Resolution No. 4816
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RESOLUTION NO. 4816
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON AMENDING SECTION 4 OF RESOLUTION
NO. 4668 RESPECTING VACATION POLICIES FOR
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF VERNON AND REPEALING
ALL RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH
6 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon during
7 its regularly scheduled meeting on July 27, 1978, adopted
8 vacation policies applicable to employees of the Vernon Fire
9 Department; and
10 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon
11 approved the re-employment of the former employees of the Vernon
12 Fire Department who had previously been terminated without
13 changing said vacation policies approved on July 27, 1978; and
14 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon desires
15 to amend Section 4 of Resolution No. 4668 adopted on August 23,
16 1979, to provide that the vacation policies for employees in
17 the Vernon Fire Department shall be in conformance with policies
18 adopted on July 27, 1978.
19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
20 THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon does
22 hereby amend Section 4 of Resolution No. 4668 to read as follows:
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"Section 4: SHIFTS (FIRE DEPARTMENT)
4.1 For the period conunencing January 1,
1972, and continuing thereafter through the
calendar year ending December 31, 1976 , Fire
Department employees engaged in fire
suppression shall be annually scheduled to
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work for one hundred twenty-two (l22),
twenty-four (24) hour shifts.
4.2. Said one hundred twenty-two (l22)
shifts shall constitute the gross shifts
to be scheduled from which the following
shifts shall be deducted annually as, and
in lieu of, paid vacations and holidays:
4.2.l. After completion of one (l)
year or more years of continuous service,
bu't less than ten (10) years-twelve (1.2)
twenty-four (24) hour shifts.
4.2.2. After ten (10) years or more
years of continuous service, two (2)
additional twenty-four (24) hour shifts.
4.3. The shifts which employees are entitled
to deduct pursuant to subsections 4.2.l and
4.2.2 shall be scheduled as shifts off on a
year-around basis, subject to the following
provisions:
4.3.l. Each employee must be scheduled
for at least five (5) consecutive shifts off
during the anniversary year following his
anniversary date on which he b~came entitled
to deduct the shifts in question.
4.3.2. Each employee must be scheduled
for all shifts which he is entitled to deduct
as shifts off during the anniversary year
immediately following the anniversary date on
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which he became entitled to deduct such
shifts.
4.3.3. Selection of shifts off shall
be by rank and according to seniority
within rank.
4.3.4. No more than one (l) officer
and no more than four (4) employees in any
platoon shall be scheduled off duty at any
one time.
4.3.5. The selection of shifts off shall
be made annually for the following calendar
year not later than December 31 of the
immediately preceding calendar year.
4.3.6. Employees who are entitled to
deduct two (2) additional shifts off pursuant
to subsection 4.2.2 shall have the ootion 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
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salary as of April lst of the current year.
On April lst 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.
4.3.7. 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 \vhich he became entitled on his
immediately preceding anniversary date at his
hourly rate and shall become eligible for
vacation benefits on his next following
anniversary date in accordance with City
Ordinances, Resolutions and polices applicable
to the classification in which he works.
4.6. Any employee with (l) or more years of
continuous service who is transferred to fire
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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 preceding
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 (l5) consecutive days in
accordance with California Government Code
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SECTION 2: That in all other particulars, Resolution
No. 4668 shall remain in full force and effect and that any
resolution not consistent with or in conflict with this Resolutio
is hereby repealed, specifically Resolution No. 4706.
SECTION 3: 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.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of June, 1981.
ATTEST:
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Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Clerk
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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. 4816
, 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 Tuesday,
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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