Page last updated on December 22, 2022 at 2:06 pm
Update to Bad Weather Policy: Employees who are able to telecommute, even if they do not have an active telecommuting agreement on file, are not eligible for Bad Weather Policy Pay. In other words, any employee who has the ability to telework will need to telework or take PTO.
13.04 BAD WEATHER POLICY
City functions must continue operation, even in poor weather conditions. In inclement weather, employees are to assume that City services are open for business and to report to work as usual unless the Mayor or his/her designee has made a decision to curtail City operations. In this instance, the Mayor or his/her designee will make a public announcement notifying the City through the media of the status of any given office or offices. The Mayor or his/her designee will make this decision based upon the need to keep City operations functioning as normally as possible and upon concern for the safety of City employees.
(A) When an emergency occurs prior to the beginning of the workday, the Mayor’s Office will provide one (1) of the following two (2) announcements to the media when a weather-related emergency occurs:
(1) City operations are functioning under an UNSCHEDULED LEAVE POLICY: You may choose to report to work. However, employees in non-emergency positions, with notification to their supervisor, may take accrued compensatory time, Paid Time Off, or leave without pay.
(2) City operations are CLOSED.
In the unlikely event that the County declares a snow or ice emergency that officially closes the roads or other emergency declared by the Mayor, regular employees in non-emergency positions who are scheduled to work are excused from work without loss of pay or charge to benefit time. Employees in positions designated as emergency positions are expected to report for work on time.
Employees who are not scheduled to work on the day(s) City operations are declared closed will not receive an additional paid benefit day. To clarify, when an employee is absent on previously approved compensatory time, Paid Time Off, or leave without pay, or when the closing occurs on a day when the employee’s regular schedule does not require him/her to work, the employee is not entitled to additional benefit time as a result of the closing.
A list of emergency positions by job title will be maintained in Human Resources and distributed to departments whenever updated.
(B) For employees who are not in positions designated as emergency positions and who do not live in Monroe County, if a weather emergency that precludes non-essential travel is declared in the county in which he/she lives or in a county he/she must pass through to travel to work, the employee will be permitted to use accrued compensatory time, Paid Time Off, or leave without pay for the day and will not incur an unscheduled absence. The employee is expected to provide notice of his/her absence as required by these policies.
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL LIST
Per Section 13.04 of the City of Bloomington Personnel Manual
Updated December 2022
The following list of emergency personnel applies in the event of a snow emergency. (This list is subject to change, and it is the department heads’ discretion if they choose to identify employees that do not have to report to work.)
In the event of an emergency related to some other unforeseen circumstance that causes the Mayor to close City operations, department heads and/or supervisors may additionally include any other City positions as emergency personnel and will notify those additional employees if they are required to report as emergency personnel.
PUBLIC WORKS
Animal Shelter
Director
Shelter Manager
Animal Care Technicians
Animal Control Officer
Fleet
Fleet Maintenance Manager
Shop Foreperson
Master Mechanic
Apprentice Master Mechanic
Public Works–Admin
Director
Facilities
Operations and Facilities Director
Maintenance - Custodian
Downtown Specialist
Sanitation
Director
Crew Leader
Master Motor Equipment Operator
Laborers
Street
Director
Deputy Director
Traffic Manager
Paving Manager
Crew Leader
Master Motor Equipment Operator
Motor Equipment Operator Apprentice
Laborer
Asset Clerk/Emergency Grants Coordinator
Asset Clerk
UTILITIES
Utilities (Administration)
Director of Utilities
Engineering
Assistant Director
Blucher Poole
Superintendent
Wastewater Plant Operator
Plant Service Mechanic
Master Motor Equipment Operator
Laborer
Dillman Plant
Superintendent of Wastewater Treatment
Solids Handling Supervisor
Maintenance Coordinator
Wastewater Plant Operator
Plant Maintenance Mechanic
Apprentice Plant Maintenance Mechanic
Chemist
Lab Technician I
Monroe Plant
Superintendent
Water Plant Operator
Plant Service Mechanic
Plant Maintenance Mechanic
Plant Maintenance Apprentice Mechanic
Meter Services
Assistant Superintendent
Meter Serviceperson
T & D
Utilities Assistant Director T&D
Assistant Superintendent
Engineering Field Technician
Master Motor Equipment Operator
Apprentice Motor Equipment Operator
Plant Maintenance Mechanic
Plant Maintenance Apprentice Mechanic
Lineman
Laborer
T&D/Meter Operations Coordinator
Communications Operator
FIRE
All of Fire Department with the exception of:
Chief
Deputy Chief
Assistant Chief of Administration and Planning
Battalion Chief of Training
Fire Marshall
Deputy Fire Marshall
Community Engagement Officer
Community Care Coordinator
Logistics Officer
Administrative Assistant
POLICE
Telecommunications Manager
Telecommunications Supervisor
Telecommunicator
Records Supervisor
Records Clerk
All Police Officers with the exception of:
Chief
PARKS & RECREATION
Operations Division Director
Operations Division Superintendent
Crew Leader
Working Foreperson - Facilities
Working Foreperson - Sanitation and Grounds
Working Foreperson - Cemeteries and Landscaping
Working Foreperson - Urban Forestry
Working Foreperson - Sports
Working Foreperson - Switchyard Park
Equipment Maintenance Mechanics
Mater Motor Equipment Operators
Laborer I - Sports
Working Foreperson - Natural Areas
Working Foreperson - Urban Green Space
Laborer II - Grounds Maintenance
Laborer II - Urban Forestry
Laborer II - Facility Maintenance
Urban Forester - only if conditions result in large-scale street/park tree cutting and removals.
City Landscaper - only when Operations Superintendent had previously approved scheduled time off or is sick.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Communications Director
Public Engagement Director