R-10391RESOLUTION NO. 103 91
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA PROVIDING FOR EXTENDED TIME FOR MILITARY
RESERVE TRAINING AND CONTINUATION OF
SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR PERMANENT CITY EMPLOYEES
CALLED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY SINCE SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
WHEREAS, employees who are members of the United States military
reserves are currently entitled to receive up to 30 calendar days of military pay per fiscal
year for monthly and annual training by law; and
WHEREAS, National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve deployment and
training have increased since September, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica has previously
authorized an increase in the duration of the continuation of benefits and supplemental
salary for those City employees who are deployed to active duty and an increase in
time off each fiscal year for the purpose of military reserve training; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to acknowledge the military--service of #hese - -
employees by providing sufficient time for military training as required, beyond what is
required by law, in order to prevent financial hardship to these employees and their
families; and
WHEREAS, permanent (including probationary) City employees who are
members of the United States military reserves have been called to or may be called to
active military duty during the current period of national emergency; and
WHEREAS, the loss of regular City salary and benefits by these
employees could cause a severe financial hardship for the employees and their
families; and
WHEREAS, the City greatly values the past contributions of these
employees and desires to assist in protecting them and their families from financial
hardship; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to maintain the regular salary and benefits of
these employees during their active military duty such that the employees receive their
regular benefits and salaries supplemental to their military salaries, and
WHEREAS, Resolution Number 10269 (CCS), "A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of Santa Monica providing for Continuation of Salary and Benefits for
Permanent City employees Called to Active Military Duty Since September 14, 2001," is
hereby repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Effective July 1, .2008, the City Council of the City of
Santa Monica authorizes time off per fiscal year for any permanent or probationary City
employee for the purpose of military reserve training according to the following schedule
(assuming deployment once every five years): f=irst fiscal year (i.e., 4 years prior to
deployment): 174 hours of military pay; Second fiscal year: 174 hours of military pay;
Third fiscal year: 240 hours of military pay; and Fourth fiscal year: 320 hours of military
pay. Furthermore, City departments shall make every effort to accommodate work
schedule changes to provide regular days off for employees' weekend military training
obligations.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica authorizes the
continuation ("supplement") of regular salary and benefits for any permanent or
probationary City employee who has been called (deployed) to active duty in the United
States military, per the Executive Order of the President of the United States on
September 14, 2001.
Section 3. The continuation of salary shall be in the form of a salary
supplement to any applicable military pay received, up to a total equal to the employee's
regular salary. The supplemental salary will begin after the employee's deployment to
active duty or upon exhaustion of 30 calendar days of legally mandated military pay in
the fiscal year (30 days is equal to 174 hours for non-fire suppression personnel).
Section 4. The salary supplement shall be effective only while the
employee remains on active duty.
Section 5. The City has previously met and conferred with the Municipal
Employees Association; .the Management Team Associates; the Supervisory Team
Associates; the Administrative Team Associates; the Public Attorneys' Legal Support
Staff Union; the Santa Monica Firefighters, Local No. 1109; the Santa Monica Police
Officers Association; the United Transportation Union; the Public Attorneys Union; the
Hearing Examiners Representational Organization; the Employee Action Committee;
and the Society for Union Employment. The City Manager is authorized to execute
modifications to any Memorandum of Understanding to provide military leave benefits
as provided in this resolution.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution,
and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorn
Adopted and approved this 14th day of April, 2009.
Ken Gense ,Mayor
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No: io39~ ,CCS) was duty adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 14th day of April, 2009, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Bloom, Davis, McKeown, Shriver
Mayor Genser, Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Holbrook
ATTEST:
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Maria Stewart, Cit ~ Clerk