HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 6146 N.C.S. 10/10/1972 • • - EER.: sf 10/2/72
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RESOLUTION NO., 614'6 N.C. S ?1 '
RESOLUTION AMENDING :RESOLUTION 4637 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION
4877 BY: AMENDING RULE :II BY ADDING , SECTION 4 TO GENERAL PRO-,
VISIONS:, ADDING SECTIONS 3, 4 and' 5 TO RULE. V RELATING TO COM-
PENSATION AND AMENDING RULE XI , SECTIONS 2 and 7 RELATING TO
SICK LEAVE AND VACATIONS
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INTRODUCED BY COUNC HAIL r and SECONDED
BY COUNCILMAN at an Adjourned meeting
of the City Coun it of the. City of. Petaluma on the 10th day of
October , 1972 :
BE IT RESOLVED THAT RULE II of Resolution No. 4637 N.C. S . is hereby
amended to read as follows; add Section 4;
SECTION 4. Any provision of the rules may be modified by the pro-
visions of a memorandum of understanding executed by the Municipal
Employee Relations Officer and a recognized employee unit which has
been approved by the City Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT. RULE V is hereby amended by adding thereto
Sections 3 , 4 and 5 to read as follows.:
SECTION 3. Overtime ; compensatory time off;, records of overtime .
All employees of the City whose salaries or wages are monthly, ex-
cept those hereinafter excluded, who are requested to perform emer-
gency work or who have been recalled to work on account of emergency
conditions beyond the normal working day, may be paid. for such addi-
tional work at one and One-hall times the hourly .rate. based upon
173. 33 hours per month. All overtime; .not emergency, shall be com-
pensated for at the regular hourly-wage; rate equivalent of the employee
concerned.
Employees whose salaries or wages are monthly and are required to
work overtime may receive equivalent compensatory time off. In all
instances of overtime, the 'department head, subject to the approval
of the city manager , Shall determine whether overtime shall be with
pay or compensatory time off. Such compensatory. time off shall be
taken within thirty days ; otherwise compensation in cash for overtime
will be allowed. Authorization for pay for compensatory time off accrued
by reason of overtime shall be subinitted 'to :the city manager on payroll
forms and countersigned: by the department head. All department heads
are excluded from any provisions concerning employee rights to be com-
pensated for overtime.
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Any employee required to work overtime Shall, in no case , be compen-
sated for less than one hour for such overtime.
The members of thelfire department; when called to duty to work an
overtime shift, shall be paid overtime at their regular shift rate.
This rate shall be figured on their regular number of hours worked per
week as per the following formula :
1. Monthly salary times twelve months, equals annual salary.
2. Average hours worked per week times fifty-two weeks ; equals
hours worked .annually.
3. Hours worked annually, divided _by annual salary, establishes
the rate for a twenty-four hour shift.
' Overtime pay for ;methers of the fire ,departtent; who, are balled out. to
work at large fires, or other emergencies;, and who are not on a regularly
scheduled working shift-; shall be paid one and :one-half times their
reqular hourly rate' based upon 17'3. 33! hburs per month.,
Employees entitled to be paid for overtime shall be paid for their
overtime on the overtime pay day next following the calendar month in
which the overtime occurred.
The responsible accounting employee of each department,- office or
bureau shall maintain a detailed record of all overtime. The record •
shall include the name of the employee, the class , the dates and hours
of overtime worked, and the dates and hours when compensatory time off
is taken, together with any balance of time. off remaining to be taken
off or to be paid.
SECTION 4. Payment for 'work during holidays , vacations , etc. When
it becomes necessary by an emergency to have employees work during
legal holidays or the period such emp-loyees are entitled to vacation
leave , such employees working on such legal, holidays and during periods
of vacation shall be entitled to receive additional remuneration at a
rate of one and one-half times their hourly wage equivalent based upon
173. 33 hours per month, or equivalent compensatory time off'. If an
employee. works overtime 'on a legal. holiday, he may waive pay and add
time and one-half off for the overtime worked to his accumulated vaca-
tion upon mutual agreement between the employee and department head and
approval by city manager.
