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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/22/1954 Business MeetingJ 1 �J 1 MONDAY, MARCH 22nd, 1954, 10 :00 o *clock A.M. The City Commission met in regular session,'Mayor Burns and Commissioners Huza and Huey present on roll call. The minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, March 15th, 1954, were approved as read. Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that this being the time for receiving bids for a car-f the Police Department, the following bid was received:- Burrows Motor Co., in the sum of $2,229.08, discount $209.00, Less Federal tax $111.00; Plus State Sales Tax, $57.27; less trade -in of 1952 Ford Sedan of J1,240.00; or a total of $726.35. Said bid being the only one received; It is ordered that it be accepted, carried:- Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza that Resolution No. C- 1113, authorizing the City Comm- ission to lease the S2 of the S2 of the NEI of the NE* of Section 25 -13 -18 E.-W.M. to Joe R. Holthaus for a period commencing March 22, 1954 and ending January 1, 1955, be adopted as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. RESOLUTION NO. C -1113, WHEREAS, the City of Yakima is the owner of real property describe as: The South one -half of the South one -half of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 35, Township lw, North, Range 18 E.W.M., Yakima County, Washington, upon which is situate a fruit orchard, and . WHEREAS, said premises are not being used for City purposes and it is for the best interest of the people of the City of Yakima that said fruit orchard be taken care of and the premises maintained, and, WHEREAS, the City has received an offer from Joe R. Holthaus to lease said premises above described for a period commencing March 22, 1954 and ending January 1, 1955, on a crop -share basis, 95 per cent of the net returns of said crop to Joe R. Holthaus, and 5 per cent of the net returns thereof the City, which offer is the best that can be obtain- ed for the lease of said premises and the care of said premises. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON: That the City of Yakima enter into a lease agreement with Joe -R. Holthaus for the above described premises upon the terms hereinabove stated, and to execute a waiver consent to Yakima Fruit Growers.Association having a first mortgage lien on the 1954 crop produced thereon for their advances, and that the Mayor, G. W. Burns, and the City Clerk, Pearl Benjamin, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute said lease for and on behalf of the City of Yakima. ADOPTED by the City Commission this 22nd day of March, 1954. ATTEST PEARL BENJAMIN City Clerk ( S E A L ) G. W. BURN S Mayor Moved by Huza, seconded by Burns, that Resolution No. C -1114, relating to vacations, sick leave, and other time off privileges for city employees, be adopted as read, carried; Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. a RESOLUTION NO. C -11141 A RESOLUTION relating to vacations, sick leave, and other time off privileges for City Employees. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: That all permanent employees of the City of Yakima shall be granted time off privi- leges as follows: VACATION LEAVE 1. Each employee regularly employed six days each week.shall be entitled to an annual vacation with full nay at the rate of one working day of vacation for each full monthts work during the preceding year. 2. Each employee regularly employed five days each weeh shall be entitled to an annual vacation with full pay for ten working days vacation for each 12 monthts work period during the preceding year. 3. In computing the vacation period only those days on which the employee would normally be required to work shall be counted. Municipal holidays shall be deducted and Saturday, when worked, shall be counted as a shole day. 4. An employee shall be entitled to his first vacation with full pay after having served the city for a period of twelve months, and vacation leave may be accumulated for a period of one year. At no time shall an employee during any year have a paid vacation in excess of two weeks. 5. The vacation leave shall be taken by the employee upon approval of the depart- ment head or delegated authority at a time that will not interfere unreasonably with the operations of the department; provided that the department head must allow an employee to take vacation leave which would otherwise be invalidated by virture of the accumulation beyond the maximum. 6. Employees who are granted a leave of absence with pay for any prupose shall continue to accrue vacation leave at the regularly prescribed rate during such absence. 7. Each employee whose service is terminated will be allowed pay for any vacation earned and not taken up to a maximum of 12 working days. (Continued on page 480) I PIP- MARCH 22, 1954 (Continued from page 479). 8. When an employee is transferred.to another position, any un -used vacation leave which may have accumulated to his credit shll continue to be available for his use. SICK LEAVE 1. Sick leave with pay shall accrue at the rate of one working day of leave for each full calendar month of the employeets service, and any such leave .accrued but unused in any year shall be cumulative for secceeding years to a maximum of twenty -four working days. Employees who are granted .a leave of absence with pay for any prupose shall contin ue to accrue sick leave at the regularly prescribed rate during such absence. 