City of Columbus - File #: 0501-2009

• File #: 0501-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/24/2009
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 5/4/2009
• Final action: 5/6/2009
• Title: To authorize five (5) unpaid days for employees covered by Management Compensation Plan (MCP) Ordinance No. 1150-2007; Police MCP Ordinance No. 0676-2006; and Fire MCP Ordinance No. 0664-2006; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/6/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/6/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/4/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
5/4/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/23/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/23/2009	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
4/23/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/22/2009	1	HR DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/14/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/14/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/14/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/10/2009	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/10/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/9/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/1/2009	1	HR Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

In order to address a portion of the projected 2009 $13 million deficit, this ordinance authorizes five (5) unpaid days to be taken by all employees of the Management Compensation Plan, Police Management Compensation Plan, and Fire Management Compensation Plan. The fiscal savings would be $920,000.

Emergency action is proposed in order to provide City agencies the opportunity to schedule the unpaid days.

Title

To authorize five (5) unpaid days for employees covered by Management Compensation Plan (MCP) Ordinance No. 1150-2007; Police MCP Ordinance No. 0676-2006; and Fire MCP Ordinance No. 0664-2006; and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is in a fiscal emergency and financial savings must be realized to the extent possible; and

WHEREAS, the MCP Ordinance No. 1150-2007 provides for a forty (40) hour workweek for employees covered by the ordinance; and

WHEREAS, the Police MCP Ordinance No. 0676-2006 provides for a forty (40) hour workweek for employees covered by the ordinance; and

WHEREAS, the Fire MCP Ordinance No. 0664-2006 provides for a forty (40) hour workweek for employees covered by the ordinance; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes each employee covered by the named ordinances to forfeit forty (40) hours of pay in 2009 and authorizes Appointing Authorities to waive the forty (40) workweek in weeks where unpaid days will be observed; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to authorize unpaid days for employees covered by the various management compensation plans, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, welfare, and safety; Now, Therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

Section 1. That each Appointing Authority is authorized to waive the forty (40) hour workweek in weeks where unpaid days will be observed and to schedule forty (40) hours of unpaid time for each full...