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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-2240 REGULATING SICK LEAVE FOR CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. • • ORDINANCE NO. 0 7PY0 AN ORDINANCE relating to city government personnel; providing for and regulating sick leave for certain Fire Department employees; enacting Section 2.22.075 as a new section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency. 411 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. Section 2.22.075.is hereby enacted as a new sec- , tion of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows: "2.22.075 Time off privileges--Sick leave. A. Each employee of the Yakima Fire Department who is covered under provisions of Chapter 41.26 of the Revised Code of Washington, but whose effective date of initial employment as a firefighter or police officer by any employer is on or after October'1, 1977, so that such employee is not entitled to disability leave pursuant to Chapter 41.26 of the Revised • Code of Washington, shall be granted sick leave with pay in accordance with the provisions of this section. • B. A sick ,leave account shall be established for each such eligible employee, by which account each employee shall be credited with 12 shifts of sick leave upon employment. C. Accrual. Sick leave with pay shall accrue at the rate of one working shift of leave for each full calendar Month of the eligible employee's continuous service with the Fire Department; provided, no sick leave shall accrue during the first twelve months of employment. D. Permissible use of sick leave. Eligible employees shall be granted sick leave with pay for.the reasons speci- fied by Subsection B of Section 2.40.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code." Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the ,immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel- fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect • • immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided - • by law and by the City Charter.. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this g day •of , 1978. • S BETTY L. EDONDO ' Mayor 4 ATTEST: • /5/ IRS 1,77FNB City Clerk • • (1'