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Prior to the adoption of Ord. 19230 on 09/18/2006, Section 19-130 read as follows.
(b) Sick leave shall be granted to an employee only for the following:
1. when the employee is unable Inability to perform duties because of personal sickness
, city job-related disability or exposure to contagious disease that could be transmitted to others on the job.
; except that, an employee shall be granted sick leave for necessary medical, dental, and optical examination and treatment, and for counseling; provided that, sick leave granted for such purposes shall not exceed the actual time necessary for examination or treatment and reasonable travel time (as determined by the department head). (See paragraph (j) of this section.)
3. Illness in the employee's immediate family if no one else is available to care for the individual involved. 4. Illness in the employees immediate family requiring in-patient care when all of the employees eligible accruals have been exhausted such as vacation, floating holiday, compensatory time, etc.
6. Attending the funeral of the employees spouse, child, parent, step-parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, first aunt or uncle, immediate in-laws, or member of the immediate household who has permanently resided under the same roof; or for providing pallbearer services (except for hire or as a public service) if the employee had such services verified and approved by the department head before the scheduled funeral. Note: Travel time for pallbearer activities shall not be granted from sick leave accruals. Generally, the employee will be allowed up to twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave per funeral. Determination of eligibility for sick leave use to attend a funeral shall be made by the department head or duly authorized supervisor, exercising reasonable discretion.
) Sick leave may be used only with the permission of the employee's duly authorized supervisor. This provision shall apply to all other sections of this plan.
) Employees shall notify their supervisor that they will be unable to work before their normal work day begins, pursuant to specific departmental rules concerning deadlines for such notification.
) Use of sick leave shall be extended by the city for proper cause and concern for the employee's future welfare as a city employee; and it is not an inherent right of the employee to be absent from work. As such, identifiable misuse of sick leave shall be just cause for not extending this benefit and abuse shall be just cause for dismissal.
) Individuals injured in the course of employment with another employer shall not be eligible for use of sick leave accruals for the purpose of recovering from such situations. Employees involved in such circumstances may be eligible for leave of absence provisions of these rules and regulations.
) Except as may be provided in departmental rules and upon the approval of the city manager, employees who claim sick leave and are concurrently gainfully employed, selfemployed or otherwise, shall not be eligible for sick leave; and if they are to remain employed, must request, and have approved, a leave of absence without pay (provided that they have exhausted compensatory and vacation time all eligible accruals
) Employees working in bona fide, full-time police and fire-fighting classifications may be entitled to receive separate injury leave in addition to sick leave allocations provided the employee is injured while performing assigned duties, as herein provided:
) Sick leave buy back:
(Code 1964, § 22.755; Ord. No. 12104, § 1, 1-3-89; Ord. No. 13817 § 1, 9-20-93; Ord. No. 14208 § 1, 9-19-94; Ord. No. 14617, § 1, 9-18-95; Ord. No. 15355, § 1, 9-15-97; Ord. No. 16191, § 1, 9-20-99; Ord. No. 16618, § 1, 9-18-00; Ord. No. 17016, § 1, 9-17-01; Ord. No. 18254, § 1, 9-20-04; Ord. No. 18710, § 1, 9-19-05)
Editor's note - Ord. No. 18710, § 1, adopted September 19, 2005, which amended section 19-130 above, shall be in full force and effect from and after October 1, 2005.