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Resolution - 5379RESOLUTION NO. 5379 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1277 TO FIX THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PAYABLE TO, AND TO AMEND THE POLICIES APPLICABLE TO, POLICE CADETS WITHIN THE WEST COVINA CITY SERVICE, AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1276. WHEREAS, pursuant to individual employee discussions and in order to al gn_benefits of Police Cadets with other miscellaneous employees; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does resolve as follows: SECTION 1. That portion of Section VI of .Resolution No. 1277 relating to salary rates for Police Cadets, Range 16a, is amended to read as follows: "Police Cadets* Range No. S tep A S tep B Step C S tep D Step E 16a $608 ($654) $638 ($686) $670 ($720) $704 ($757) $739 ($795) *Effective December 1, 1976, the City will pay to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) the amount defined by PERS as deferred compen- sation equivalent to 7% of the salaries for Police Cadets on behalf of the employees' share of the retirement contribution. The amounts in parentheses should be used when comparing salaries, as they include the deferred compensation paid to employees by City payment of the employees' share of the PERS contribution." SECTION 2. That portion of Section VI of Resolution No. 1277 • relating to salary rates for Police Cadets is amended by addition of a footnote as follows: "**Across the board increase, effective February 1, 1977, adds $40 to each step in the range and is not reflected in the above base amounts or the amounts in parentheses." SECTION 3. Paragraphs (a).and (b) of Section XI of Resolution No. 1277 is amended to read as follows: "Section XI. Holidays. (A) Holidays for all officers and employees of the City of West Covina shall be: the lst day of January, the 3rd Monday in Feb- ruary, the last Monday in May, the 4th day of July, the 1st Monday in September, the 2nd Monday in October, the llth day of November, the 25th day of December, and every day appointed by the President of the United States or the Governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday, provided that on any day appointed by the President or by the Governor as a special or limited holiday, City offices shall be open and shall function in their normal and usual manner, and all other public functions shall be performed as on days which are not holidays. (B) Good Friday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m., the Friday after the Thursday in November appointed as Thanksgiving Day, and two (2) float- ing holidays per calendar year, to be taken at times specified in adminis- trative guidelines, shall be permanent holidays for all officers and employees of the City of the City of West Covina except for professional members of the Police and Fire Departments. The 12th day of February and the 9th day of September shall also be holidays for professional members of the Police and Fire Departments." SECTION 4. Section XIII.1 of Resolution No. 1277 is amended to read as follows: "Section XIII.l. Disability in Course of Duties. :(A)'., Whenever any employees of the City are disabled, whether temporarily or permanently, by injury or illness arising out of and in the course of their duties, they shall be entitled, regardless of their period of service with the City, to leave of absence while so disabled, 7 without loss of salary (temporary disability compensation, if any, being considered as and credited to salary for this purpose) for the period of such disability, but not exceeding one year, or until such earlier date as they are retired on permanent disability pension; and the leave of absence hereby granted shall be in addition to, and shall not be charged to or deducted from, accumulated sick leave except as provided herein. Such leave, however, shall not be paid for. more than seven days unless and until such employees are awarded or receive disability bene- fits under the Workers' Compensation and Insurance Law of the State of California based upon such disability. When and while applicable, this section shall supersede the provisions of paragraph (e) of Section XIII. (,B) Relative to miscellaneous employees: (1) promotion or step increases which would have come due during a disability leave shall take effect upon the day the employee returns to regular duties in accordance with existing rules; (2) holidays occurring during a disability leave shall not be counted as disability leave days, but shall be considered as holidays for which time off has been utilized; and (3) vacation and sick leave benefits shall not be accumulated during a period of disability leave of a continuous period of more than 30 calendar days or of a leave of a discontinuous period totaling more than 90 calendar days for the same injury or illness. '(C) The first three (3) days of absence of a miscellaneous employee due to disability shall be charged to the employee's usable •accumulation of sick leave or other time off benefits; provided however, that the Safety Committee or its subcommittee, upon request of the employee, shall review the circumstances of the injury. If the Safety Committee rules that the employee.had no possible opportunity to pre- vent or reduce the injury through any alternative action, disability time off charged to the employee's time off benefits may be restored. Such restorations shall be limited to cases where no danger could have been anticipated or precautions and actions taken by the employee to prevent or reduce the injury. Appeal of Safety Committee determinations provided for in this section shall be made to the City Manager, whose decision shall be final. (D) No professional members of the Police and Fire Departments, while on or entitled to disability leave -of absence, shall suffer the loss of any vacation, sick leave, or increase in compensation which would have accrued, or to which he would have been entitled if he were actually per- forming his duties." SECTION 5. 'Rule III.5 of the Personnel Rules (Resolution No. 1276) is amended to read as follows: "III.5. Acting Temporary Appointments to a Higher Class. An acting appointment may be made to a higher class or position occupied by a person on temporary leave or disability. Such acting appointment shall not exceed 12 months. Acting appointments shall be •made from existing eligibility lists. Should no eligibility list exist, acting appointments shall be made in accordance with Section III.4 of the Personnel Rules. Miscellaneous employees serving in an acting status shall receive a full step increase in compensation payable from the 31st calendar day of such appointment until the completion of the appointment, provided such acting appointments are made in writing by the appointing authority with a copy to the Personnel Office. Profes- sional employees of the Police Department shall be compensated for acting - 2 - J appointments in accordance with Section 8 (e) of Personnel Resolution No. 1277, and such compensation shall be payable from the date of appointment to the date of termination, provided such an appointment exceeds 90 calendar days. The acting appointee shall receive no additional compensation while serving in an acting status except as provided for in this section. Upon the return of the incumbent from leave or disability, the acting appointment shall be immediately terminated, and the appointee shall resume regular duties, compensation, and privileges as if he or she had continued his or her duties in the 0,ermanent or regular classification. Professional employees of the Fire Department serving in an acting status shall be compensated in accordance with provisions of Salary Resolution No. 1277. SECTION 6.. Police Cadets shall be entitled to benefits avail- able to all miscellaneous employees (unless specifically excepted) in keeping with their status as miscellaneous employees. Such entitlement to benefits shall include City provision of the long-term disability insurance policy currently being provided other miscellaneous employees. ? In order that current long-term disability benefits are reflected in the Personnel Resolution, a- "new. Sect-io_n--XIII -3 is hereby added to Resolution No. 1277 to read as follows:' "Section XIII. 3 . Lif:Lonct Term Disab�il.ity -Insurance The City :may. provide to current full-time miscellaneous employees, group long-term disability insurance cover age,Ea-nd_growp, life ,insurance` -coverage to be paid wholly by the City." SECTION 7 Section 1, Section 3, Section 4, and Section 5 shall be effective as of the .first pay period in December, 1976. Section 2 and Section 6 shall be effective as of the first pay period in February, 1977. SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution. __Approved and adopted.this 27th Mayor ATTEST: - z i t%"�4 9,­�JZ� it erk day of December , 1976. I hereby certify that the foregoing resoluticli No. 537.9 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof held on the _ 27th day of December 1976, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Chappell, Shearer, Tice, Browne.' NOES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen None APPROVED AS TO FORM: Citly Clerk VV , 7 -`7 City Attorney - 3 -