Ordinance No. 8,581990513 -8
ORDINANCE NO. 8581
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PERSONNEL POLICY
MANUAL TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF VACATION TIME TO A
SERIOUSLY ILL EMPLOYEE; PROVIDING • A REPEALING CLAUSE;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 8 "Absence," Section 2 "Vacation," subsection (1) of the
City of Baytown Personnel Policy Manual is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 8
ABSENCE
Section 2. Vacation
1. The City Manager, upon the request and recommendation of the Department
Director, may allow employees to transfer accrued vacation time for a fellow
employee to provide paid time off during a "serious health condition" (as defined
under the FMLA Policy). The following criteria must be met in order to qualify
for this type of transfer:
All other leaves accumulated by the seriously ill employee, such as
vacation, holiday and compensatory time, have been or are projected to be
exhausted prior to any transfer request approval;
Authorization through the Human Resources Department for verification
of time available;
All other requirements under the Family Medical Leave Policy have been
completed;
Employees may contribute up to one -half of their accrued vacation leave
balance;
The Department Director has the responsibility to plan and schedule work
of the department; therefore, the Department Director must approve all
transferred vacation time requests to ensure the safe, efficient operation of
the department; and
Transfer of vacation time for any one individual shall not exceed 90
(ninety), 8 (eight) hour days.
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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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.
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® Section 3: If any provision, 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 13t' day of May, 1999.
PETE C. ALFAIC0, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HAL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACID RAMIREZ, SW City Attorney
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