969ORDINANCE NO. 90
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR SICK
LEAVE, VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS FOR ALL
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA AND ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE
FOR COMPENSATION FOR SICK LEAVE, VACATIONS
AND HOLIDAYS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF
EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater, Florida desires to establish a
uniform system for sick leave, vacations and holidays for all employees
of the City of Edgewater, Florida and to provide a uniform method of
compensating employees of the City of Edgewater, Florida in connection
with sick leave, vacations and holidays.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That all employees of the City of Edgewater, Florida
shall be entitled to sick leave and compensation therefor under the following
terms and conditions:
(a) Sick leave time will be earned at the rate of one (1) day
for each month of service. These credit days shall become
cumulative up to a maximum of thirty (30) days. Credit days
may be earned by the employee to the extent of restoring credit
days subsequently used for sick leave and thereby building up
accrued sick leave to the thirty (30) day maximum.
After accumulating the thirty (30) day maximum sick leave
provided for herein, the employee will receive one (1) day's pay
for each month thereafter that he does not use any sick leave. I£,
however, the employee uses any sick leave after accumulating
the thirty (30) days maximum sick leave the employee must restore
his accumulated sick leave to the maximum provided above, before
this paragraph becomes applicable again.
In order to receive this benefit an employee must notify the
Department Head of the specific department of which he is an
employee immediately and present satisfactory evidence of illness,
for example a statement of illness from a physician or surgeon
mutually agreeable to both parties. No employee shall be allowed
sick leave during any vacation period of said employee. Sick leave
time is to cover the personal illness of the employee only.
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SECTION 2: That all employees of the City of Edgewater,
Florida shall be entitled to vacation leave and compensation therefor
under the following terms and conditions:
(a) Employees covered by this Ordinance shall be entitled
to annual vacation leave with pay at the employee's regular base
rate of pay, on the following basis:
Less than 1 year 0 workdays
1 - 5 years 10 work days
6 years and over 15 work days
That for the purpose of calculating accrued vacation time,
the date of employment by the City shall be the date the employee
began his employment and on each year's anniversary date there-
after said employee shall be deemed to have worked a full year.
No employee shall be entitled to vacation time without having first
completed a full year's employment.
A minimum of one half of accrued vacation time must be
taken within any given anniversary period. The remaining portion
of the accrued vacation time may be carried into the following work
year or compensation may be received in an amount not to exceed
one-half of the accrued vacation time.
The taking of any vacation time accrued which is in excess of
the vacation time allotted for any one anniversary period must
be approved by the Department Head of the specific Department
of which the employee is employed. In the absence of approval
by the Department Head, approval must then be granted by the
Mayor and City Council.
Upon termination of employment, an employee shall be paid for
any unused portion of accrued vacation time which shall be prorated
on a monthly basis from the last anniversary date.
SECTION 3: The City of Edgewater, Florida recognizes the following
holidays as paid holidays: New Years Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, the employee's birthday and a floating
holiday to be selected by the employee with the approval of the Department
Head of the specific Department of which the employee is employed.
(a) In addition to his holiday pay, if an employee is required
to work on a holiday he shall receive straight time pay for the hours
worked on a holiday.
If the holiday falls on an employee's off duty day, the employee
shall receive an additional day's compensation paid at his regular
rate of pay. If a holiday falls while an employee is on vacation,
the employee shall receive an additional day's vacation in lieu thereof.
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In order to be eligible for holiday pay an employee must work
both his last scheduled work day before and his first scheduled
work day after the holiday. This does not apply to an employee
on approved vacation.
Any employee who is scheduled to work on a holiday and fails
to report for work without a justifiable reason, shall not be eligible
for holiday pay.
SECTION 4: That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, and all
Resolutions or parts of Resolutions of the City of Edgewater, Florida that
are in conflict with this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That the City Clerk is hereby directed to advertise this
Ordinance as required by law.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its final passage as provided by law.
The first reading of the above ordinance was read in full and passed by
vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at the
meeting of said Council held on the R_ day of 1977, and
approved as provided by law.
The second reading of said Ordinance to be a�t_the, sheeting
of the City Council to be held on the cZ AJ day of 1 1977.
Roll Call vote as follows:
ATTEST
FIRST READING
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Mayor
SECOND READING Councilffornan
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City Clerk
APPROVED this '-1 _ day of
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Mayor
This Ordinance prepared by
W. M. Gillespie, City Attorney.
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