HomeMy Public PortalAbout94-042 RESOLUTION NO. 94-042
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON
ESTABLISHING BENEFITS FOR THOSE POSITIONS NOT COVERED BY
VARIOUS MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON HEREBY RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this article.
SECTION 1 - ACTING DUTY:
The performance of a temporary assignment by an employee in a classification with a higher
pay range than the employee's usual classification. Department directors are not eligible for
acting duty pay.
SECTION 2 - CLASSIFICATION:
A position or positions assigned to the same job title.
SECTION 3 - DAY:
A calendar day.
SECTION 4 - DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS:
An individual assigned to any of the following classifications:
Director of Community Development
Director of Engineering Services
Director of Facilities & Maintenance
Director of Finance
Director of Public Safety
Deputy City Administrator and Director of Recreation &Community Services
SECTION 5- CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE:
An individual compensated through the City payroll and appointed to one of the following
classifications:
Personnel Manager
Public Information Manager
Administrative Program Specialist - City Administrator's Office
Computer Systems Specialist
Computer Programmer
Personnel Analyst - Personnel Operations Division
Personnel Assistant - Personnel Operations Division
Executive Secretary
Senior Clerk - City Administrator's Office
Typist Clerk II - Personnel Operations Division
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Chief Deputy City Treasurer
Transcriber Typist - Personnel Operations Division
Senior Clerk - Personnel Operations Division
Typist Clerk I - Personnel Operations Division
Office Clerk - Personnel Operations Division
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SECTION 6 - UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE:
Those employees identified by Section 2903 of the Carson Municipal Code, including:
City Administrator
Deputy City Administrator and Director of Recreation & Community Services
Director of Community Development
Director of Engineering Services
Director of Facilities &Maintenance
Director of Finance
Director of Public Safety
SECTION 7 - ELECTED OFFICERS:
Those individuals holding the position of City Clerk and City Treasurer.
SECTION 8 - LEAVE:
An authorized absence from work.
SECTION 9 - POSITION:
The duties and responsibilities assigned to an employee within a classification.
SECTION 10 - PREVAILING PAY RATE:
The basic pay rate within a pay range paid to an employee for the performance of the duties of
the classification.
SECTION 11 - EMPLOYEE:
An individual performing the duties and responsibilities of the job titles listed in Sections 5 and
6 of this Article.
ARTICLE II
COMPENSATION
SECTION 1 - GENERAL PAY RATE ADJUSTMENT-CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES:
Employees will continue to be paid on the current pay rate schedule (Attachment 1).
SECTION 2 - GENERAL PAY RATE ADJUSTMENT - UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES:
The city agrees to continue to pay employees their current pay rates.
SECTION 2A - CITY ADMINISTRATOR PROVISIONS:
All provisions of this resolution apply to the City Administrator with the exception of
automobile allowance which is contained in a separate contract.
SECTION 3 - CITY CLERK/CITY TREASURER.
The compensation for the City Clerk/City Treasurer is established pursuant to Article II,
Chapter 2, Section 2207 of the City of Carson Municipal Code.
SECTION 4 - ACTING DUTY PAY:
This benefit shall not be available to department directors or the City Administrator.
4.1 The City Administrator may appoint an employee to acting duty status to perform the
duties of a vacated or newly created classification.
4.2 An employee may serve in an acting duty status only until such time as the City
Administrator makes a permanent appointment to the classification, or until such time
that the incumbent employee returns to work.
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4.3 An acting duty appointment may be effective for a period of up to ninety (90) days
except for unusual circumstances as defined by the City Administrator. The City
Administrator may extend an acting appointment.
4.4 After satisfying the waiting period established in subsection 4.6 below, an employee
appointed to acting duty status shall be paid a pay rate in the pay range for the acting
duty classification, and such acting duty pay rate shall be at least 5% more than the
employee's prevailing pay rate immediately prior to acquiring acting duty status. An
employee shall not be paid more than the maximum pay rate in the pay range for the
acting duty classification.
