R-09-1632CITY OF CLERMONT
RESOLUTION
NO. 1632
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE PERSONNEL
POLICY OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont adopted the current
Personnel Policy of the City of Clermont Resolution No. 705 dated February 26, 1991,
and amended it by Resolution 739 dated October 8, 1991, Resolution No. 746 dated July
28, 1992, Resolution No. 771 dated September 24, 1992, Resolution No. 923 dated
September 24, 1996, Resolution No. 1041, dated November 24, 1998, Resolution No.
1118, dated February 22, 2000, Resolution No. 1182, dated February 27, 2001,
Resolution No. 1561, dated March 11, 2008 and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CLERMONT that the City of Clermont Personnel Policy will be
amended as follows:
Section 1
Chapter 5, Section 12. Leave Donation shall be amended to read as follows:
Employees may donate unused leave hours to other employees in accordance with the
following criteria:
1. Employees may donate vacation or sick leave due to a personal/family
illness or injury. Effective September 1, 2009, employees may donate
vacation or sick leave due to the death of another employee.
2. For the purpose of leave donation, family is defined as spouse, children,
step-children, parents, siblings or grandparents.
3. Employees donating/receiving leave must have been employed with the
City for at least twelve (12) months.
4. Employees wishing to receive donated leave due to a personal/family
illness or injury must submit a request to Human Resources for the leave
donation. Requests for leave donation on behalf of a beneficiary must be
submitted to Human Resources by the deceased employee's department
director.
5. Employees receiving donated leave due to a personal/family illness or
injury must furnish a physician's certification of the existence of the
illness or injury.
6. Employees receiving donated leave due to a personal/family illness or
injury must have exhausted all of their available sick leave, vacation leave,
compensatory leave and personal day.
7. Employees receiving donated leave due to a personal/family illness or
injury must have been absent at least thirty (30) consecutive calendar days
due to the specific situation in either paid or unpaid leave status.
8. Employees may donate leave in one (1) hour increments up to a maximum
of forty (40) hours per receiving employee per year. Employees may not
donate hours that would result in the donating employee having less than
eighty (80) hours of available sick leave after the donation.
9. Donated leave will not be treated as used leave in respect to the City's
perfect attendance awards.
10. Donated sick leave will be treated as used leave in determining the
uncredited sick leave bonus distribution.
11. Unused donation hours, will be returned to the donating employees in
proportion to the donations.
12. The maximum amount of hours an employee or beneficiary may receive
from other employees shall be 480 hours per qualifying event.
13. Payment of donated leave to the receiving employee may be made
retroactively to the date the employee exhausted their available leave
balances.
14. In the event of donated leave due to a death, the donated leave shall be
paid in accordance with the applicable provisions in the Personnel Policy.
Section 2
This resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY Of
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER,
2009.
Harold Turville, ayor