Section 84.160

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

Chapter 84

Effective - 01 Jul 2000, 4 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  84.160.  Annual salary tables — overtime, how compensated — other employment benefits — unused vacation, compensation for certain officers. — 1. Based upon rank and length of service, the board of police commissioners may authorize maximum amounts of compensation for members of the police force in accordance with the following tables. The amounts of compensation set out in the following tables shall be the maximum amount of compensation payable to commissioned employees in each of the categories, except as expressly provided in this section.

  2. From July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001:

SALARY MATRIX-POLICE OFFICER THROUGH CHIEF OF POLICE-FISCAL YEAR
Yrs.	P.O. Salary	Sgt. Salary	Lieut. Salary	Capt. Salary	Maj. Salary	Lt. Col. Salary	Asst. Chief Salary	Chief Salary
0	30564
1	31730
2	32809
3	34812
4	35803
5	37090	45238
6	38377	45380
7	40847	48252	53180
8	42620	50320	55442
9	43608	51455	56677	61851
10	43768	51615	56837	62011
11	44272	51773	56995	62171	68115
12	44439	51932	57156	62329	68274	70122	73845	87813
13	44597	52093	57314	62490	68432	72547	76269	88131
14	44756	52252	57474	62647	68591	72704	76427	88449
15	44916	52411	57632	62807	68751	72865	76588	88767
16	45074	52569	57791	62965	68910	73023	76746	89085
17	45235	52730	57952	63126	69070	73183	76906	89404
18	45394	52889	58110	63352	69228	73341	77065	89721
19	45552	53048	58271	63444	69388	73500	77223	90042
20	45711	53207	58428	63603	69547	73661	77384	90359
21	45870	53364	58588	63761	69707	73819	77541	90677
22	46030	53526	58748	63922	69865	73980	77702	90995
23	46190	53684	58907	64080	70023	74137	77861	91314
24	46348	53844	59067	64240	70183	74298	78020	91631
25	46508	54003	59224	64400	70343	74457	78180	91951
26	46666	54161	59384	64559	70503	74615	78338	92270
27	46828	54322	59543	64718	70661	74776	78498	92589
28	46985	54481	59703	64876	70819	74933	78657	92906
29	47144	54640	59861	65036	70980	75095	78816	93223
30	47304	54798	60021	65193	71139	75252	78977	93542

  3. From July 1, 2001, until June 30, 2002:

SALARY MATRIX-POLICE OFFICER THROUGH CHIEF OF POLICE-FISCAL YEAR
Yrs.	P.O. Salary	Sgt. Salary	Lieut. Salary	Capt. Salary	Maj. Salary	Lt. Col. Salary	Asst. Chief Salary	Chief Salary
0	31481
1	32682
2	33793
3	35856
4	36877
5	38203	46595
6	39529	46741
7	42073	49700	54776
8	43898	51829	57105
9	45788	54028	59511	64943
10	45957	54195	59678	65111
11	46485	54363	59844	65279	71520
12	46661	54529	60013	65446	71688	73629	77538	92204
13	46827	54697	60180	65614	71853	76173	80082	92537
14	46993	54865	60347	65780	72021	76339	80249	92871
15	47162	55031	60514	65947	72188	76508	80418	93205
16	47328	55198	60680	66114	72356	76674	80583	93540
17	47497	55366	60849	66282	72524	76843	80752	93874
18	47663	55533	61016	66519	72689	77008	80918	94207
19	47829	55700	61184	66616	72857	77175	81084	94543
20	47997	55867	61350	66783	73025	77343	81254	94878
21	48164	56033	61517	66950	73192	77510	81419	95211
22	48331	56202	61685	67117	73358	77679	81587	95545
23	48499	56369	61852	67285	73525	77844	81754	95880
24	48665	56535	62020	67452	73692	78014	81921	96212
25	48833	56703	62186	67620	73861	78179	82090	96548
26	49000	56869	62353	67787	74028	78346	82255	96883
27	49169	57038	62521	67953	74194	78515	82423	97218
28	49335	57205	62688	68121	74360	78680	82588	97552
29	49501	57371	62853	68288	74529	78849	82757	97884
30	49668	57539	63022	68453	74696	79014	82926	98220

  4. Each of the above-mentioned salaries shall be payable in biweekly installments. Each officer of police and patrolman whose regular assignment requires nonuniformed attire may receive, in addition to his or her salary, an allowance not to exceed three hundred sixty dollars per annum payable biweekly. No additional compensation or compensatory time off for overtime, court time, or standby court time shall be paid or allowed to any officer of the rank of sergeant or above. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section shall prohibit the payment of additional compensation pursuant to this subsection to officers of the ranks of sergeants and above, provided that funding for such compensation shall not:

  (1) Be paid from the general funds of either the city or the board of police commissioners of the city; or

  (2) Be violative of any federal law or other state law.

