Explanation
Background
Austin Kellum, an employee of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water (P) inadvertently worked 35.3 hours more than the 480 hours allotted for limited temporary employees. Mr. Kellum worked 20.2 hours for the pay period ending June 12, 2010 and worked 15.1 hours for the pay period ending June 26, 2010 which put him 35.3 hours over the allotted 480 hours. The work performed by Mr. Kellum involved the converting/digitizing of old records drawings into a format compatible with the GIS for the Division of Power and Water (P) Engineering Group located at 3500 Indianola Avenue. A payment of $505.21, less all appropriate payroll deductions, is necessary to pay Mr. Kellum for wages earned by inadvertently working 35.3 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. Kellum at the earliest date possible.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to make payment to Austin Kellum for time inadvertently worked over 480 allotted total hours, to authorize the expenditure of $505.21 from the Electricity Operating Fund and to declare an emergency. ($505.21)
Body
WHEREAS, Austin Kellum, an employee of the Department of Public Utilities, inadvertently worked 35.3 hours more than the 480 hours allotted for a limited temporary employee, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kellum was employed by the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water (P), and was working with the Engineering Group at 3500 Indianola where he was converting/digitizing old records drawings into a format compatible with the GIS, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to compensate Austin Kellum for wages earned by inadvertently working 35.3 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 $505.21, less all appropriate payroll deductions, to Austin Kellum for time inadvertently worked over the 480 hours allotted hours for limited temporary employees.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $505.21 or so much there of as may be needed is hereby authorized from Fund 550, Division 60-07, OCA: 600700 as follows:
1112 $405.95
1120 $24.36
1160 $56.83
1171 $5.89
1173 $12.18
Total: $505.21
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.