4.5 While serving in acting duty status, the employee shall continue to receive any pay
adjustments or advancements granted to the employee's permanent classification.
4.6 An employee appointed to acting duty status shall receive acting duty pay from the first
day of the appointment, if the appointment is for at least eight (8) hours.
4.7 An employee has the right to refuse any acting assignment in writing with justification,
as determiner) by the Personnel Manager.
4.8 An employee appointed to acting duty status can discontinue the acting duty assignment
by notifying his or her immediate supervisor in writing two (2) days in advance of the
employee's intention to return to regular status.
4.9 An employee may be removed from acting duty status for a legitimate reason, at any
time.
4.10 If an employee in a subordinate classification is appointed to acting duty status in a
higher classification and an employee in a superior classification is bypassed, the
employee in the superior classification may submit a statement of exception to the
appointing authority thxbugh the Director of Personnel.
SECTION 5 - REIMBURSEMENT:
The City agrees to provide elected officials and unclassified employees, excluding the City
Administrator and all clerical positions, except the position of Executive Secretary, Chief
Deputy City Clerk and Chief Deputy City Treasurer, with six hundred dollar ($600.00) in
anticipation of expenditures such as annual physical, eye care, books or other education
materials, financial and legal consultation fees, and professional development. Payments will
be made through the payroll system within the first quarter of each fiscal year.
SECTION 6 - SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY:
Shift differential pay to the position of computer systems specialist will continue in force as
follows:
6.1 When the employee is scheduled to work the first shift, between the hours of 6:30 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m., shift differential shall not be paid.
6.2 When the employee is scheduled to work during the second shift, between the hours of
2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., shift differential pay calculated as a 5% increase in the
employee's prevailing pay rate shall be paid.
6.3 When the employee is scheduled to work during the third shift, between the hours of
11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., shift differential pay calculated as a 10% increase in the
employee's prevailing pay rate shall be paid.
6.4 Management shall be able to establish schedules for the first, second and third shifts in
accordance with the City's operational requirements.
SECTION 7 - ADVANCEMENT:
7.1 Advancement shall mean a pay rate increase given to an employee continent upon
merit, within the pay range established for the employee's classification. An
employee's pay rate increase shall be effective the first day of the payroll period closest
to the date the employee is granted the advancement.
7.2 Confidential employees shall be eligible for advancement when the employee's length
of service in their classification satisfies at a minimum the following requirements:
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SECTION 8 - ALLOWANCE FOR MILEAGE:
8.1 Except as otherwise provided in this section or the City Administrator's Employment
Agreement, the city shall reimburse employees for use of their personal automobiles for
official city business at the rate of$.35 per mile.
8.2 The city shall reimburse department directors for use of their personal automobiles for
official city business at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month.
SECTION 9 - REDEMPTION OF ACCUMULATED LEAVE:
Any eligible employee covered by this resolution may redeem up to eighty (80) hours of any
accumulated leave in each calendar year of this agreement. Sick leave shall be redeemed at a
rate of one (1) hour of pay for each two (2) hours of sick leave. All other types of leave shall
be redeemed at a rate of one (1) hour of leave for one (1) hour of pay.
SECTION 10 - REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING PAY:
The city shall pay thirty dollars ($30.00) for attendance at each adjourned or special
Redevelopment Agency meeting to all persons required to attend such meetings, except as
otherwise provided in the City Administrator's Agreement.
SECTION 11 - USER SUPPORT PAY:
11.1 Effective September 1, 1993, employees designated by the City Administrator as "user
support" personnel shall receive one-hundred dollars ($100.00) per month for
providing assistance on computer and telecommunication systems to other employees.
11.2 User support personnel will be periodically evaluated to verify they are serving in this
capacity.
SECTION 12 - OVERTIME COMPENSATION:
Except for department directors, the city shall provide employees with overtime compensation
subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the following conditions:
11.1 Employees shall receive either pay, calculated at one and one-half (1-1/2) times their
prevailing pay rate, or compensatory leave credited at one and one-half (1-1/2) hours,
for each hour of overtime work. Department directors shall have the exclusive
authority to schedule and authorize overtime work and the city shall not compensate
employees for unauthorized overtime work. Department directors shall determine
whether an employee shall receive either pay or compensatory leave, if eligible, as
compensation for overtime work.
