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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 5, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUATION OF <br />PARTIALLY PAID TEMPORARY MILITARY <br />LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES <br />CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE ARMED <br />FORCES AND CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS <br />FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR ELIGIBLE <br />DEPENDENTS <br />{STATEGIC PLAN NO. 7} <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 161 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED <br />TO <br />FILE <br />NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to continue to provide additional partially -paid <br />temporary military leave of absence and benefits for City employees and their eligible dependents <br />called to active duty with the armed forces. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 1, 2001, the Santa Ana City Council adopted Resolution No. 2001-065, providing for <br />additional partially -paid temporary military leave of absence for full-time officers or employees of <br />the City, with at least one (1) year of employment, called to active military service with the Armed <br />Forces of the United States in connection with the then -current military crisis, and for continuation <br />of employee and their eligible dependent's benefits. That Resolution also provided that its terms <br />would expire unless extended by further action of the City Council. The pay and benefits <br />authorized by Resolution No. 2001-065 have been continued on numerous occasions. The <br />current resolution 2018-064 will expire on March 31, 2019. <br />Through this resolution (Exhibit 1), the City will continue to help full-time employees and their <br />families with financial hardships resulting from being called to active duty. Employees deployed for <br />more than thirty (30) continuous days in a calendar year in connection with continuing military <br />involuntary commitments shall be granted a leave of absence from their City positions and <br />payments to the benefits to affected employees and their dependents shall continue until June 30, <br />2020, unless extended by further action of the City Council or otherwise by law. <br />55B-1 <br />