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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (POA) (6) AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND THE SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR FISCAL YEARS 1990-91, 1991-92 AND 1992-93 The "Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Police Officers Association for Fiscal Years 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93," executed December 10, 1990, is hereby amended in the following particulars: ARTICLE XI is amended by adding Section 11 to read as follows: Section 11. Catastrophic Leave Donation. In order to assist employees otherwise granted leave of absence without pay by the City Manager because of a catastrophic non-industrial medical condition or injury, the City and Union agree to implement a Catastrophic Leave Donation Procedure on a trial basis. The trial period shall be from April 1, 1991 through the balance of the term of this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to by the City and the Union, this trial period shall not extend beyond the term of this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be construed to alter City policies and procedures as provided in the Charter or ordinances of the City of Santa Ana or other provisions of this Agreement with regard to granting unpaid leaves of absence. A. Guidelines. It shall be understood that all donations under this procedure are voluntary and subject to taxation for both the donor and recipient. 1. Employees may donate vacation or compensatory time or one in-lieu holiday to the eligible employee. In no event shall sick leave be donated. 2. Employees shall be provided a two-week period to submit donations. Donations received after this two-week period shall not be processed. The two-week period for each case shall be designated by the department head or his/her designee as provided herein below. 3. Donations shall be for a minimum of two (2) hours and a maximum of eight (8) hours per donor. All donations must be made in two-hour increments, except in-lieu holidays must be for eight (8) hours. 4. Any authorization of donations not made in accordance with the procedures outlined in Section C, subparagraph 2 below, will not be processed. 5. All donations shall be irrevocable. Page Two 6. In the event the recipient returns to work before leave donations have been exhausted, any balance on the books shall be accrued by the recipient and designated as sick leave. B. Eligibility. Regular, full-time employees shall be eligible for catastrophic leave donations if the following criteria are met: 1. When it is reasonably foreseeable that all accrued time on the books, such as sick leave, compensatory time, vacation, and in-lieu holidays, will be exhausted and the employee's illness will continue past the time when the employee will be on paid status. 2. The employee's department head, or his/her designee, has approved a written request for donations accompanied by a medical statement from the employee's attending physician. The attending physician's statement must verify the employee's need for an extended medical leave and must include a brief statement of the nature of the illness or injury and an estimate of the time the employee will be unable to work. C. Procedure. 1. Upon receipt of a valid request for donations from an eligible employee, the department head or his/her designee shall post a notice of the eligible employee's need for donations on bulletin boards accessible to employees. No confidential medical information shall be included in the posted notice. 2. Employees wishing to donate time to an eligible employee must sign his/her authorization of the transfer of such donated time and provide: a. His/her name, social security number, department name, payroll and budget account number; b. The number of hours of compensatory or vacation time of the donation within the limitations of Section A, subparagraph 3 above; c. The name, department and class title of the recipient. d. A statement indicating that the donor understands such donation of time is irrevocable and the dollar amount thereof is or may be income for Internal Revenue reporting purposes. Page Three 3. At the close of the two-week donation period, the department shall verify the hourly base salary rate of the donating employee and confirm that each donating employee has accrued vacation and/or compensatory time balances sufficient to cover the designated donation. 4. The department shall submit all approved donation authorizations for an eligible employee at one time for processing. No donation authorizations for the eligible employee will be processed after this period. However, employees who receive donations under this procedure and who exhaust all donated hours may request an additional donation period subject to the provisions of Section A, herein. 5. The City shall convert the donated time to dollars at the hourly base salary rate of the donor. The dollars shall then be converted to sick leave at the hourly base salary rate of the recipient of the donation. The appropriate hours of sick leave will be added to the recipient's sick leave account for use during his/her leave of absence without pay due to the catastrophic medical condition. APPROVED: y// , 1991 CITY OF SANTA ANA ATTE T: By: a o ng, Mayo ice C. Guy Clerk of the Council APPROVED AS TO FORM: our MOP E.ward J -c:-014111 SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS City At ey ASSOCIAT ON By: Donald Bla enship, Preside t GY— David N. Rea City Manager