SECTION 5. Automobile allowances. The city manager is hereby author-
ized to. provide compensation for the use. of automobiles owned by employees
of the city and used oh city business. . The city manager' s automobile
allowance shall be determined by the city council at the beginning of.
the fiscal year as a part of the budget adopted by the city council .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that RULE XI, Sections 2 and 7 thereof, is
hereby amended to read as follows :
SECTION 2. Sick Leave. Sick leave with pay shall be granted to all
probationary and permanent employees within the competitive service
except those who work less than 1040 hours per year. The Council , however ,
may by resolution direct that part-time officers and employees working
1040 hours per year or less on a permanent basis may be entitled to a
pro rata sick leave benefit. Sick leave shall not be considered as a
right which an, employed may use at his discretion , but shall be allowed
only in case, of necessity or actual personal sickness or disability.
Employees are entitled to one • (1) working day sick leave with pay per
calendar month following completion of each Month of continuous service
and may accumulate up to a total of 120 working days . Each employee
shall be entitled to be paid during the time he shall be unable to per-
form services required of such employee on account of illness an amount
equal to one (1) day' s pay for each month which such employee has been
employed by the City, not to exceed 120 working days. Sick leave for
the Fire Department shall be accumulated. on the basis of shifts with 6 . 7
shifts equaling twelve (12) days of sick leave to be accumulated per
year on the bails of 13 . 4 hours per month. Fire Department 40-hour
employees shall accumulate sick leave as other employees of the City.
In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave, the employee
shall, notify his immediate superior or the personnel officer prior to
Or within four. hours.. after this time set for beginning his daily duties
as may,,.be . specified .by the head of his department. When absence is for
more than three days ' duration , the employee may be required to file as
physician' s certificate with the personnel officer stating the cause of
the absence.
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When the employee 's absence from work has been occasioned by injury
suffered during his employment and he receives workmen ' s compensation,
he shall also be entitled to receive from the. City the difference between
such workmen' s compensation benefits paid and the amount which would
otherwise have been paid hereunder for sick leave. Ordinarily , it shall
be the policy in workmen ' s compensation matters that the employee shall
assign to the City any benefits rendered him during the period that he
is absent on sick leave and the City shall pay him his full sick leave
benefits. Sick leave under workmen ' s compensation is a supplement to
the workmen' s compensation benefits to provide the employee compensation
at his regular rate. All employees receiving full salaries in lieu of
temporary disability payments pursuant to Section 4850 Labor Code are
entitled to accumulate sick leave during such periods of disability.
Leaves of absence up to four working days with pay per year may be granted
to employees in the event of death, serious illness or injury in the
employee ' s immediate family and will be charged against sick leave.
The immediate family shall consist of the spouse , children, parents ,
brothers , sisters , or other individuals whose relationship to the employee
is that of a dependent or near. dependen,t. In each. case , the appointing
power shall grant such sick leave only when in: his opinion , the relation-
ship of, the sick or disabled person to the employee warrants such use of
sick leave.
In the event that the: employees of this city shall desire to partici-
pate in a group health insurance program which has received the approval
of the city council,- then., and in that event, the City shall be author-
ized to pay such portion of the city employee' s..premium up to the whole
thereof as it from time to time shall determine' appropriate.
SECTION 7. Holidays.. For the transaction of municipal business for
the City, .holidays for all' employees' shall be determined by resolution .
of the city council. The resolution establishing holidays for the
transaction of municipal business for the City shall be passed annually
during the month of December of each year, and shall establish the
holidays for the coming calendar year. In the event the council shall
not adopt a resolution during the month. of December of each year estab-
lishing holidays for all employees for the transaction of municipal
business for the City , then and in that event, holidays for all employees
shall be as determined by state law:. Police and fire department
employees shall not be entitled to overtime allowance for holidays
worked during their regularly scheduled shifts.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Petaluma on the 10th day of
October , 1972 , by the following vote :
AYES : COUNCILMEN BRUNNER, CAVANAGH, JR.. , DALY , MATTEI , PERRY , JR. ,
and MAYOR PUTNAM.
NOES : NONE .
ABSENT: COUNCILMAN CLECAK
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk -
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