HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 1998 1486 1998 0701RESOLUTION NO. 98 -1486
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING A BENEFIT PROGRAM
FOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that the management employees of the City are
required to perform additional services to the City within the scope of their assignments; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the additional time management employees devote in their
service to the City without additional compensation, the City Council finds that it is appropriate to
provide management employees benefits in addition to those provided to the competitive service
employees of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. When used in this Resolution the term "Department Head" shall include the
classification positions of Assistant City Manager, Community Development Director, Community
Services Director, Public Works Director and City Clerk, and such other classifications as the City
Council may from time to time designate by resolution as being department head positions.
SECTION 2. When used in this Resolution the term "Management Employee" shall include
the classification positions of Administrative Services Manager, Finance /Accounting Manager,
Planning Manager, Recreation Superintendent, Principal Planner, Senior Management Analyst,
Management Analyst, Redevelopment Manager and Assistant to the City Manager, and such other
classifications as the City Council may from time to time designate by resolution as being management
positions.
SECTION 3. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Administrative Leave benefits:
Department Heads shall be granted administrative leave at the rate of forty (40) hours per
fiscal year, accrued at the rate of 1.54 hours per pay period. On June 1 of each year the
Department Head shall be granted an additional forty (40) hours of administrative leave,
prorated if service is less than one year, based on the most recent performance evaluation in
the fiscal year by the City Manager if he /she
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received a rating of "commendable" or higher. The Department head may, at his/her option,
convert the additional administrative leave to cash. Any unused administrative leave balance
at the end of a fiscal year may be extended for a period of up to four (4) months by the City
Manager, or the Department Head may convert the unused balance to vacation leave if the
Department Head has used at least forty (40) hours of paid leave time in the prior fiscal year.
This last requirement may be waived in writing by the City Manager in recognition of
extenuating circumstances.
Management Employees shall be granted administrative leave at the rate of forty (40) hours
per fiscal year, accrued at the rate of 1.54 hours per pay period,. On June 1 of each year the
Management employee shall be granted an additional sixteen (16) hours of administrative
leave based on the most recent performance evaluation by his/her Department Head if he /she
received a rating of "commendable" or higher and the employee's Department Head has
indicated that the employee has spent an inordinate amount of additional work hours in
performance of service to the City. Up to a maximum of ten (10) hours of unused
administrative leave balance at the end of a fiscal year may be extended for a period of up to
four (4) months by the City Manager, or the Management employee may convert up to ten
(10) hours of the unused balance to vacation leave if the Management employee has used at
least forty (40) hours of leave time in the prior fiscal year. This last requirement may be
waived in writing by the City Manager in recognition of extenuating circumstances.
SECTION 4. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Vacation Leave benefits:
Department Heads shall accrue vacation leave in accordance with the same schedule as
approved by the City Council for Competitive Service employees. Department Heads may
accrue up to a maximum of four hundred eighty (480) hours of vacation before accruals
cease. The City Manager may permit a Department Head to accrue an additional one hundred
twenty (120) hours of vacation leave based on City needs. In June of each year, the
Department Head may cash out up to eighty (80) hours of accrued vacation leave if the
Department Head has taken ten (10) days of paid leave time within the prior twelve (12)
month period.
The City Council may unilaterally restrict the cash out for any single fiscal year. In such case
the maximum vacation accrual for the Department Heads shall be increased by the eighty (80)
hours until such time as said restriction is lifted. Unless the restriction is retroactively lifted,
the maximum accrual for the Department Heads shall remain at the new maximum accrual
rate. If the restriction is retroactively lifted, the maximum accrual shall revert to the four
hundred eighty (480) hour maximum. Should the Council impose a restriction for more than
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one consecutive year, and less than the full term of the restriction is lifted, the maximum
accrual shall be reduced only by that amount of time for which the restriction is lifted.
Management Em Q=s shall accrue vacation leave in accordance with the same schedule as
approved by the City Council for Competitive Service employees. Management employees
may accrue up to a maximum of three hundred sixty (360) hours of vacation before accruals
cease. The City Manager may permit a Management employee to accrue an additional eighty
(80) hours of vacation leave based on City needs.
SECTION 5. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City
shall be entitled to the following Sick Leave benefits:
Department Heads shall accrue sick leave in accordance with the program approved by the
City Council for Competitive Service employees, and shall be subject to such other rules and
regulations pertaining to sick leave use and accrual as approved for Competitive Service
employees.
Management mloy shall accrue sick leave in accordance with the program approved by
the City Council for Competitive Service employees, and shall be subject to such other rules
and regulations pertaining to sick leave use and accrual as approved for Competitive Service
employees.
SECTION 6. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Salary Adjustment benefits:
Department Heads shall be subject to Salary Plan adopted by the City Council resolution for
Competitive Service and Non - Competitive Service employees. Department Heads shall be
eligible for the same "cost of living" adjustments as may be granted from time to time by the
City Council to Competitive Service employees. Nothing herein shall preclude the City
Council from granting Department Heads adjustments above those granted to the
Competitive Service employees.