  5. It is the duty of the municipal assembly or common council of the cities to make the necessary appropriation for the expenses of the maintenance of the police force in the manner herein and hereafter provided; provided, that in no event shall such municipal assembly or common council be required to appropriate for such purposes (including, but not limited to, costs of funding pensions or retirement plans) for any fiscal year a sum in excess of any limitation imposed by article X, section 21, Missouri Constitution; and provided further, that such municipal assembly or common council may appropriate a sum in excess of such limitation for any fiscal year by an appropriations ordinance enacted in conformity with the provisions of the charter of such cities.

  6. The board of police commissioners shall pay additional compensation for all hours of service rendered by probationary patrolmen and patrolmen in excess of the established regular working period, and the rate of compensation shall be one and one-half times the regular hourly rate of pay to which each member shall normally be entitled; except that, the court time and court standby time shall be paid at the regular hourly rate of pay to which each member shall normally be entitled. No credit shall be given or deductions made from payments for overtime for the purpose of retirement benefits.

  7. Probationary patrolmen and patrolmen shall receive additional compensation for authorized overtime, court time and court standby time whenever the total accumulated time exceeds forty hours. The accumulated forty hours shall be taken as compensatory time off at the officer's discretion with the approval of his supervisor.

  8. The allowance of compensation or compensatory time off for court standby time shall be computed at the rate of one-third of one hour for each hour spent on court standby time.

  9. The board of police commissioners may effect programs to provide additional compensation to its employees for successful completion of academic work at an accredited college or university, in amounts not to exceed ten percent of their yearly salaries or for extra training and lead officer responsibilities in amounts not to exceed three percent of their yearly salaries for field training officer responsibilities and an additional three percent of their yearly salaries for lead officer responsibilities. The board may designate up to one hundred fifty employees as field training officers and up to fifty employees as lead officers.

  10. The board of police commissioners:

  (1) Shall provide or contract for life insurance coverage and for insurance benefits providing health, medical and disability coverage for officers and employees of the department;

  (2) Shall provide or contract for insurance coverage providing salary continuation coverage for officers and employees of the police department;

  (3) Shall provide health, medical, and life insurance coverage for retired officers and employees of the police department;

  (4) May pay an additional shift differential compensation to members of the police force for evening and night tour of duty in an* amount not to exceed ten percent of the officer's base hourly rate.

  11. The board of police commissioners shall pay additional compensation to members of the police force up to and including the rank of police officer for any full hour worked between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., in amounts equal to five percent of the officer's base hourly pay.

  12. The board of police commissioners, from time to time and in its discretion, may pay additional compensation to police officers, sergeants and lieutenants by paying commissioned officers in the aforesaid ranks for accumulated, unused vacation time. Any such payments shall be made in increments of not less than forty hours, and at rates equivalent to the base straight-time rates being earned by said officers at the time of payment; except that, no such officer shall be required to accept payment for accumulated unused vacation time.

  13. For each fiscal year between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2002, the board of police commissioners may provide a salary increase for commissioned employees of years 0-8 in an amount in excess of the maximum amounts set out in the tables in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, provided that the amount actually paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed three percent of the amount set out for the appropriate category in such tables.

  14. For each fiscal year between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2002, the board of police commissioners may provide a salary increase for commissioned employees of years 9-30 in an amount in excess of the maximum amounts set out in the tables in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, provided that the amount actually paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed one percent of the amount set out for the appropriate category in such tables.

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(RSMo 1939 § 7694, A.L. 1944 p. 43, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A.L. 1947 v. II p. 304, A.L. 1949 p. 372, A.L. 1951 p. 323, A.L. 1955 p. 277, A.L. 1957 p. 252, A.L. 1961 p. 203, A.L. 1965 p. 197, A.L. 1967 p.  161, A.L. 1969 p. 148, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 1973 S.B. 164, A.L. 1974 S.B. 475, A.L. 1975 S.B. 349, A.L. 1977 S.B. 255, A.L.  1978 S.B. 508, A.L. 1979 S.B. 443, A.L. 1983 H.B. 303, et al., A.L. 1986 S.B. 631, A.L. 1986 S.B. 443, A.L. 1988 S.B. 698, A.L.  1990 S.B. 593, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250 subsecs. 1 to 12, A.L. 1995 S.B.  167, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1609, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808)

Effective 7-1-00

*Word "an" does not appear in original rolls

(1980) By imposing restrictions on police officers' meal periods, the board of police commissioners authorized the meal period as overtime, if such period was the cause of more than 40 hours of work per week.  Brooks v. Whaley (A.) 613 S.W.2d 656.