HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2004-91 RESOLUTION NO. ,2OU y- r-/
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CATHEDRAL CITY APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE
7.1 OF THE CATHEDRAL CITY HUMAN RESOURCE POLICY
PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL SALARY AND
HEALTH BENEFITS ALLOWANCE TO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
CALL TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY FOR A PERIOD NOT TO
EXCEED SIX MONTHS IN A FISCAL YEAR
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the United States military and deeply
appreciates the role military reservists play in resolving conflict and defending our
Country; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the public interest to
encourage and promote civilian participation in the military reserve amongst full-time
employees of the City, and therefore desires to extend supplemental salary and benefits
allowance in excess of that required by law to fill-time employees called to active military
duty; and
WHEREAS, California statutory law provides that public employees are entitled to
a temporary military leave of absence for active duty and thirty (30) days pay, provided the
call to duty does not exceed 180 (one hundred eighty) calendar days, and provided certain
minimum service requirements are satisfied for some military reservists; and
WHEREAS, neither federal nor state law requires public employers to continue
health insurance coverage for employees on military leave of absence; however, under
federal law, employers must allow employees on military leave to voluntarily continue
coverage for a maximum of 18 months at their own cost; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Article 7 Subsection 7.1 of the
Cathedral City Human Resource Policy to provide that any officer or full-time employee of
the City who is called to active duty for more than 30 calendar days in a fiscal year receive
from the City, for a period not to exceed six months in a fiscal year, compensation equal to
the difference between his/her base City salary and his/her military pay, together with
his/her health benefits allowance for up to six(6)months in any given fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, this benefit will be limited to not more than twelve (12) months in
any one military duty activation; and
WHEREAS, the payment of the supplemental salary and health benefits allowance
provided by this Resolution are intended only to provide salary and health benefits
allowance in excess of that required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Cathedral City as follows:
Section 1. FINDINGS
(a) That any full-time employee of the city who is called to active duty shall be
granted a military leave of absence in accordance with the provisions of State and Federal
law; and
(b) That any full-time employee of the City who is called to active military duty
shall continue to receive compensation equal to the difference between his/her base City
salary and his/her military pay, together with his/her health benefits allowance for up to six
(6)months in one (1)fiscal year.
(c) That this benefit will be limited to not more than twelve months (12) in any
one military duty activation.
Section 2. RESOLUTION
That the amendment to ARTICLE 7, SUBSECTION 7.1 of the Cathedral City
Human Resource Policy be approved.
Section 3. CERTIFICATION
That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution;
shall enter the same in the book of original Resolution of the City; and shall make a minute
of passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City council, in the
minutes of the meeting at which Resolution is passed and adopted.
PASSED,APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23i7/f/day of - - 104
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ATTEST:
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Pat Hammers, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Steven B. Quintanilla, City Attori ey'
(11111' REVIEWED:
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Donald E. Bradley, ity Manager