HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 09 22 Regular 606 ADD ON Request From Fire Department Related to Vacation or Sick Leave CreditCity of Winter Springs
Regular Meeting September 22, 2008
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COMMISSION AGENDA
ADD-ON
ITEM 606
September 22, 2008
Regular Meeting
Consent
Informational
Public Hearin
Re ular X
MGR /DEPT.
A thorization
REQUEST: The City Manager requesting the City Commission to review a request of the
Fire Department to give firemen consolidating one day of vacation or sick leave credit on
their last paycheck.
PURPOSE: This agenda item is needed for the Commission to determine if it desires to pay one
extra vacation or sick leave day to members of the Fire Department.
CONSIDERATION:
Due to the different pay cycles between the City and the County, fire personnel will not receive a
full two weeks pay in their first County paycheck (10 days vs. 14 days).
The Fire Department is requesting that the firemen be given credit for one day of sick or annual
leave in their last City paycheck to help retain their normal pay during this one pay period.
These points need to be considered in this request:
1. Firemen are not losing any pay; rather, 4 days of pay will be delayed until a future pay
period. This is merely a timing issue.
2. Due to October being one of the two months in which there are three as opposed to two
pay periods, the firemen will more than catch up.
3. The City agreed to give the County our inventory of rolling stock in return for the County
assuming all sick leave and vacation leave responsibility to the City. This will release the
County for a portion of that obligation.
FUNDING: The cost to accommodate the Fire Department's request is approximately
$17,200. These funds are available.
City of Winter Springs
Regular Meeting September 8, 2008
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CONCLUSION:
This is a matter of convenience. Firemen will not be loosing any pay.
Payment of this extra day would relieve the County of some of its obligation to assume employee
sick and annual leave for which the City paid.
In reviewing this matter the Commission will need to determine if this gesture of good
will is a fair deal for taxpayers based upon the fact that the City Commission traded the
value of rolling stock in consideration of the County assuming the sick and annual leave
balances of City fire personnel.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based upon the fact of this matter it is difficult to justify.
However, if the Commission wants to grant this request, the Commission would need to find that
a public purpose is served through this gesture of good will.
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