11.2 Except as otherwise provided, overtime work shall be:
a. Work performed in excess of eight (10) hours in a shift;
b. Work performed in excess of forty (40) hours in a work week;
C. Work performed on the first, second and third scheduled days of rest;
d. Work performed at a time other than the scheduled shift.
11.3 For purposes of determining an employee's eligibility for overtime compensation,
authorized paid leave time shall be considered as hours of work.
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11.4 When a department director decides that an emergency exists and requires that
employees work more than four (4) hours between midnight and 8:00 a.m., such
employee shall receive, at the discretion of the department director, either pay,
calculated at two and one-half(2-1/2) times their prevailing pay rate, or compensatory
leave, credited at two and one-half (2-1/2) hours, for each hour of emergency work.
When the department director requires that an employee work more than eight (8)
hours during an emergency, such employees shall not return to work for at least eight
(8) hours following the completion of their emergency work.
11.5 Employees called in to work at a time other than their scheduled shift shall receive
overtime compensation for a minimum of two (2) hours regardless of the number of
hours actually worked, except that if an employee does not report for work within
thirty (30) minutes after being called in, such employee shall not be entitled to the two
(2) hour minimum compensation, but shall be compensated only for the time actually
worked.
ARTICLE III
INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS
SECTION 1 - HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM:
The city shall ay up to, but not to exceed the amount of four hundred seventy two dollars and
three cents ($472.03) per month for health insurance, for each confidential employee,
unclassified department director, elected official and eligible dependents.
SECTION 2 - DENTAL INSURANCE PREMIUM:
The city shall pay up to, but not to exceed the amount of fifty-seven dollars and twenty-seven
cents ($57.27) per month for dental insurance provided by the city for each confidential
employee, unclassified department director, elected official and eligible dependents.
SECTION 3 - LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUM:
The city shall provide each employee and elected official with term life insurance coverage of
not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). All employees and elected officials
shall have the right to purchase additional term life insurance through city sponsored programs
using monies remaining from the sum originally provided by the city for the employees' health
insurance.
SECTION 4 - LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM:
The city shall pay the full cost of long term disability insurance, provided by the city, for each
employee and elected official. The city shall provide a long term disability insurance program
which does not require employees to use all of their accumulated sick leave before being
eligible to receive long term disability benefits. The long term disability insurance program
may require an employee to be substantially disabled for sixty (60) calendar days before the
employee may receive long term disability benefits. During such sixty (60) calendar day
waiting period, at the employee's discretion, the employee may use any accumulated vacation
leave, sick leave, compensatory leave, personal leave or administrative leave in order to
continue to receive the employee's regular salary or the employee may be on a leave of
absence without pay.
SECTION 5 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PERS) INSURANCE:
5.1 The city shall include eligible employees in the Public Employees' Retirement System
(PERS) 2% at 60 plan and specified optional public agency contract provisions.
5.2 The city shall provide the following optional contract provisions:
a. The optional contract provision relating to one year final compensation;
b. The optional contract provision relating to military service credit as public
service;
C. The optional contract provision relating to the 1959 Survivors Program;
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d. The optional contract provision relating to city payment of the employee's
normal member contribution so long as the normal member contribution
established by the Public Employees' Retirement System does not exceed 7% of
the employee's salary. In the event the amount of normal member contribution
exceeds 7% of the employee's salary, the employee shall. be personally
responsible for making any such additional member contribution.
SECTION 6 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAMS:
The city shall continue to sponsor deferred compensation programs.
SECTION 7 - VISION CARE PLAN:
The city shall sponsor a Vision Care Plan for confidential employees and unclassified
Department Directors. Employees shall pay the premium for the Vision Care Plan and
increases in the premium for the duration of the resolution. Employees may use their left over
health insurance monies to pay the premium for Vision Care.
