HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 9 MILITARY LEAVE 02-04-91DATE: JANUARY 29, 1991 CONSENT CALENDAR NO.9 2-4-91 Inter - Com TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER SUBJECT: MILITARY LEAVE - SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATION That the City Council adopt Resolution Number 91-22 which provides for continuation of City compensation for City employees called to active military duty during the Middle East war. DISCUSSION The City currently provides for continuation of full salary and benefits for City employees on active military reserve status for a maximum of (- thirty (30) days per year. Given the current situation, staff feels it would be appropriate to extend this benefit through June 30, 1991, at which time the City Council would decide whether to extend it further. Under. Resolution Number 91-22, the affected employees would receive the difference between military pay and City compensation, including fringe benefits. This would apply only to full-time City employees and would not apply if the military draft was reinstated. It is estimated that up to three employees could be called to active duty because of the war. The cost of providing this benefit would be absorbed within the approved budget. An'**�'_ I" WAH:jcs Vk' Mil.lve.supp.comp. 1 2 3 41 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 29 21 21" �L I! 241, 2;! RESOLUTION NO. 91-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY, PARTIALLY PAID MILITARY LEAVE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE ARMED FORCES AND CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS FOR THEIR DEPENDENTS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tustin does take the position of strong support for those employees who may be called to serve our country in support of the present crisis in the Middle East; WHEREAS, a number of City employees may be called into active military service in connection with the present crisis in the Middle East; and WHEREAS, City Rules and Regulations provide for members of the National Guard or Military Reserve who are ordered to annual military duty to receive full salary for a period not to exceed thirty calendar days per year; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to alleviate financial hardships which employees and their families may experience as a result of being called into active duty, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF TUSTIN that: 1. Each full-time employee of the City who is a member of the National Guard, or the Military Reserves, and who is called to active military service with the armed forces of the United States, in conjunction with the current crisis in the Middle East, shall be entitled to miliary leave with partial pay for the period of absence of active military service as provided by this Resolution. 2. The amount of pay each such employee shall be entitled to receive from the City for said additional period of military leave shall be the difference between the gross pay in allowances actually received by the employee from the United States for such service and the gross wages that said employee would have received from the City of Tustin if he or she had not been called to active military duty, subject to all necessary and appropriate deductions and withholdings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 10 11 12 13 14 15' 16 17 18 10 20 21 22. 231 I� 24; I 2, ; 1 i; %(k. ji 2 t I� i� �i Resolution 91-22, Page 2 3. The City shall provide continued health and dental benefits to the employee's dependents provided the dependents were covered for those benefits prior to the employee being called to active duty. 4. The City shall not pay any wage or benefit provided for in this Resolution until and unless the employee who requests such payment provides satisfactory proof and documentation of eligibility to receive payment in accordance with procedures established by the City Manager. 5. The City Manager shall provide administrative regulations regarding provision of any benefit or employee right during this time, provided such regulations do not conflict with existing plan documents, City regulations or State law. 6. The pay and benefits authorized by this Resolution shall terminate on June 30, 1991, unless extended by the City Council. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of February 1991. Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) Richard B. Edgar, Mayor 1. 2i 3 4� 5 6� 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Resolution 91-22, Page 3 CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 91-22 Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five; that the above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of February, 1991 by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: COUNCILMEMBER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk