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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1495 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1980/01/19ORDINANCE NO. 1495 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, PERSONNEL, OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE THE ST. LOUIS PARK CITY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN: Sec. 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Section 3-602, is amended as follows: • • • JANUARY 19, 198 8d ORDINANCE NO.!L/ J AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, PERSONNEL, OF THE ST., LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE THE ST. LOUIS PARK CITY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN: Sec. 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Chapter 3, is amended as follows: (a) The following sections have been amended: 3-602. L -- ( b 3 he following sections have been 'numbered: , 3-101, 3-401, 3-402, 3- (c) The followin. sections 3-101, 3-608- d 3-64' • , 3-703. been added: (d) The following se ion ave been amended: 3-102, 3-201, 3 202, 3- '4, 3-205, 3-206, 3-207, 3-208, 3-401 /1-402 3-501, -502, 3-503, 3-504, 3-601 3-602, 3-604, 3-.45, 3-606, 3-607, 3-701, 3-7t52. • • • • (4) Terminal Leave Pay. Any employee leaving the municipal service in good standing after giving proper notice of at least 10 working days of such termination of employment shall be compen- sated for vacation leave accrued and unused to the date of separation. (Sec. 3-60Z (4) amended by Ord, Z458, January 2l, 1980) (5) Waiving Vacation Prohibited. As vacation leav is granted to employees for a period of recreation, no employee shall be permitted to waive such leave for the purpose of receiving double pay. Section 3-602. Sick Leave, Injury on Duty Leave and Severance Pay. (1) Sick Leave. (a) Accrual and Eligibility. Sick leave with pay shall accrue at the rate of 12 working days per year (8 hours per month). During sick leave, each employee shall receive compensation , , at his regular rate of pay. Sick leave shall be granted only for abence from duty for illness, injury, medical or dental treatment for the employee, childbirth, legal quarantine, or serious illness of an immediate family member within the household where no other responsible adult is available to care for the ill family member. Immediate Family includes mother, father, siblings, spouse, children, and spouse's mother, father and siblings. Sick leave may be accumulated to a total of not more than 120 working days (960 hours). The City Manager is authorized to extend benefits under exceptional circumstances beyond accumulated sick leave. Worker's Compensation benefits received by an employee shall be credited against the compensation due an employee during sick leave with a corresponding credit to earned sick leave computed to the nearest one-tenth of an hour. January 1980 (Sec. 3-602 (Z) (a) amended by Ord. 2458, January 21 , 1980) (b) Use of Sick Leave. In order to be eligible for paid sick leave', an employee must: (i) Report promptly to his/her supervisor the reason for the absence. (ii) Give his/her supervisor an anticipated return date and notify him/her as soon as possible if that should change. (iii) Submit a medical certificate for any absence exceeding three working days if required by the City Manager. (c) Penalty. Claiming sick leave when physically and mentally • fit except as permitted in this section may be cause for disciplinary action including suspension, demotion or dismissal. (d) Injury on Duty Leave° Leave of absence with pay shall be granted to police and fire staff officers, should they become incapacitated as a result of injury or occupational disease incurred through no misconduct of their own while in actual performance of City assigned duties. This shall exclude any injuries sustained 'while performing any volun- tary off-duty services for which payment is made by a contracting party other than the City. (Sec. 3-602 (1) (a) (b) (c) (d) amended by Ord° 1458, January, 2Z, ZIP) (i) Extent.of Leave. Such injury leave shall extend for a maximum of ninety (90) calendar days, unless it is determined sooner by competent medical authority approved by the City Manager, that the employee can return to any duties for which he may be capable and qualified. At the discretion of the City Manager, the injured employee may be required to submit to a medical examination at any time by a physician selected by the City. (ii) Method of Payment. During such injury leave, the • City shall pay such employee his full pay, either as direct payment from salary funds or as Workmen's Compensation insurance benefits, or both, but the total amount so paid for loss of time from work shall not exceed the full, pay which such employee would have received for period at his regular rate of pay. Such injury leave shall not be charged against the employee'$ sick leave or vacation leave. January 1980 51 (iii) Notice of Injury - Failure to Report. An employee who is physically incapacitated and who fails to report within eight (8) hours, followed by a written report within twenty-four (24) hours, any injury, however minor, to his supervisor and to take such first aid or medical treatment as may be necessary under the circumstances, shall not be eligible for injury leave as outlined above. e (e) Severance Pay. Severance pay as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, Section 465.72,,sha11 be granted to sweep pel4Ge-eff}eers-and-€ireRen all permanent full-time employees in accordance with the following provisions effective January 1, 1-973 1981. 4€4(f) (i) Qualifications Required. To qualify for severance pay, an employee shall have: ret}red- separated from service; had at least twenty (20) years' continuous service with the departmept City, and must leave the City in good standing after submitting proper notice. (ii) Method of Payment. After termination of employment with the City, a qualified employee will be reimbursed for one-third (1/3) of accrued sick leave as earned in Section 3-602(a), computed at his base rate of pay at time of termination of employment to a maximum of forty (40) days. fer-pelee-eff}vers-and-twepty-420.- days-€er-f}remep (Twenty days for firefighters). (iii) Plan for Full Funding. To comply with Minnesota Statutes, Section 465.721, funds to finance severance payments will be provided for in the annual City budget. Proof Required. In order to be eligible for sick leave pay, an employee must: (i) Report promptly to his department head the reason for his absence. (ii) Keep his department head informed of his condition if the absence is of more than three working days' duration. (iii) Submit a medical certificate for any absence exceeding three working days if required by the City Manager. 