FIRE OR POLICE DEPARTMENT

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 40, art. II, div. 3

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-26 Definition.

§ 40-26. - Definition. As used in this division the term "regular policing personnel" shall mean those full-time commissioned police officers on regular duty with the Police Department of the City. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-27 Method of computation.

§ 40-27. - Method of computation. (a) The provisions of this division shall extend extra benefits to all regular policing personnel of the Police Department and the personnel of the Fire Department, the percentages of increase to be computed upon the longevity base approved by the City Council for personnel of the Fire Department, and the longevity base for regular policing personnel of the Police Department, and such benefits shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter made, apply to those in the service, as well as those joining the service hereafter. (b) All personnel shall, beginning with the pay period in which the anniversary date of their employment falls, receive extra benefits in addition to their regular salaries in the amount of one percent of their longevity base for each complete year of employment with the City, provided that payment for such benefits shall not commence until the third anniversary of such employment and provided further that payments for such benefits shall never exceed 20 percent of their longevity base. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-28 Operation of plan on year-to-year basis.

§ 40-28. - Operation of plan on year-to-year basis. Nothing in this division shall be construed as contracting to pay extra benefits or any sum whatever beyond the present fiscal year without the plan being readopted in subsequent fiscal years, nor shall this division bind or obligate funds not appropriated nor give any Employee a right of action for Compensation until such Employee has actually rendered the service; and provided, further, that the inclusion of funds in the City's annual budget, and appropriations sufficient to implement the provisions hereof, shall be construed as a re-adoption of this division for the year for which such appropriation is made. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 40-29 Determination of length of service.

§ 40-29. - Determination of length of service. For the purpose of computing the period of time to determine the classification under Section 40-27: (1) all time actually served in either the Police or Fire Departments may be totaled, but any intervening interruption in service must be deducted, except as specifically provided for hereinafter. (2) time served in the Police Department or the Fire Department may be included to determine total number of years served in order to determine benefits in the Department in which the Employee is now serving, but service in any other department may not be counted. (3) if service in either of the departments is interrupted, because of compulsory Military Service or voluntary Military Service during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States, said military Service may be counted as time served. (4) if an Employee, by reason of illness or injury, whether in line of duty or not, is separated from the service, time out of service will not be counted. (5) when an Employee becomes eligible for longevity pay, or by reason of service reaches a higher bracket in the extra pay plan, his/her extra Compensation shall commence on the first day of the next succeeding month. (Ord. No. 21916, § 2, 2-12-02)

Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH40PERESY_ARTIILOPA_DIV3FIPODEFetched: 10/28/2026