Resolution No. 4662
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RESOLUTION NO. 4662
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
3 OF VERNON ESTABLISHING VACATION POLICIES FOR
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF VERNON AND REPEALING
4 ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
5 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON RESOLVES AS
6 FOLLOWS:
7 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires
8 to establish policies governing vacations that will be fair and
9 equitable to all City employees; and,
10 WHEREAS, the working schedules of various employees of
11 the City Departments are not the same.
12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
13 THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1: That certain employees of the Police and
15 Water Departments of the City of Vernon, whose duties are such that
16 they do not have or receive the time-off benefits of regular legal
17 holidays, shall be entitled to three calendar weeks vacation during
18 the second year of said service and each year thereafter, at full
19 pay.
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SECTION 2: That each employee of the City except those
21 specifically mentioned in Section 1, Section 4 and Section 6 of
22 this Resolution, shall be entitled to ten (10) working days vaca-
23 tion during the second year of said service and each year there-
24 after at full pay. Permanent, full-time employees, except those
25 specifically mentioned in Section 1, Section 4 and Section 6 of
26 this Resolution, who have completed ten (10) years of continuous
27 service, shall be granted fifteen (15) working days annual vacation
28 leave with pay. (This section shall apply but not be limited to
1 employees of the Police Department, Water Department and mis-
2 cellaneous employees of the Fire Department, as defined by the
3 Public Employees Retirement System of the City of Vernon, who
4 have or receive the time-off benefits of regular legal holidays.
5 SECTION 3: That all permanent, full-time employees of
6 the Police and Water Departments of the City of Vernon, whose
7 duties are such that they do not receive the benefits of regular
8 legal holidays, who have completed ten (10) years of continuous
9 service, shall be granted four (4) calendar weeks annual vacation
10 leave with pay, with a stipulation that employees entitled to
11 four (4) calendar weeks annual vacation with pay may not take
12 more than three (3) calendar weeks at anyone time. The only
13 exception to the above policy is that a Department Head may for
14 good reason, in his discretion, authorize an eligible employee
15 to take all four (4) weeks at the same time. It is the intention
16 of the City Council that the fourth week granted to eligible
17 employees be taken at some time other than the normal or regular
18 vacation period so that it will be unnecessary to employ ad-
19 ditional personnel during vacation periods, and that said fourth
20 week be taken any time during the calendar year that is satis-
21 factory to the Department Head.
22 SECTION 4: SHIFTS (FIRE DEPARTMENT)
23 4.1. For the period commencing January 1, 1972, and
24 continuing thereafter through the calendar year ending December 31,
25 1976, Fire Department employees engaged in fire suppression shall
26 be annually scheduled to work for One Hundred Twenty-Two (122),
27 twenty-four (24) hour shifts.
28 4.2. Said One Hundred Twenty-Two (122) shifts shall con-
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stitute the gross shifts to be scheduled from which the following
shifts shall be deducted annually as, and in lieu of, paid
vacations and holidays:
4.21. After completion of one (I) year or more
years of continuous service, but less than ten (10) years-twelve
(12) twenty-four (24) hour shifts.
4.22. After ten (10) years or more years of con-
tinuous service, two (2) additional twenty-four (24) hour shifts.
4.3. The shifts which employees are entitled to deduct
pursuant to subsections 4.21 and 4.22 shall be shceduled as shifts
off on a year-around basis, subject to the following provisions:
4.31. Each employee must be scheduled for at least
five (5) consecutive shifts off during the anniversary year
following his anniversary date on which he became entitled to
deduct the shifts in questions.
4.32. Each employee must be scheduled for all shifts
which he is entitled to deduct as shifts off during the anni~
versary year immediately following the anniversary date on which
he became entitled to deduct such shifts.
4.33. Selection of shifts off shall be by rank and
according to seniority within rank.
4.34. No more than two (2) officers and no more than
seven (7) employees, including officers, in any platoon shall be
scheduled off duty at anyone time.
4.35. The selection of shifts off shall be made
annually for the following calendar year no later than December
31 of the immediately preceding calendar year.
~4 :;<Hi ~ ~c---E:nrplG:yees who c a:Ee~~e:i1titlea 2tO :='-de~aet two on-
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additional shifts off pursuant to Subsection 4.22 shall have the
option to accept pay instead of time off at the employee's
salary schedule rate for such two (2) shifts, or to be scheduled
off duty for the additional two (2) shifts. This option must be
exercised simultaneously with the selection of shifts off
duty pursuant to Section 4.
Warrants shall be issued during the month of April
to all eligible Fire Department personnel who have selected the
option to accept pay instead of time off pursuant to this section.
The amount each eligible person shall receive shall be based on
his monthly salary as of April 1st of the current year. On
April 1st of each year, the Fire Chief shall submit to the City
Clerk/Director of Finance a certified list of Fire Department
personnel who are eligible to receive the extra weeks pay as
authorized by this section.
