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Resolution No. 2011-102RESOLUTION NO. 2011-102 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN AMENDED CITY OF VERNON JURY DUTY POLICY WHEREAS, on March April 6, 2009, the City Council of the City of Vernon adopted Resolution No. 9905 approving an amended Jury Duty Policy; and WHEREAS, by memo dated June 9, 2011, the Director of Personnel has recommended that the Jury Duty Policy be amended to update the mileage reimbursement to reflect the current Salary Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true and correct. SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby approves and adopts the amended City of Vernon Jury Duty Policy, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. SECTION 3: This Resolution shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full force and effect unless repealed by action of the City Council of the City of Vernon. SECTION 4: Any resolution or parts of a resolution in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed. SECTION 5: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to the passage, approval and adoption of this resolution, and the City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall cause this resolution and the City Clerk's certification to be entered in the File of Resolutions of the Council of this City. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21St day of June, 2011. Name: Hilario Gonzales Title: Mayor / fie*-zre,- 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, Willard G. Yamaguchi, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2011-102, was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon. Executed this day of June, 2011, at Vernon, California. (SEAL) - 3 - EXHIBIT A CITY OF VERNON JURY DUTY POLICY (June 21, 2011) 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. "Jury Duty Milea e Pay" — means the juror expenses of mileage paid to jurors in the superior courts, in civil and criminal cases, authorized by Section 215 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. Reimbursement for mileage shall be paid at the current rate set in accordance with Section 215(c) of the California Code of Civil Procedure Employees shall be reimbursed per mile in the amount set forth by the Internal Revenue Service standard mileage rate for the use of their personal automobile and said sum shall be based upon actual miles traveled by said automobile 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 Paf — 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 call for jury duty is expected to 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. 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 III.B 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. 2 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: June 23, 2011 TO: Rory Burnett, Finance Director/City Treasurer Daniel Calleros, Interim Police Chief Kristen Enomoto, Council Department Manager Carlos Fandino, Director of Light & Power Masami Higa, Assistant Finance Director Alex Kung, Senior Accounting Manager Joaquin Leon, Deputy City Treasurer Lewis Pozzebon, Director of Health & Environmental Control James Rodino, Police Captain Martha Valenzuela, Director of Personnel/Business Services Mark Whitworth, City Administrator/Fire Chief Kevin Wilson, Director of Community Services & Water FROM: Willard Yamaguchi, City Clerk/Interim City Attorney RE: Resolution No. 2011-102 - A Resolution of the City Counci of the City of Vernon Approving and Adopting an Amended City of Vernon Jury Duty Policy Transmitted herewith is a copy of Resolution No. 2011-102 referenced above, which was approved by City Council on June 21, 2011. Thank you. WY:dj Attachment c: Resolution No. 2011-102 RECEIVED RECEIVED JUN 0 9 2011 _ JUN 0 9 2011 'S OFFICE CITY ADMINISTRATION cincLER K STAFF REPORT PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT DATE: June 9, 2011 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Martha Valenzuela, Director of Personne RE: Change to Jury Duty Mileage Reimbursement - The Salary Resolution amendment number 2010-179 section 11 (a) states that the rate the City will use in reimbursing the employee will be based on the rate set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. The Jury Duty. Resolution number 9905 Exhibit A Policy II (B) states that the rate for reimbursement will be reimbursed at the current rate of fifty.five cents ($0.55). It is my recommendation to be consistent with the Salary resolution, thereby amending the Jury Duty Resolution Exhibit A Policy Il (B) and state that the mileage reimbursement rate will be set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Respectfully Submitted.