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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEADI S~ffION i0 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1969-46 I~ WF~EASING Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Vir- ginia: .1. 'That Sectign 10 of Ordinance No. 1969-46 be amended and reorda] ned to read. as follows:. Section 10. Overtime and additional compensatxon. (a) Firefighters and policemen whose rate of pay is fixed on a monthly basis shall not receive any compensation for extra or over- time work, except in cages of e~nergency or as hereinafter provided. Any extra compensation allowed must be approved in advance of the per- formance of the work by the Chief of the respective department with the approval of the City Manager and must be entered by the Chief on the next succeeding payroll submitted to the City Auditor. (b) Anything herein to the contrary, notwithstanding, any fire- fighter or police officer below the rauk of deputy chief placed on special assignment duty shall be paid at the rate of $2.50 per hour for the time spent on such duty. Such additior~l compensation must be entered by the chief of the department on the next succeedirg pay- roll submitted to the City Auditor. All special assignments must be authorized by the chief of the department, or during inis absence or disability, by the deputy chief. Overtime work shall not be conside~ad special assignment duty. (c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, suny fire- fig~hter or police officer w~ho appear-s as a witness, when not on a re- gular assigned period of duty, in any criminal case in any court in the City of Portsmouth shall be paid a witness fee of $5.00 for each such appearance; provided however, that only those firefighters and police officers who are. necessary to the prosecution of the case ~y be paid such witness fee in connection with' the trial of an~v particular case; and ftu~ther provided however, that no firefighter or police officer shall be paid more than one such witness fee per day regardless of how many cases or couz~s he may be required to appear or testify in. Such appearances shall be certified by the Clerk of the Court to the Fire Chief or the Folice Chief, respectively, who shall report same to the City Auditor on.such forms and at such times as the City Auditor may prescribe.