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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.
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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.
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPR �ED AS TO FORM:
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City Adl inistrator CX y ttorney n C�
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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Director of Administrative Services
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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