2. An employee eligible for sick leave with pay shall be granted such leave for the following reasons: a. Personal illness or physical incapacity resulting from causes beyone employee's control; b. Forced quarantine of the employee in accordance with community health requirements; or c. The death of a member of the employeet's immediate family. 3. An employee on sick.leave shall inform his immediate superior of the fact and the reason-therefor as soon as possible. The employee shall also keep his superior informed of the probable length of his absence. 4. When the sick leave continues for three or more working days, the employee shal file evidence of illness with the department head stating the cause of the absence and th nature of his illness. At the discreation of the department head, a doctor's certificate may be required when the sick leave extends over a period of 5 days. 1. 5. Any failure to give notice or file a physiciants certificate when requested, as required herein, may be cause for denial of sick leave with pay for the period of absence. 6. Any employee receiving sick leave with pay who simultaneously receives compen- sation under the Workments Compensation Law, shall receive for the duration of such com- pensation only that portion of his regular salary which, together with said compensation, will equal his regular salary. 7. Absence for a fraction or part of a day that is.chargeable to sick leave in accordance with these provisions, shall be charged proportionately in -an amount not less than one -half day. 8. An employee who is laid off from his position for reasons that are not dis- creditable to him may, if reappointed within twelve months, have available for his necess ary use any accrued leave existing at the time of his layoff. 9. When an employee is transferred to another position, any unused sick leave whi may have accumulated to his credit shall continue to be available for his use as necessa 10. At the option of the employee, sickness in excess of the maximum number of days accrued may be charged to unused vacation. CIVIL LEAVE 1. Any necessary leave may be allowe y the head of the department to permit any employee to serve as a member of the jury, or to exercise his other civil duties. Each employee who is granted such leave, and who, for the performance of the civil duties involved, received any compensation, shall be paid by the city for the time he is absent only in the amount of excess of his regular salary over the compensation so received. MILITARY LEAVE L. Leave not to exceed fifteen calendar days, plus travel time, in any period of twelve consecutive months, over and above annual vacation, may be allowed any employee who is a member of the National Guard or Reserve Corps. The employee --,Will be paid for the period of the leave less the amount of the base pay received by him by reason of his active duty training, and proof of the amount and receipt of the base pay for such service shall be made in such manner and upon such Certificate as the State Auditor of the State of 1,1shington shall require. GENERAL 1. No leave without pay will be granted an employee until the employee has first taken advantage of all his usable earned vacation credits, and such leave will not be granted for the purpose of the employee gaining personal- advantage or profit. 2. Unauthorized absence from duty for three consecutive working days whall consti -, tute grounds for dismissal at the discretion of the City Commission. EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE 1. These provisions regarding time off privileges do not apply to employees per- forming temporary work or to employees occupying positions provisionally. 2. The provisions regarding vacation leave, sick leave, and time off privileges shall not in any way reduce or alter the benefits and provisions relating thereto provided for by the State Firemen's Relief and Pension System, Policements Relief and Pension System, or by any laws of the State of Washington now in effect or to be adopted hereafter REPORT OF ABSENCES 1. It shall be the duty of eat department head to submit to the City Clerk the first of each month a complete accounting of all absences of employees of his department, such accounting to give the name of employee, dates on which absent, and reason for absent during the previous month. ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Yakima this 22nd day of Marcy, 1954. ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN ( S E A L ) G. W. BURNS City Clerk Mayor (Continued on page 481) 1 1 1 1 Ll FL MARCH 22, 1954 (Continued from page 480) Moved by Huza, seconded by Huey, that Ordinance No. B -1550, imposing a business and occupational tax upon certain businesses, occupations and privileges, namely, the tele- phone business, be passed'as read, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call ORDINANCE NO. B -15501 AN ORDINANCE imposing a business and occupation tax upon certain businesses, - occupations and privileges, namely the telephone business, requiring a business license for the same, providing for the collection thereof, defining offenses, and prescribing penalties. Moved by Huey, seconded by Huza, that we do now adjourn, carried: Burns, Huza and Huey voting aye on roll call. ATTEST: C CLERK— u � s I