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ORDINANCE N0. 7308
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
AMENDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PERSONNEL RULES TO PROVIDE
FOR THE USE OF SICK LEAVE TO CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER
WITH A SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 8, "Absence ", Section 3, "Sick
Leave," subsections "' i , " "" j , "" "" k "" and "" 1 , "" of the City of Baytown
Personnel Rules are hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 8
Section 3. Sick Leave
i. Department Directors, after ascertaining the exact
circumstances, have the discretion to allow a regular
employee up to three (3) days of sick leave per calendar
year in the event of an illness within the employee's
immediate family or household.
j. The City Manager, upon request by the employee and
recommendation of the Department Director, may allow the
employee to utilize up to one -half of their accrued sick
leave to be absent from his workplace to provide care
during the "serious health condition" (as defined under
the FMLA Policy) of an immediate family member.
"Immediate family" for the purposes of this policy is
defined as: the employee's parents, spouse, children,
brothers, sisters, mother -in -law, father --in -law,
grandparents and grandchildren. The following criteria
must be met in order to qualify for this type leave:
• all other leaves such as vacation, holiday and
compensatory time have been or are projected to be
exhausted;
• all combined leave approved under this policy shall
not exceed 12 weeks, for 24 hour shift employees,
five 24 hour shifts equals 2 weeks under this
policy;
• authorization through Human Resources for
verification of time available;
• complete the "Certification of Physician or
Practioner" form;
• all other requirements under the Family Medical
• Leave Policy apply.
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The employee's request, initiated with the Department
• Director, shall include sufficient information from the
attending physician regarding the illness, anticipated
outcome and estimated time frame. This medical
information should be submitted directly to the
Department Director and will be treated as confidential
and shared only with individuals with a need to know for
the purposes of employment decisions.
k. Regular part -time and temporary employees shall not
accrue sick leave.
1. Civil Service employees shall accumulate sick leave and
receive pay for unused sick leave upon termination as
outlined in Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code and
required by state law.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided
however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be
cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject
matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall
for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons
or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown this the 11th day of May, 1995.
�. & C.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILFEN P. HALL, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SRO, Attorney
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