52 v . Penalty. Claiming sick leave when physically and mentally fit except as permitted in this section may be cause for disciplinary action including transfer, suspension, demotion or dismissal. 44(h) No Terminal Sick Leave. No sick leave benefits of any kind shall be granted upon termination of employment except as provided for in Section 3-602 (c)..(e)', (i) Sick Leave Incentive Program. Provision for a Sick Leave Incentive Program for officers and employees of the City may be made by resolution of the City Council. Section 3-603. Accrual During Leave. Employees using earned vacation leave or sick leave shall be considered to be working for the purpose of accumulating additional vacation leave or sick leave. Section 3-604. Military Leave. All officers and employees who: (1) Are members of the National Guard the naval militia or any other component of the militia of the statep now or hereafter organized or constituted under state or federal law, pr (2) Are members of the Officers Reserve Corps of the United States of America or of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, or the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, 9r any other component of the military or naval forces of the United States now or hereafter organized or constituted under federal law shall be entitled to leave of absence with full regular pay in addition to military pay for the period of such active service for which he is ordered by proper authority to report not to exceed fifteen (15) calendar days in any calendar year. This shall be provided that such required military or naval service is satisfactorily performed and the officer or employee returns to his position immediately on being relieved from such service and not later than the time herein limited for such leave except when prevented from so returning by physical or mental disability or other cause not due to his own fault and except whenrequired by proper authority to continue in such service beyond the time herein limited for such leave. During this period, the employee shall retain the status vacation, sick leave and other benefits to which he was initially entitled. January 1980 53 January 1980 (iii) Notice of Injury - Failure to Report. An employee who is physically incapacitated and who fails to report within eight (8) hours, followed by a written report within twenty-four (24) hours, any injury, however minor to his supervisor and to take such first aid or medical treatment as maybe necessary under the circumstances, shall notie eligible for injury leave as outlined abovae°: (c) Severance Severance pay shall be granted to sworn poli, officers an firemen in accordance with the following provisions of ective January I, 1973. (i) Qualificatib`ns pay, an empl o. e had at least t with the depar standing afte Re ui ed. To qualify for severance e s all have: retired from service; erty (20) years' continuous service nt; and, must leave the City in good mitting proper notice. (ii) Method of '. ment-. After termination of employment with the ity, a qual.fied employee will be reimbursed for one hird (1/3) of\accrued sick leave as earned in Sec ion 3-602 (a), computed at his base rate of pay at time of terminatio of employment to a maximum of orty (40) days for pol ce officers and twenty (20) da s for firemen. (d) Proo Required. In order to be e igible for sick leave pay, • an , mployee must: Report promptly to his departme head the reason for his absence. Keep his department head informed .f his condition if the absence is of more than thre working days' duration. (iii) Submit a medical certificate for any absence exceeding three working days if required by the City Manager. • 52 0 SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUIS PARK SUN 924 Excelsior Avenue West State of Minnesota County of Hennepin Hopkins, Minnnesota D K MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper,format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2),Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week (3) Said newspaper, has 50% of its news columns devoted,to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisement (4) Said newspaper is circulated In and near the municipalities which it purports to serve, has at least 500,copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second- class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said,newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing,officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper - i u 1 l It I '1 ti, He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance NO. 1495 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for Onesuccessive weeks, that it was first so published on Wed • the 11th •day of Feb. 19 81 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this llth. day of Feb. MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM NOTARY PUBLIC MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY My commission expires July 2, 1986 19 81 (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1495 AN ORDINANCE AMENDIN1 CHAPTER 3, PERSONNEL, OF I THE ST LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE' CODE THE ST LOUIS PARK CITY COUN- CIL DOES ORDAIN Sec 1 The St Louis Park Ordinance) Code Section 3 602, is amended as follows (e) Severance Pay Severance pay as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, Section 465 72, shall be granted to all permanent full- time -employees in accordance with the following provisions effective January 1 1981 (1) Qualifications Required' To qualify for severance pay, an employee shall have sepa- rated from service, had at least twenty (20) years continuous service with the City and must leave the City in good standing after submitting proper notice (u) Method of Payment Af- ter termination of employment with the City, a qualified em- ployee will be reimbursed for one-third (1/3) of accrued sick leave as earned in Section 3-602 (a) computed at his base rate of pay at time of termination of employment to a maximum of forty (40) days (Twenty days for firefighters) (iii) Plan for Full Funding To comply with Minnesota Stat utes Section 465 721, funds to finance severance payment.; will pe provided for in the an nual City budget 0) Sick Leave Incentive Program Provision for a Sick Leave Incentive Program for officers and employees of the,City may be made by resolution of thei,City Council Sec 2 This ordinance shall take effec) January 1, 1981 Adopted by the City Council Febru ary 2, 1981 (s) PHYLLIS McQUAIEI • Mayoi Attest (s) EARL' E,,HAYSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration (s) JAMES L BRIMEYER City Manager Approved as to form and legality (s) WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney (Feb 11, 1981) -SLP