall have all rights, benefits, and obligations as determined by the Personnel Schedule and Personnel Regulations.

REGULAR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. These are employees working twenty-nine (29) hours or fewer per week on a year-round basis. Eligibility for regular part-time employees to be entitled to benefits as outlined in the Personnel Schedule or the Personnel Regulations shall be determined by the City Manager.

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. These are employees who work less than 1,250 hours per year. Said employees shall not be entitled to any benefits outlined in the Personnel Schedule or the Personnel Regulations, except for holidays which may occur during their employment.

SPECIAL EMPLOYEES. The City Manager is authorized to enter into agreements to hire individuals as employees so as to obtain their personal services which the City Manager determines are in the best interests of this city. Such employees shall be known as "Special Employees," whose status shall be temporary and whose term of employment shall be set by individual agreement. The compensation and benefits for such Special Employees shall be set and controlled by contractual agreements which shall be limited by budgetary authorization intended for such purposes. The city shall make deductions from the Special Employee's pay as required by law, such as federal, state, and