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Resolution 2014-43
Resolution Revising the Town's Employee Leave Accrual Policy
WHEREAS, changes in accounting and auditing standards, now require amounts of
leave time accrued by employees to be classified as an outstanding liability; and,
WHEREAS, classification of outstanding leave time as a liability may affect the capacity
of the Town to incur debt when necessary and to reliably project expenditures for
personnel changes in future fiscal years; and,
WHEREAS, the Town Council, acting on the advice and counsel of the Administration,
has determined that the method by which leave time is accrued requires adjustment to
prevent over-accumulation of leave by employees;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia sitting in regular session this 2"d day of December 2014 that the four accrual
schedules for annual leave, as set forth in Section 6B, "Annual Leave--Accrual", of the
Town's Personnel Manual, are hereby replaced with the following single accrual
schedule that shall apply equally to all employees:
Town Employee
Years of Service
0-5 ears Hours Earned
Per Month
8 Hours Earned
Per Year
96 Maximum Hours
Accumulated
192
6-10 ears 10 120 240
11-15 ears 12 144 288
Over 15 ears 14 168 336
FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 6C "Sick Leave-Regular Full Time Employees is
amended to read as follows:
RegularFull--Time Employees: All employees, including Fire and Police, are entitled to
sick time after they have completed six (6) months of their initial probationary period. At
such time, the employee will retroactively accrue sick time from the date of employment.
All employees shall accrue eight (8) hours of sick leave per calendar month of service.
FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 6C "Sick Leave-Fire and Police Departments" is
hereby deleted.
FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 6E "Holiday Pay-Holiday Work" shall be
amended to read as follows:
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"Employees that are required to work on a scheduled holiday, or that work irregular
schedules and the holiday is a scheduled day off, will be entitled to eight (8) hours of
holiday leave for each holiday observed (including Personal Days).The leave must be
used within one (1) year of the holiday or the leave will be forfeited. Employees must
have holiday leave approved in advance. Department Heads are authorized to schedule
holiday leave days off for employees, to manage holiday hours."
This resolution is effective January 1, 2015 and is hereby adopted this 2"d day of
December 2014 by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia as follows:
Heather L. Steele -Aye
Gregory C. East -Aye
David L. Clark -Aye
ATTEST:
H.M. Kidd -Aye
James A. Radcliffe -Aye
Lane R. Penn -Aye
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
S. Worrell, Mayor
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Brenda Shelton, Acting Clerk of Council