ARTICLE IV
SAFETY
SECTION 1 - SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.1 The city shall make a good faith effort to provide and maintain ,a safe and healthful
place of employment.
1.2 The city shall encourage employees to perform their assigned duties safely using the
practices, means, methods, operations, and processes prescribed by law, occupational
safety or health standard, safety order, or safety rule and regulation . Employees shall
report any unsafe practices, equipment, or hazardous conditions promptly to .their
immediate supervisor.
1.3 The city shall not require not permit any employee to go or be in any employment or
place of employment not reasonably safe and healthful.
1.4 The city shall not discipline any employee for refusing to perform tasks in the
performance of which any law, occupational safety or health standard, or safety order
would be violated, and if such violation would create a real or apparent hazard to the
employee.
SECTION 2 - SAFETY DEVICES AND SAFEGUARDS:
The city shall furnish and the employee shall use safety devices and safeguards. The city shall
adopt and use practices, means, methods, operations, and processes which are reasonably
adequate to render city employment safe and healthful.
SECTION 3 - USE OF VETERANS PARK SPORTS COMPLEX:
All city employees and their families shall be entitled to use all facilities and programs at
Veterans Sports Complex at the rates below:
Employee $100.00 per year
Employee and family - $150.00 per year
Employees who renew memberships shall receive the same percentage discount on the above
prices as the general public receives at time of renewal. For the purposes of this section,
family shall mean those family members eligible for coverage under the PERS Health
Insurance provided by the city.
ARTICLE V
CITY RIGHTS
SECTION 1 - EXCLUSIVE CITY RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY:
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The city retains the exclusive right to manage and direct the performance of city services and
the work force performing such services. The city retains the exclusive right to exercise its
right to manage and direct the performance of the city services and the work force performing
such services. The following matters shall not be subject to the meet and confer process, but
shall be within the exclusive authority of the city. The unclassified and confidential employees
have no rights to meet and confer on any of the city's rights or the effects of the exercise of
any of its rights.
The consideration of the merits, necessity, or organization of any service or activity conducted
by the city shall include but not be limited to the city's right to:
a. Determine issues of public policy;
b. Determine and change the facilities, methods, means, and personnel by which
city operations are to be conducted;
C. Expand or diminish services;
d. Determine and change the number of locations, relocations, and types of
operations and processes and materials to be employed in carrying out all city
functions, including but not limited to the right to subcontract any work or
operation;
e. Determine the size and composition of the work force, to assign work to
employees in accordance with requirements as determined by the city, and to
establish and change work assignments;
f. Determine job classifications;
g. Appoint, transfer, promote, demote and lay off employees for lack of work or
other appropriate reasons;
h. Initiate disciplinary action for legitimate reasons;
i. Determine policies, procedure, and standards for selection, training, and
promotion of employees;
j. Establish employee performance standards, including but not limited to quality
and quantity standards;
k. Maintain the efficiency of governmental operations;
1. Exercise complete control and discretion over its organization, and the
technology of performing its work and services;
m. Establish reasonable work and safety rules and regulations in order to maintain
the efficiency and economy desirable in the performance of city services;
n. Determine any and all necessary actions to carry out its missions in
emergencies.
The exclusive decision making authority of the city on matters involving city rights and
authority shall not be in any way, directly or indirectly, subject to the grievance procedure.
The employees may grieve the impact of the exercise of exclusive city rights and authority that
directly relate to matters not reserved to the city as provided in the City's Personnel Rules.
SECTION 2 - CONCERTED REFUSAL TO WORK:
2.1 If an employee participates in any manner in any, strike, work stoppage, slowdown,
sick-in, or other concerted refusal to work or participates in any manner in any
picketing or impediment to work in support of any such strike, work stoppage,
slowdown, sick-in or other concerted refusal to work or induces other employees of the
city to engage in such activities, such employee shall be subject to discharge by the
city.
2.2 The city shall not lock out employees.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1 - DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS:
The authority of the city to institute disciplinary action against department directors and the
rights of department directors with respect to such disciplinary action shall be governed by the
provisions of Ordinance No. 78-455 of the city amending the Carson.Municipal Code, Chapter
9, Article II, Section 2903.
