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Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION*
Section 2-212 Definitions
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
City means the City of Thomasville.
Employee means all persons performing regular service in the employ of the City, in each and all departments thereof, except the Mayor and members of the City Council, who are performing services in elective positions, as well as the following part-time employees, to wit: the City Attorney and the City auditor.
Fully Vested means the guarantee that a member is eligible to retain the total value contributed by both the employee and the City.
Member means all employees who have qualified under the terms of this article.
Plan means Division 4, Section 2-210 et.seq. of the Code of the City of Thomasville, as may be amended from time to time.
Plan Year means the period of time beginning January 1 and ending on the following December 31, both dates inclusive, for the Plan.
Salary means the salary received from the standard payroll period, exclusive of overtime pay. Salary shall include merit or other bonuses received for the performance of duties only.
Termination of employment occurs when a member ceases all employment relationships with the City. An authorized leave of absence shall constitute a continuation of the employment relationship, except that a leave of absence without pay due to disability may constitute termination.
Years of Service means any twelve (12) consecutive months of membership in the plan. Fractional years of service shall be computed to the nearest full month.
(TQM Code Update - Ch.12, Added, 10/11/2004)
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