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RESOLUTION NO. 4815
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SECTIONS 510, 607 AND 709 OF THE MERIT SYSTEM
RULES AND REGULATIONS AND ADDING CHAPTER 14 THERETO
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as fol-
SECTION 1. Resolution No. 4372, adopted August 17, 1970,
and amended by Resolutions No. 4497 on August 23, 1971 and
No. 4636 on August.21, 1972, adopting and amending the City
of Palo Alto Merit System Rules and Regulations are hereby
amended by amending or adding the sections set forth below.
SECTION 2. Section 510 of the Merit System Rules and
Regulations is amended to read:
"510. Overtime compensation and computation.
Compensation to employees working overtime will be
in the form of additional pay at the rate of one and
one-half times the employee•s basic hourly salary
unless otherwise provided in these rules, with the
exception that an employee may request and upon
approval be granted compensatory time off equivalent
to the number of hours worked, except as provided
below:
Effective July 1, 1973, Management and Confidential
employees may request and upon approval be granted com-
pensatory time off equivalent to one and one-half times
the number of hours worked.
In the event compensatory time off is used as
the method of compensating for overtime, the time off
will be taken within the quarter fo:.Lo"-~ng the quarter
of the year in which overtime has been worked. In
the event the employee is denied this provision, he
will be compensated in pay for such time at the appro-
priate rate specified by these sections.
Exceptions to this procedure will be made only
upon written authorization of the City Manager."
SECTION 3. Section 607 of the Merit System Rules and
Resulations is amended to read:
"607. Personal business leave chargeable to sick leave. Department heads shall have authOrity to grant,
at their discretion, the use of sick leave for personal
business. This privilege is for needs of short duration
and during any calendar periods of one year shall not
exceed eighteen hours per management or confidential
employee and twelve hour;. for all other employees."
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SECTION 4. Section 709 is added to the Merit System Rules
and Regulations to read as follows:
"709. Modified woric week •. Effective February 1974,
all employees classed as Management and Confidential
employees will receive scheduled paid days off in
order to yield a minimum of one three-day weekend
per month when integrated with recognized holidays
which will produce three-day weekends. In the event
such days cannot be scheduled, the City Manager may
authorize equivalent additions to vacation accrual
or in lieu salary payment.
This section is subject to administrative
rules issued by the City Manager."
SECTION 5. Chapter 14 is her~by added to the Merit System
Rules and Regulations to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 14
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
LOCAL 715A, SEIU
Sections;
1401 Memorandum of agreement incorporated by
reference.
1401. Memorandum of agreement incorporated by
reference. That certain me:mvrandum of agreement,
dated August 10, 1973, by and between the City of
Palo Alto and Local 715A,SEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC, consist-
ing of a Preamble and Articles 1 through XXIX with
a seven page appendix attached,for a term commencing
July l, 1973 and expiring June 30, 1975, is her3by
incorporated into these Merit System Rules and
Regulations by reference as though fully set forth
herein. Said memorandum shall apply to all
employees in cl3ssifications represented by said
Local 715A, SEIU, AFL-cr.o, CLC, except where speci-
fically provided otherwise herein.
In case of conflict between this chapter and
any other provisions of the Merit System Rules and
Regulations, this chapter will prevail over such
other provisiono as to employees represented by
said Local 715A, SEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC. ff
SECTION 6. The changes provided for in this resolution
shall not affect any right established or accrued or any offense
or act committed, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or
any prosecution, suit, or proceeding pending or any judgment
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rendered prior to the effective date of this resolution.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: August 20, 1973
AYES: Beahrv, Clay, Henderson, Norton, Pearson, Rosenbaum
NOES: None
ABSENT: &erwald, Comstock, Sher
ATTEST: ~ ~J·~ itYCir
APPROVED:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Attorney
APPROVED:
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J:YMana:ger
Personnel
APPROVED:
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