SECTION 2 - LEAVES, HOLIDAYS AND BENEFITS:
2.1 Court Service: Employees summoned to any court to perform jury service, or to
provide testimony regarding events observed in the course and scope of their
employment, or as directed by the city council's designee, shall be paid their prevailing
pay rate during such court service.
2.2 Vacation Leave: The city shall provide employees with vacation leave subject to the
following conditions:
a. Department directors have the exclusive authority to assign vacation leave.
Unless the employees' use of vacation leave interferes with departmental
operations, the department director shall permit employees to use vacation leave
at the employees' discretion.
b. Employees shall be credited with vacation leave at the following rates:
is Eight (8) hours for each month of service or major portion thereof from
the date of appointment;
ii. Ten (10) hours for each month of service or major portion thereof upon
commencement of the employee's sixth year of service; and,
iii. Thirteen and thirty-three hundredths (13.33) hours for each month of
service, or major portion thereof upon commencement of the employee's
eleventh year of service.
iv. Upon the twentieth anniversary date employees will be credited with ten
(10) additional hours of annual leave.
V. Upon the twenty-first anniversary date employees will be credited with
twenty (20) additional hours of annual leave.
vi. Upon the twenty-second anniversary date employees will be credited with
thirty (30) additional hours of annual leave.
vii. Upon the twenty-third anniversary date employees will be credited with
forty (40) additional hours of annual leave.
c: Employees shall not be credited with vacation leave for leaves of_absence
without pay exceeding eighty (80) working hours in any calendar month.
d. Employees may use vacation leave only after completing their initial six (6).
months of service. Employees shall not use less than one (1) hour of vacation
leave at any one time.
e. Employees may carry over to the next calendar year up to four hundred (400)
hours of vacation leave. All vacation leave accrued in excess of four hundred
(400) hours shall be used within the calendar year in which the employee
accrued such excess vacation leave. Exceptions to this rule may approved by
the City Administrator.
2.3 Sick Leave: The city shall provide employees with sick leave subject to the following
conditions:
a. Employees shall be credited with sick leave at the rate of ten (10) hours of sick
leave for each month of service or major portion thereof. Sick leave shall not
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be credited for leaves of absence without pay exceeding eighty (80) working
hours in any calendar month.
b. Employees may accrue a maximum of one thousand forty (1,040) hours of sick
leave hours. Employees may use accrued sick leave only after completing their
initial month of service.
C. Employees may not use sick leave at their discretion, but only in cases of actual
personal sickness. Sick leave may also be used for medical and dental
appointments, and pregnancy.
d. When an employee uses sick leave, a department director may require the
employee to present upon return to work a personal certificate stating the reason
for such sick leave. When an employee uses sick leave in excess of twenty-four
(24) consecutive working hours,the employee shall present upon return to work
a medical certification signed by a physician or licensed medical practitioner
stating the reason for such sick leave.
e. When an employee wishes to use accrued sick leave, the employee shall notify
the department director either before, or within one (1) hour after the time set
for beginning the work period,'of the intended absence due to sickness, unless
the employee is incapacitated and physically unable to provide the required
noti fication. Employees on sick leave shall regularly inform the department
director of their physical condition.
f. When an employee separates from the city service for whatever reason the
employee shall be compensated for one-half (1/2) the value of accrued sick
leave. The value of accrued sick leave shall be calculated using the employee's
prevailing pay rate on the date of the employee's separation from city service.
A rejected probationary employee shall not be paid for any accrued sick leave.
g. The city shall provide unclassified employees with thirty (30) days of sick leave
at the time of hire. Sick leave advanced to unclassified employees under this
section shall be considered to be loaned to the employee and the employee shall
not accrue additional sick leave for a thirty (30) month period.
