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.
Title
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 Co...
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