Explanation
Background
Marcus Seas, an employee of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water (P) inadvertently worked 14.5 hours more than the 480 hours allotted for limited temporary employees. Mr. Seas worked 2.5 hours for the pay period ending July 9, 2011 and worked 12.0 hours for the pay period ending July 23, 2011 which put him 14.5 hours over the allotted 480 hours. The work performed by Mr. Seas involved working in WAM reviewing outage data, creating reports and support for management working with the Distribution Group for the Division of Power and Water (P) located at 3500 Indianola Avenue. A payment of $319.04, less all appropriate payroll deductions, is necessary to pay Mr. Seas for wages earned by inadvertently working 14.5 hours over the allotted 480 hours for limited temporary employees.
Fiscal Impact
Sufficient funding is available in the Electricity Operating Fund for the requested payment.
Emergency action is requested so payment can be made to Mr. Seas at the earliest date possible.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to make payment to Marcus Seas for time worked over 480 allotted total hours, to authorize the expenditure of $319.04 from the Electricity Operating Fund and to declare an emergency. ($319.04)
Body
WHEREAS, Marcus Seas, an employee of the Department of Public Utilities, inadvertently worked 14.5 hours more than the 480 hours allotted for a limited temporary employee, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Seas was employed by the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water (P), and was working in WAM reviewing outage data, creating reports and support for management working with the Distribution Group at 3500 Indianola, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to compensate Marcus Seas for wages earned by inadvertently working 14.5 hours over the allotted 480 hours for limited temporary employees, for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety, now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to make payment of $319.04, less all appropriate payroll deductions, to Marcus Seas for time inadvertently worked over the 480 hours allotted hours for limited temporary employees.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $319.04 or so much there of as may be needed is hereby authorized from Fund 550, Division 60-07, OCA: 606723 as follows:
1112 $252.30
1120 $ 15.14
1160 $ 35.32
1171 $ 3.66
1173 $ 12.62
Total $319.04
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.