2.4 Holiday Leave: The city shall provide employees with the following holidays with
pay subject to the following conditions:
a. January 1st;
The third Monday in January;
The third Monday in February;
The last Monday in May;
July 4th;
The first Monday in September;
November 11th.;
Thanksgiving Day;
December 25th;
Three (3) floating holidays;
Every day proclaimed by the President, Governor,
or Mayor of this city as a public holiday
b. When any day granted as a holiday falls on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, the
following Monday shall be considered the holiday. In order to be paid for the
holiday, the employee must work the scheduled work period immediately before
the holiday unless the employee is absent from the scheduled work period
immediately before the holiday on authorized paid leave.
C. In the event that the mayor or the city council declares a portion of the day
before Christmas (December 24th) or a portion of the day before New Year's
Day (December 31st) to be a holiday, the employee must use such additional
holiday leave when granted, and such leave cannot be accrued. Employees
absent on other paid leave when such additional holiday leave is granted shall
not receive compensatory leave or additional pay because of their absence.
d. Floating holiday leave shall be provided to employees subject to the following
conditions:
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L The employee's immediate supervisor has the exclusive authority to approve
floating holiday leave. Unless the employee's use of floating holiday leave
interferes with departmental operations, the employee's immediate
supervisor shall permit employees to use floating holiday leave at the
employee's discretion.
ii. Employees shall not use less than one (1) hour of floating holiday leave at
any one time.
iii. Employees are encouraged to use floating holiday leave during the fiscal
year. However, holiday leave shall be converted to vacation leave `if not
used by the end of the fiscal year.
iv. When an employee separates from the city service for any reason, the city
shall compensate the employee for any floating holiday leave not taken for
floating holidays occurring prior to their separation date.
v. New employees will be credited with floating holiday leave for floating
holidays which occur subsequent to their date of hire.
2.5 Administrative Leave: The city shall provide unclassified employees (except as
otherwise provided in the City Administrator's Agreement) with administrative leave as
time off from work, instead of pay or compensatory leave credit for overtime work,
subject to the following conditions:
a. Unclassified employees shall be credited with twenty (20) hours of
administrative leave per month. Unclassified employees may carry over to the
next calendar year up to eighty (80) hours of administrative leave. All
administrative leave accrued in excess of eighty (80) hours shall be used within
the month in which the employee accrues such excess administrative leave,
b. An unclassified employee shall use administrative leave only upon written
approval of his immediate supervisor.
C. When an unclassified employee separates from the city service for any reason,
the city shall compensate the employee for any accrued administrative leave up
to a maximum of eighty (80) hours. The value of accrued administrative leave
shall be calculated using the employee's prevailing pay rate on the date of his
separation from city service.
2.6 Compensatory Leave: The city shall provide employees not exempt from the
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act with compensatory leave (except as
otherwise provided in the City Administrator's Agreement) subject to the following
conditions:
a. An employee not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act shall request use of
compensatory leave in advance by a written notice submitted to his supervisor.
An employee shall not use less than one (1) hour of compensatory leave at any
one time. Compensatory leave shall only be used at the discretion of the
employee's supervisor. An employee may combine the use of compensatory
leave with other authorized paid leave if approved by the employee's
department director.
b. An employee shall not accrue more that sixty (60) hours of compensatory
leave. An employee may carry over to the next calendar up to sixty (60) hours
of compensatory leave.
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C. When an employee separates from the city service for any reason, the employee
shall be compensated for any accrued compensatory leave. The value of
accrued compensatory leave shall be calculated using the employee's prevailing
pay rate on the date of the employee's separation from city service.
2.7 Work Disability Leave: The city shall provide employees (except as otherwise
provided in the City Administrator's Agreement) with work related disability leave
subject to the following conditions:
a. Except as otherwise provided, an employee substantially disabled by bodily
injury or sickness in the course and scope of employment shall be paid his
regular pay rate for up to twenty-six (26) weeks from the date of disability, or
until the city's workers' compensation insurance carrier terminates temporary
disability payments either by means of a lump sum settlement or a retirement
with pension, whichever occurs first.
b. When an employee receives workers' compensation payments, the city shall pay
the employee only the difference between such workers' compensation payments
and the employee's regular pay rate. During the time the employee is
substantially disabled, the employee shall continue to accrue vacation leave, sick
leave, personal leave, administrative leave, and seniority for purposes of pay
adjustments or advancements.