Management Employees shall be subject to Salary Plan adopted by the City Council
resolution for Competitive Service and Non - Competitive Service employees. Management
employees shall be eligible for the same "cost of living" adjustments as may be granted from
time to time by the City Council to Competitive Service employees. Nothing herein shall
preclude the City Council from granting Management employees adjustments above those
granted to the Competitive Service employees.
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SECTION 7. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Medical Program benefits:
Department Heads shall be eligible to participate in the same medical programs as are made
available to Competitive Service employees with the same contributions from the City except
that the City shall pay one hundred percent (100 %) of the cost for employee and family
coverage premiums. Also, Department Heads shall be provided term life insurance policies
at one hundred thousand dollar ($100,000) face value. Beginning with the fiscal year 1998-
99, Department Heads are eligible for a City paid comprehensive physical examination every
two (2) years, with a maximum City contribution of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00)
per examination as a supplement for costs not covered by City funded insurance.
Management Employees shall be eligible to participate in the same medical programs as are
made available to Competitive Service employees with the same contributions from the City
toward the program premiums as provided to Competitive Service employees.
SECTION 8. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Separation benefits:
DDoartment Heads shall be eligible to receive the following benefits if separated from service
with the City of Moorpark for any reason other than Service Retirement. The Department
Heads shall receive ten (10) days (eighty (80) hours) of paid severance at his/her then current
salary rate for each full year of employment with the City, to a maximum of ninety (90) days
(seven hundred twenty (720) hours) of paid severance. If a Department Head has been
employed with the City of Moorpark for five (5) or more years, the Department Head shall
also be eligible to receive in cash payment twenty -five percent (25 %) of his/her sick leave
balance, in addition to his/her vacation leave and administrative leave balances, accrued as of
the effective date of the separation.
In cases of voluntary separation from service with the City, Department Heads shall not be
eligible for the severance pay provided for in this Section, but shall be eligible for the cash
payment for sick leave, vacation leave and administrative leave as provided for in this Section.
Management Employees shall be eligible to receive the following benefits if voluntarily or
involuntarily separated from service with the City Moorpark for any reason other than Service
Retirement. If a Management employee has been employed with the City of Moorpark for
eight (8) or more years, the Management employee shall be eligible to receive in cash payment
twenty -five percent (25 %) of his/her sick leave balance, in addition to his/her vacation leave
and administrative leave balances, accrued as of the effective date of the separation.
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SECTION 9. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Service Retirement benefits:
Department Heads shall be eligible upon service retirement from the City of Moorpark to
have up to one year of accrued vacation leave, administrative and accrued sick leave to which
he/she is then eligible to receive transferred to cash payment and credited as final year salary
for purposes of retirement benefits. The Department Head shall be eligible to cash in all
vacation leave and administrative leave balances accrued as of the effective date of the service
retirement. If employed with the City of Moorpark for eleven (11) years but less than sixteen
(16) years, the Department Head shall be eligible to receive in cash payment twenty -five
percent (25 %) of his/her sick leave balance accrued as of the effective date of the service
retirement. If employed with the City of Moorpark for sixteen (16) or more years, the
Department head shall be eligible to receive in cash payment fifty percent (50 %) of his/her
sick leave balance accrued as of the effective date of the service retirement
MMar ement EmplQ= shall be eligible upon service retirement from the City of Moorpark
to receive the same benefits as are approved for Department Heads by the City Council.
SECTION 10. The Department Heads and the Management Employees of the City shall be
entitled to the following Tuition Reimbursement benefits:
Department Heads shall be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for courses approved by
the City Manager at the same rate as is approved by the City Council for Competitive Service
employees commencing with fiscal year 1998 -99.
Management Employees shall be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for courses
approved by the City Manager at the same rate as is approved by the City Council for
Competitive Service employees commencing with fiscal year 1998 -99.
SECTION 11: In addition to applicable provisions of the Municipal Code, or other Council
policy, the provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of this resolution pertaining to Department Heads
shall also apply to the position of City Manager, except that in Section 4 herein the maximum accrual
for vacation leave shall be six hundred (600) hours, and in Section 7 herein the amount of the term
life insurance policy shall be two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000). In addition, if the City
Manager has been employed with the City of Moorpark for five (5) or more years, he/she shall be
eligible to receive in cash payment twenty -five percent (25 %) of his/her sick leave balance accrued
as of the effective date of his/her separation from City service.
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SECTION 12: This Resolution shall supercede all other resolutions and all other rules,
regulations, procedures and offers pertaining to the benefits indicted in this Resolution for
Department Heads and Management Employees in effect at the time of adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1 st day of July 1998.
ATTEST:
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Deborah S. Traffenstedt, ity Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 98 -1486 was adopted by the City Council of the
City of Moorpark at a meeting held on the 1 st day of July, 1998, and that the same was adopted by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Evans, Perez, Teasley, Wozniak and Mayor Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 6th day of July, 1998.
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, qty Clerk
(seal)