Resolution No. 09905 1 RESOLUTION NO.~9905
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED CITY OF
4 VERNON JURY DUTY POLICY
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6 WHEREAS, on March 5, 2007, the City Council of the City of
~ Vernon adopted Resolution No. 9266 approving a Jury Duty Policy; and
g WHEREAS, the Director of Human Resources has. recommended that
g the Jury Duty Policy be amended to update the mileage reimbursement to
10 reflect the current Salary Resolution and to provide for jury duty pay
11 for public safety members if such. members are not excluded from jury
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13 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
14 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
15 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
16 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
17 and. correct.
18 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
19 approves and adopts the amended City of Vernon Jury Duty Policy, a
20 copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as
21 Exhibit A.
22 SECTION 3: .This Resolution shall take effect. immediately
23 and shall remain in full force and effect unless .repealed by action of
24 the City Council of the City of Vernon.
25 SECTION 4: Any resolution or parts of a resolution in
26 conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed.
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1 SECTION 5: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
2 certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and
3 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
4 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April, 2009.
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6 Name: Leonis C, Malburg
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MANUELA GIRO , Ci ,y Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF VERNON
JURY DUTY POLICY
(April 6, 2009) :
L STATEMENT OF POLICY
This Policy shall exclude police and fire personnel because they are needed for the protection of
the public health and safety, and it is not feasible to make alternative arrangements to relieve the
person of those responsibilities during the period of service as a juror without substantially
reducing essential public services. If however, a court does not authorize a member of public
safety to be excluded from jury duty, in violation of the City's policy, the City will provide "jury
duty pay" as set forth below.
II. DEFINITIONS
A. "Jury Duty Pay" -means the juror expenses of per diem fees to jurors in the superior and
municipal courts, in civil and criminal cases, authorized by Section 215 of the California
Code of Civil Procedure. The fees at the current time are fifteen dollars ($15) a day for
each day's attendance as a juror after the first day.
B. "Jur~,Duty Mileage Pay" -means the juror expenses of mileage paid to jurors in the
superior and municipal courts, in civil and criminal cases, authorized by Section 215 of
the California Code of Civil Procedure. The reimbursement for mileage at the current
time is at the rate of fifty-five cents ($0.55) per mile for each mile actually traveled to the
court house, one way, when attending court as a juror, from the first day of service. This
also includes parking and meal allowances if granted by the court.
C. "Regular Pay" -means compensation in accordance with the formula adopted in the
current City of Vernon Salary Resolution which provides a monthly amount for each-
position and each step in each City department.
D. "Salary Resolution" -.means the resolution adopted every fiscal year and any
amendments thereto fixing the compensation of certain employees.
E. "Vacation" -means vacation policies for employees of the City of Vernon established in
the current vacation resolution and any amendments thereto.
III. WORK SCHEDULE WHILE SERVING ON JURY DUTY
A. An employee must immediately notify. his or her supervisor upon receipt of a jury duty
summons. Notification to Department Head shall follow immediately.
B. An employee on callfor jury duty is expected fo report to work. An employee who is
: called for jury duty does not have to report to work before or after appearing in court.
An employee shall submit proof of jury duty attendance in order to be paid by the City.
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C. In accordance with Section 215(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure; a juror who is
employed by a local government entity who receives regular compensation and benefits
while performing jury service, may not be paid Jury Duty Pay. An employee must return
all Jury Duty Pay to the Court if paid by the Court.
D. Employees shall retain any Jury Duty Mileage Pay.
E. Employees will be required to return to work, if regularly scheduled to work, as soon as
they are released from their jury duty.
IV. VACATION
A. If Section IILB is complied with, the City of Vernon will not require employees-who are
called for jury duty to schedule vacation time when summoned to appear in court.
V. COMPENSATION
The City of Vernon will only compensate those employees called for jury duty for the days he or
she appears in court pursuant to Section III. B. An employee will be compensated up to two
weeks at full pay for jury duty.
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-CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: April.8, 2009
TO: Rory Burnett, Finance Director
Sharon Duckworth, City Treasurer
Kristen Enomoto, Council Department Manager
Masami Higa, Internal Control Manager/Controller
Avigal Horrow, Human Resources Director
Joaquin Leon, Deputy City Treasurer
.Donal O'Callaghan, Director of Utilities & Government
Infrastructure
Lewis Poz.zebon, Director of Environmental Health
Steve Towles, Chief of Police
Martha Valenzuela, Director of Personnel/Purchasing Agent
-Mark Whitworth, Fire Chief
Kevin Wilson, Director of Community Services & Water
illard Yamaguchi, Chief Deputy City Attorney/Risk Manager
-FROM: Nelly Giron, City Clerk-
RE: Resolution No. 9905 - A Resolution of the City Council of
the-City of Vernon Approving and Adopting an Amended City of
Vernon Jury Duty Policy .
Transmitted herewith is a copy of Resolution No. 9905. referenced
above, which was approved by -City Council on April 6, 2009.
Thank you.
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TO: Honorable Mayor Leonis C. Malburg and Honorable City Council Members
FROM: Avigal Horrow, Director of Human Resources C~
DATE: March 24, 2009
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RE: Jury Duty Pay Resolution Amendment CI~ CLERK'$ dE~
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The current Jury Duty Pay Resolution excludes Fire and Police personnel from receiving jury
duty pay on the basis that they should be exempt from jury duty because they are needed for the
protection of the public health and safety and it is not feasible to make alternative arrangements
to relieve the person of those responsibilities during the period of service as a juror without
substantially reducing essential public services. However, recently the firemen have expressed
concern that the courts are not allowing the firefighters to be exempt from. jury duty and as a
result, our firefighters are serving as jurors and are not receiving payment from the City pursuant
to the current Resolution.
I am seeking your authority to amend our current jury duty pay to include Fire and Police only
when a court orders them to serve as a juror, in violation of the City's policy stating that they
should be exempt from service.
cc• Eric Fresch
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