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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 595 as follows: SECTION 1. ORDINANCE N0. ~~ NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE REGULATING VACATIONS, SICK LEAVE TI~, AND OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR OFFICERS ANDEMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 549 NEW SERIES AND ORDINANCE N0. 572 NEW SERIES. BE IT 0RDAiNED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, Every person who shall have been in the service of the City of Bakersfield continuously for at least one year shall be allowed an annual vacation of twelve working days on full pay. In computing vacations every Saturday included shall be considered one-half work- ing day. Annual vacations shall be taken during each calendar year and shall not be cumulative except when specifically allowed by the head of the department in which the person serves. All vacations shall be taken at such time as shall be designated by the head of the department in which the person entitled thereto is employed. SECTION 2. Every person, except members of the Fire Department, who has held a permanent position in the service of the City of Bakers- field for one year or more immediately preceding any illness or injury, and is compelled to be absent from duty on account of such illness or injury, other than injury arising out of or in the course of his employment shall receive full compensation for the time lost on account of such illness or injury, to the extent of one day for cumulated each month of continuous service, but in no case shall/sick or injury leave exceed forty-eight working days on full pay. In computing sick leave time each Saturday included shall be considered one-half working day. SECTION 3. Every member of the Fire Department of the City of Bakers- field who has held a permanent position therein for one year or more -1- immediately preceding any illness or injury, and is compelled to be absent from duty on account of such illness or injury, other than injury arising out of or in the course of his employment, shall receive full compensation for the time lost on account of such illness or injury, to the extent of seven workin~ shifts per year, but in no case shall cumulated sick or injury leave exceed twenty- eight working shifts. SECTION 4. Leaves of absence other than those provided for in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 6 hereof may be granted as follows:. (a) Leaves of absence not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours duration may be granted to any officer or employee by the City Manager for cause which he may deem good and sufficient. (b) Time off to make up for overtime worked, or for extra service rendered, shall not be considered as time lost nor as a leave of absence, and may be granted at the discretion of department heads or the City Manager. (c) An emergency leave of absence may be granted to a head of a department of the City Government by the City Manager, .for a period of time not to extend past the next regular meeting of the City Council~ provided, however, that only the first forty-eight (48) hours of such leave may be with pay. (d) A leave of absence without pay may be granted to any department.head by the City Council, or by the City Manager with the approval of the City Council. (e) In the absence of the City Manager, an emergency leave of absence may be granted to an officer or employee, by his or her department head, not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours duration. (f) A leave of absence without pay may be granted to an officer or employee by his or her department head after such leave has been approved by the City Manager. (g) In computing the periods of time set forth and called -2- for in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this ordinance, no credit shall be given for periods of time during which leaves of absence without pay have been granted. (~) The City Council.may, in its discretion, upon due cause shoE, give leaves of absence other than as provided for herein, with or without pay. SECTION ~. Absence of any officer or employee of the City, excepting Councilmen, from his office or employment, except as authorized or otherwise provided for in this ordinance, shall be without pay or compensation; and a deduction from the salary or wages of any officer or employee shall be made for such unauthorized absence, which shall bear the same relation to the total salary or wages for the month during which suCh unauthorized absence occurs as the time lost by reason of such unauthorized absence bears to the total working time in such month. The head of each department shall furnish a report to the City Auditor on the last working day of each month, specifying all time lost by persons in his department during said month, and specifying the reasons therefor and-how the same was authorized. No warrant for salary or wages shall be drawn for payment of any salary or wages in any department by the Auditor until such report for the department shall have been filed in his office. The City Auditor shall prepare and furnish the head of each department with forms for such reports. SECTION 6. Leave of absence is hereby granted to any officer or employee of the City of Bakersfield now or hereafter rendering service in the armed forces of the State of California or of the United States, including Reserve Officers' Training Corps, professional, businessmen and other civilian military training camps, under State or Federal orders, or instructions, whether by voluntary enlistment or otherwise, for the period of such service. Should such officer -S- or employee remain on such duty or service under orders for periods in excess of one year, written application to the Council of the City of Bakersfield for such extension in each successive year shall be made to the Council, and such leave shall be granted if it shall satisfactorily appear to the Council that such person is still in such service in the armed forces. In all cases such leave shall terminate when such employee returns to duty with the City; provided, that such leave shall not extend beyond ninety days after such officer or employee is discharged or released from the armed forces. All such leaves of absence shall be without pay except as otherwise provided by Charter or Ordinance. SECTION 7. Ordinance No. ~49 New Series, Ordinance No. ~72 New Series, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. .......... o0o .......... I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at a regular meeting thereof held on the/~/ay of August, 1941, by the following vote: A~ES, CLEMEHTS, kL.k... AIM'-% HORNS, 8,ZEMON,"~I3:~, SOLLEAS, 'VERCAMMEN City Clerk and Ex-O~ Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield. APPROVED by me this/~ day of August, 1941. 'E~O~RbY ~ ak e r s f l e i d MAR ° . Xffii auit nf nfling ri inanre STATE OF CALIFORNIAl County of Kern ~ ss. V. ~:AN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says: .and that 9 on the Bulletin Board at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City at a meeting t'hereof duly held on .......... ~ ..... ./....-~-- ......19...~.../.., which ordinance was nu~nbered......'~..~....~... ........New Series, and entitled: AN ORDINANCE REGULATING VACATIONS, SICK LEAVE TIME, AND OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 549 NEW SERIES AND ORDINANCE N0. 572 NEW SERIES. Subscribed and sworn to before me this .........................................