Title
Resolution modifying the City's Personnel System Policy (PSP) to update the Appointed City Officials and Certain Employee Benefits
Summary
Description of Topic: (who, what, where, when, why and how much)
There is a need to modify the PSP to update the additional appointed city officials and to update certain employee benefits
Budgetary Impact: N/A
Non-Capital Item:
____ Budgeted under account #_______________ (discussion item)
____ Not budgeted, requesting transfer of $__________ from Account #______________ to Account #_____________.**Request to Transfer Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**
____ Not budgeted requiring increase to account #___________ in the amount of $____________.**Request to Increase Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**
Capital - Departmental **Capital Purchase Worksheet form must be attached**
____ Budgeted under account #______________ for $_________ and described in budget as ________________________. Additional amount needed, if any: Increase in budget of $_________ OR, transfer of $________ from Account #____________ to Account #_____________**Request to Increase OR Request toTransfer Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**
____ Not Budgeted - account #____________ requires budget increase of $_____________.**Request to Increase Departmental Budget Dollars form must be attached**
Capital Project - **If requesting to start a project, a Capital Project Worksheet form must be attached**
In current year Capital Projects Plan:
_____ Yes, described as __________________________, planned amount $___________, requesting $_________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #_________________
_____ No, requesting $___________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #____________________.
_____ No, requesting an increase of $___________ to an already approved project titled ________________________ that is being tracked under Account No. ___________________.
Body
WHEREAS, There is a need to modify the City's Personnel System Policy (PSP) to update sections on appointed city officials and certain employee benefits.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:
SECTION 1: Adds the following modifications to the City's Personnel System Policy (PSP) as shown below
Section 1.2 (4). Appointed City Officials. The following City officials shall be appointed by the City Council: City Clerk, Finance Director/City Treasurer, Police Chief, Fire Chief, Executive Director of General Government/Administration, HR Director, City Engineer, City Prosecutor, City Planner/Building Official, Executive Director of Leisure Services, and Executive Director of Public Safety. Unless designated otherwise by the City Council, these appointed official positions are full-time positions. These officials are covered under the PSP and are eligible for benefits as described in the PSP. These appointed officials shall, after appointment, have a term of office that shall continue until the next general election and thereafter until a successor is elected by the City Council and qualified.
Section 3.5(2a). Overtime. Except for Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers, “overtime” includes all hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in a seven (7) day workweek. For Firefighters, “overtime” is all hours worked in excess of one hundred forty-four (144) hours during the regularly-scheduled nineteen (19) day work period. For Law Enforcement Officers, “overtime” is all hours worked in excess of eight-six (86) hours during the regularly-scheduled fourteen (14) day work period. There is an exception to this overtime rule for Law Enforcement Officers working a traffic grant, where "overtime" is all hours worked on the grant in excess of eighty-four (84) hours worked during the regularly scheduled fourteen (14) day work period. Except in emergencies, employees may not work overtime without the prior approval of a supervisor authorized to assign overtime work.
Section 3.7(7). Holidays. The following paid holidays shall be recognized by the City for eligible employees, unless specifically directed otherwise:
• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veteran’s Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• Floating Holiday Policy: All full-time regular and part-time regular employees will receive one (1) floating holiday at the beginning of each calendar year in addition to the City of Foley’s regular paid holidays. This one floating holiday may be used for religious or cultural holidays, employee birthdays, or for other state or federal holidays during which the City remains open. The request must be scheduled and approved in advance by the employee's immediate supervisor and must be reported as a “floating holiday” in the time and attendance system. A new employee hired before the end of the first half of the calendar year will receive a floating holiday upon hire; a new employee hired during the second half of the calendar year will not receive a floating holiday upon hire. Floating holidays will not be carried over to the next calendar year, nor may they be cashed out if not taken or paid upon termination of employment.
Section 4.2(1) Employee Retirement Systems (ERS).
• Tier 2 Members (hired for the first time on or after January 1, 2013): Foley City Council adopted to provide Tier I benefits to Tier II plan members by Resolution # 21-1034. This action provides better retirement benefits for Tier II employees under the provisions of Act 2019-132 and will begin with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021. Employee contributions are 7.5% of base pay and 8.5% of base pay if a Certified Law Enforcement Officer or Certified Fire Fighter. Retirement benefits are available with 25 years of service to retire at any age OR at age 60 with at least 10 years of service.
SECTION 2: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption as required by law.