A. Eligible employees designated by the letters “A” or “B” may be authorized payment for one and one-half times the hours of authorized overtime worked in excess of the established work period when the department head determines it is in the best interest of the operation of his or her department and the city.

B. Eligible employees designated by the letter “C” may be authorized payment at the regular straight-time rate for hours of authorized overtime worked in excess of the established work period, when the department head determines it is in the best interest of the operation of his or her department and the city. Police supervisory employees may be credited with overtime pay at the rate of one and one-half times the hours of authorized overtime worked in excess of the established work period.

C. Eligible employees designated by the letter “B” who are required to be out of town for more than forty-eight hours on an assigned investigation shall be paid for twelve hours at the regular straight-time hourly rate for a full twenty-four-hour day from the time they reported for duty. For those hours worked which are less than the full twenty-four-hour increment, they shall be paid at the regular straight-time hourly rate for hours worked, not to exceed twelve hours. (Prior code § 3.18.140(c))