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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2005-4 f _ RESOLUTION NO. 2005-4 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY PARTIALLY PAID MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE ARMED FORCES WHEREAS, a number of City of Huntington Beach employees may be or have been called into active military service in connection with actions to combat terrorism against America; and The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach desires to alleviate financial hardships that employees and their families may experience as a result of being called to active duty to serve during such crisis, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AS FOLLOWS: 1. Each officer or employee who is called to active duty shall be entitled to receive his or her salary for the first 30 days while engaged in the performance of ordered military duty ("Paid Leave"), as well as other qualifying benefits, as defined by the associated Military and Veterans Codes. 2. Each officer or permanent employee of the City who is eligible to receive such Paid Leave and, who has been, or is in the future, called to active military duty with the Armed Forces of the United States shall be entitled to leave with partial pay pursuant to the terms of this Resolution for the period of absence on active duty in excess of the period covered by current Paid Leave provisions. 3. The amount of pay each officer or permanent employee shall be entitled to receive from the City for said additional period of military leave shall be the difference between the gross pay and allowances actually received by the officer or employee from the United States for such service and the gross pay that said officer or employee would have received from the City if he or she had not been called to active military duty, including any scheduled cost of living salary and/or benefit adjustments. 4. The City shall provide continued retirement service credits and city service credits, excluding the accrual of general, vacation, sick leave, or merit step advancements during the term of ordered military duty. 5. The City shall provide continued benefits to such employees' dependents to the same extent that he or she would have received if not called into active military duty. 04reso/mil itary/I M 8/04 1 Resolution No. 2005-4 6. Pay and benefits pursuant to this Resolution are conditioned upon the officer or employee requesting such payment providing satisfactory proof and documentation of eligibility to receive payment in accordance with the procedures established by the Director of Administrative Services. 7. The pay and benefits authorized by this Resolution shall terminate on December 31, 2006, unless extended by the City Council. 8. The effective date of this Resolution shall be January 1, 2005. 9. The pay and benefits outlined in Section 1 apply to all officers and employees of the City. 10. The pay and benefits outlined in Sections 2-5 apply to all officers and employees as qualified by resolutions for the following designated employee groups: Huntington Beach Management Employees Organization (HBMEO) Huntington Beach Fire Management Association(HBFMA) Huntington Beach Firefighters Association (HBFA) Huntington Beach Municipal Employees Association(HBMEA) Huntington Beach Police Management Association (HBPMA) Huntington Beach Police Officers Association (HBPOA) Marine Safety Officers Association (MSOA) Non-Associated PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 18 th day of January , 2005. QE�aN * 1�7 REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPR �ED AS TO FORM: 64Ar�� City Adl inistrator CX y ttorney n C� INITIATED AND APPROVED: _4 Director of Administrative Services 04reso/military/12/28/04 2 Res. No. 2005-4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) f, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at an regular meeting thereof held on the 18th day of January, 2005 by the following vote: AYES: Hansen, Coerper, Sullivan, Hardy, Green, Bohr, Cook NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None City Cork and ex-officio Clfpk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California