2.8 Long Term Disability Leave: The city shall provide employees (except as otherwise
provided in the City Administrator's Agreement) with long term disability leave subject
to the following conditions:
a. Employees substantially disabled by bodily injury or sickness outside the course
and scope of employment and employees still substantially disabled after twenty
sick (26) weeks of work disability leave are eligible for long term disability
leave.
b. After a sixty (60) day waiting period of substantial disability, the employee is
eligible to receive a monthly disability income, reduced by any deductible
benefits, as specified in the city's long term disability insurance program.
C. Pregnant employees shall be eligible for long term disability leave subject to the
same terms and conditions as any other employee substantially disabled by
bodily injury or sickness outside the course and scope of employment.
2.9 Military Leave: The city shall grant military leave to employees as provided in
California Military and Veterans Code Sections 389 through 395. Employees on
ordered military leave shall be paid their regular pay rate in addition to their military
pay.
2.10 Leave of Absence Without Pay: The appointing authority has the exclusive authority
to approve an employee's request for a leave of absence from work, without pay. A
leave of absence without pay shall not be approved unless the employee provides the
appointing authority with a written reason for the request. If the appointing authority
approves a leave of absence without pay for a period of ten (10) working days or less,
the employee shall not lose any seniority during the leave of absence. After the
expiration of an approved leave of absence without pay, the employee shall be
reassigned to his former classification.
2.11 Time off for Voting: The city shall provide employees with time off for voting
subject to the following conditions:
a. When an employee claims not to have sufficient time outside of working hours
to.vote at a statewide election, the employee may, without loss of pay, with the
approval of the Personnel Manager, take off enough working hours which when
added to the voting hours available outside of working hours will enable the
employee to vote. The Personnel Manager may not authorize an employee to
take off more than two (2) hours from work for voting with pay. The time off
authorized for voting shall be only at the beginning or end of a work period,
whichever allows the employee the most time for voting and the least time off
from work.
b. If the employee knows or has reason to believe that time off for voting shall be
necessary on election day, the employee shall notify the Personnel Manager of
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that fact at least two (2) work periods in advance. At least ten (10) days before
every statewide election, the Personnel Manager shall post the provision of this
section conspicuously at the civic center or elsewhere so that the notice may be
seen as employees come or go to their place of work.
2.12 Personal Leave: The city shall provide employees other.than department directors
with personal leave subject to the following conditions:
a. Effective January lst of each year, employees shall be credited with forty (40)
hours of personal leave. Employees appointed after January lst shall be
credited with personal leave upon appointment on a pro rata basis. Employees
may use forty (40) hours of personal leave upon advance notice to the
employee's immediate supervisor. Personal leave is for any purpose and, unless
the employee's use of personal leave interferes with departmental operations,
the employee's immediate supervisor shall permit the employee to use personal
leave at the employee's discretion.
b. Personal leave shall be forfeited if not used by the employee duri ng the calendar
year. An employee may use personal leave along with any other authorized
paid leave with the approval of the department director. An employee shall not
use less than one (1) hour of personal leave at any one time.
SECTION 3 - DISCRETIONARY LEAVE:
All discretionary leave taken by department directors shall be approved, in advance, by the
City Administrator.
SECTION 4 - LEGAL COUNSEL:
The city agrees to provide legal counsel for employees in matters in which an employee must
provide a legal defense for job related matters other than a grievance.
ARTICLE VII
MODIFICATION AND DURATION
SECTION 1 - MODIFICATION AND WAIVER:
This resolution contains all the terms, covenants and stipulations of employment for
unclassified, confidential and elected officials (except as otherwise provided in individual
agreements) and supersedes all prior resolutions and practices. The city's Personnel Rules do
not apply to unclassified persons covered by this resolution. Except as provided in Article V,
Section 1 of this resolution and subject to the provisions of the city's Municipal Code, the city
and the persons covered by this resolution may, upon mutual agreement, meet and discuss any
subject or matter covered by this resolution.