4.37. The procedures and mechanics for the
scheduling of shifts off and the selection of scheduled shifts
off shall be established by the Fire Chief in accordance with the
provisions of Subsection 4.3.
4.4. Any employee who is terminated shall be paid upon
his termination for all unused shifts-off to which he became
entitled on his immediately preceding anniversary date, at his
hourly rate of pay.
4.5. Any employee who is permanently transferred out of
the fire suppression service during an anniversary year shall be
paid for his unused shifts off to which he became entitled on his
immediately preceding anniversary date at his hourly rate and shall
become eligible for vacation benefits on his next following anni-
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versary date in accordance with City Ordinances, Resolutions and
policies applicable to the classification in which he works.
4.6. Any employee with one (I) or more years of con-
tinuous service who is transferred to fire suppression during
an anniversary year shall be entitled to a proportionate number
of shifts off to be scheduled during the remainder of his current
anniversary year, unless he has already received the vacation
benefits to which he became entitled on his immediately preceedin
anniversary date in his prior classification.
4.7. All permanent Fire Department personnel defined
as Safety Members by the Public Employees' Retirement System shall
be required to take an annual leave of absence from active duty
of not less than fifteen (15) consecutive days in accordance with
California Government Code ~53250.
SECTION 5: That permanent, full-time miscellaneous
employees (as defined by the Public Employees' Retirement System),
with the exception of certain employees in the Water Department
who presently receive four (4) weeks vacation after ten (10)
years of continuous service, who have completed fifteen (IS) years
of continuous service, be granted twenty (20) working days annual
vacation leave with pay. Employees entitled to twenty (20)
working days annual vacation leave with pay, may not take more
than fifteen (15) working days at anyone time. The only ex-
ception to the above policy is that a Department Head may for
good reason, in his discretion, authorize an eligible employee
to take all twenty (20) working days at the same time. It is
the intention of the City Council that the five (5) additional
working days granted to eligible employees be taken at some time
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1 other than the normal or regular vacation period so that it will b
2 unnecessary to employ additional personnel during vacation periods
3 and that the additional five (5) working days be taken any time
4 during the calendar year that is satisfactory to the Department
5 Head.
6 5.1. That all permanent, full-time employees of the
7 Water Department of the City of Vernon, whose duties are such
8 that they do not receive the benefits of regular legal holidays,
9 who have completed fifteen (15) years or more of continuous service
10 shall be granted one-half of the employee's bi-weekly salary as
11 of April 1st of the current year. On April 1st of each year, the
12 Director of Public Works shall submit to the City Clerk/Director
13 of Finance a certified list of Water Department personnel who are
14 eligible to receive the extra week's pay as authorized by this
15 section. Warrants shall be issued to all eligible Water Depart-
16 ment personnel during the month of April of each year.
17 SECTION 6: That all permanent eight (S) hour personnel
18 of the Fire Department defined as Safety ~embers by the Public
19 Employees' Retirement System shall be entitled to ten (10) working
20 days vacation and shall be required to take fifteen (15) con-
21 secutive days vacation in accordance with Government Code ~53250
22 during the second year of said service and each year thereafter
23 at full pay. Permanent eight (8) hour personnel of the Fire De-
24 partment defined as Safety He.mbers by the Public Employees' Re-
25 tirement System, who have completed fifteen (15) years of con-
26 tinuous service, shall be granted twenty (20) working days annual
27 va,cation leave with pay. All conditions as outlined in Section 5,
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vacation leave with pay, shall apply.
Section 7: It is the intention of the City Council that
the maximum vacation leave that any employee shall be entitled to
in any calendar year shall be four weeks for those employees de-
signated in Section 3 and twenty (20) working days for those
employees designated in Sections 5 and 6.
SECTION 8: All vacation periods shall be warranted or
approved by the Administrative Head of each Department and shall
be taken by said employee or employees at any time during the
calendar year that is satisfactory to the Department Head.
SECTION 9: No vacation for any employee of the City of
Vernon shall be accumulated from calendar year to calendar year,
nor shall the same be compensated for if not utilized during a
calendar year.
SECTION 10: All Department Heads are responsible to
see that they take a vacation as authorized herein, and the
failure to so schedule a vacation, or take the same, without the
City Council's approval, shall be deemed a waiver of the right to
take the same or be compensated for the same in any subsequent
calendar year.
SECTION 11: That Resolution No. 4115 is specifically
repeated, and all Resolutions in conflict with this Resolution
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 12: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon
is hereby directed to certify to the passage of this Resolution,
and thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and
effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 29th day of June, 1979.
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1. STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
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4 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
5 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
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Resolution No. 4662
, was duly adopted by the City Council
7 of the City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said
8 City at an adjourned meeting of the City Council held on Friday
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June 29
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