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Item #3.4. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Lori Johnson, Finance and Administrative Services Director DATE: September 6, 2005 SUBJECT: Sick Leave Severance TIle City's Personnel Policy includes a provision on Severance Pay. Elnployees \Vl10 resign in good standing after \'\70rking a lninitnum of fi\re years of service recei\re a small portion of their unused sick lea\re in pay. BotIl tlle union and non-union elnployees receiv"e this benefit. Tile benefit le\Tels 11a\Te typicall~y been tlle salne for union and non-union employees. Effecti\Te \vitIl the Janual;i 1,2005, patrol union contract, tlleir se\Terance pay benefit ,,\Tas increased by adding a pro\rision for employees \vho resign in good standing after nventy years of sel'\lice. TIle intent \vas that dus prov'ision apply to all elnployees and that it \vould be added to tlle personnel policy. HO\Ve\Ter, tllat cl1ange has not yet been made because it \vas going to be made as part of tlle cOlnprel1ensi\Te re\rie\v and update of tlle personnel policy. Since that rev"ie\v and update has not been completed, it is appropriate to appro\Te this policy cllange no\v as tllere are sev-eral elnployees \vl10 are affected by dus pro\Tision. Belo,\; is tlle proposed ne\v language for tile Se\Terance Pay section of tlle personnel policy. The only change is tlle addition of the last paragrapll (item 4. under tile payment provision) tllat allo\vs for tile paYlnent of 25 percent or up to 240 Ilours of unused sick lea\Te for elnployees \vl10 Ila\Te completed t\venty years of service. Tile current payment is a maximum of 20 percent or up to 192 llours for employees \vl10 hav"e completed fifteen years of service. Proposed ne\v Se\rerance Pay section: SEVERANCE PAY .L'\n eluployee resigning lus/ller eluployment \vith tlle City lnay be eligible for a casl1 payment for unused sick leav^e if tlle follo\ving conditions are met: 1. The employee must resign in good standing (not terminated by the City); and