SECTION 2 - SEVERABILITY:
In the event that any article, section, or subsection of this resolution shall be declared invalid
by any court or any state or federal law or regulation, or should.a decision by any court or any
state or federal law or regulation diminish the benefits provided by this resolution, or impose
additional obligations on the city, the city and the employees shall discuss the affected article,
section or subsection. In such event, all other articles, sections or subsections of this
resolution not affected shall continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 3 - DURATION:
3.1 This resolution shall be binding on the city and the confidential employees and
unclassified Department Directors when adopted by city council.
3.2 Except as otherwise provided herein, this resolution shall be in full force and effect
from the first day of July, 1993 and shall remain in full force and effect up to and
including the 30th day of June, 1994.
3.3 This resolution supersedes Resolution 88-121, as amended by Resolutions 89-096
and 89-111.
Resolution No. 94-042 Page 13 of 13
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of June , 1994.
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MICHAEL i. Mt/TOMA
MAYOR
ATTEST -
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HELEN S. KAWAGO {
CITY CLERK
Appoved as to form:
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C16ur Nor SussruNCF)
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 94=042 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council
of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 21st day
of June, 1994, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Olaes, O'Neal, Fajardo, and Mitoma
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas
City Clerk, City of Carson,JCal ifornia
ATTACHMENT 1
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15 JUN 1994 SALARY TABLE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
CLASS STEP-A STEP-B STEP-C STEP-D STEP-E STEP-F
601 CITY CLERK 3756 3944 4141 4348 4565 4793
602 CITY TREASURER 3756 3944 4141 4348 4565 4793
15 JUN 1994 SALARY TABLE FOR EXEMPT & UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
CLASS STEP-A STEP-B STEP-C STEP-D STEP-E STEP-F
101 CITY ADMINISTRATOR 6289 6603 6933 7280 7644 8026
102 DIRECTOR OF COMM DEVELOPMENT (Y-RATE) 4223 4434 4656 4889 5133 5390
103 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 55M 5799 6089 6393 6713 7049
104 DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 5328 5594 5874 6168 6476 6800
105 DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES/MAINTENANCE SRV. 5217 5478 5752 6040 6342 6659
106 DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SRVS/CITY ENO. 4723 4959 5207 5467 5740 6027
107 DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR 6074 6378 6697 7032 7384 7753
109 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY 4941 5188 5447 5719 6005 6305
15 JUN 1994 SALARY TABLE FOR CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES
CLASS STEP-A STEP-B STEP-C STEP-D STEP-E STEP-F
156 CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK (CONE) 3099 3254 3417 3588 3767 3955
157 CHIEF DEPUTY CITY TREASURER (COPE) 3099 3254 3417 35M 3767 3955
167 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER (CONE) 3964 4162 4370 45M 4817 5058
168 COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (CONE) 2742 2879 3023 3174 3333 35M
169 CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATOR (CONE) 2323 2439 2561 2689 2823 2964
170 [PERSONNEL ASSISTANT] CONE 2323 2439 2561 26M 2823 2964
171 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (Goff) 2499 2624 2755 2893 3038 3190
172 PERSONNEL ANALYST (CONE) 3036 3188 3347 3514 3690 3875
173 ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM SPEC (CONE) 2668 2801 2941 3088 3242 3404
174 , COMPUTER SYSTEMS SPECIALIST (CONE) 3267 3430 3602 3782 3971 4170
175 SENIOR CLERK (CONE) 1988 2087 2191 2301 2416 2537
179 RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 3036 3188 3347 3514 3690 3875
179 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER/OPERATOR (COME) 2657 2790 2930 3076 3230 3391
181 [TRANSCRIBER TYPIST] (COMF) 1730 1816 1907 2002 2102 2207
182 [TYPIST CLERK II] (COMF) 1687 1771 1860 1953 2051 2154
183 ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY (COME) 2158 2266 2379 2498 2623 2754