Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to make payment to Robert Zack for vacation time which has been accumulated in excess of the maximum amount established by the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City of Columbus and AFSCME Local 1632. Because of the demands Code Enforcement has along with recent retirements and numerous disabilities Robert has been unable to take vacation.
Emergency action is requested to facilitate prompt payment for the unused vacation leave.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is available from the General Fund. The 2013 budget for the Administrative Division did not include this expenditure.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to make payment of $2,823.76 (12+ days) for vacation time and benefits which have been accumulated in excess of the maximum amount established by the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City of Columbus and AFSCME Local 1632; to authorize the expenditure of $2,823.76 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,823.76)
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WHEREAS, Article 19 of the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City of Columbus and AFSCME Local 1632 provides for payment of accrued vacation balances in excess of the maximums fixed by Section 19.3; and
WHEREAS, Robert Zack, Property Maintenance Inspector, will have 100.006 hours of excess vacation at the end of the vacation year; and
WHEREAS, it is not in the best interest of the City to have Robert Zack take the vacation leave which would otherwise be forfeited; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is requested to facilitate prompt payment for the unused vacation leave; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to make payment to Robert Zack for vacation time and benefits which have been accumulated in excess of the maximum amount established by the Collective Bargaining Contract between the City of Columbus and AFSCME Local 1632 in order to preserve the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized and directed to make payment to Robert Zack for a vacation balance in excess of the maximum fixed by Article 19 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Columbus and AFSCME Local 1632 and the associated workers compensation contributions.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $2,823.76, or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Department of Development, Code Enforcement Division, Division 44-03, General Fund, Fund 010, OCA Code 446930, Object Level One 01, is hereby authorized as follows:
Object Level Three 1101 $2,715.16
Object Level Three 1173 $ 108.60
Total: $2,823.76
Section 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.