§ 335.04. City employee losses.  


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  • The various department heads are authorized to settle claims with employees of the city for loss or damage to their personal property arising from or because of any occurrence suffered by employees duly acting within the scope of their employment and within the hour of actual employment under the following conditions:

    (A)

    No employee shall be reimbursed for any loss in excess of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per item of personal property lost or damaged.

    (B)

    No individual employee shall be reimbursed for more than six hundred dollars ($600.00) for all items of personal property lost or damaged as a result of any one incident.

    The city auditor is authorized to draw his warrant upon the city treasurer in payment of any claim presented as set forth in this section, upon receipt of a voucher certifying the date, time, location and description of the incident which is the cause of the claim. The voucher shall be approved by the appropriate department head as being fair and accurate reimbursement for the article damaged or lost.

    (C)

    No employee shall be reimbursed for any item of personal property lost or damaged wherein the employee has been negligent in the occurrence in which the alleged loss arose.

(Ord. 1681-77; Ord. 1576-00 § 2 (part).)