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Placed on 1st reading & referred to Finance 11/2/20; 2nd reading 11/16/20 Bullock, Kepple, Litten Neff ORDINANCE NO. 23-2 2 0' Malley, Rader Shac finer i AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of De - at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest pe- riod allowed by law amending Section 149.08(a)(1), Vacations, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances in order to grant part-time employees credit for purposes of vacation accru- al when the employee changes from a part-time to a full-time status. VHEREAS, over the years various non -union employees have changed from part-time to full-time status and do not receive credit for the part-time years of service for purposes of vaca- tion accrual; and WHEREAS, the AFSCME Public Works Employee Unit Collective Bargaining Agree- ment provides for this benefit for union employees who transition from part-time to full-time employment; and WHEREAS, in fairness and equity, this accrual should apply to all administrative em- ployees; and WHERAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordi- nance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that these employees should receive vacation accrual based on actual years of service beginning January 1, 2021, in line with union employ- ees; now, therefore, Section 1. That Section 149.08(A)(1), Vacations, currently reading as follows: 149.08 VACATIONS. (a) (1) Vacation time for all full-time permanent hourly employees and all annual sala- ried employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be earned in one calendar year and taken in a subsequent year. Probationary employees shall receive no vacation time during the first ninety (90) days of their probationary period but shall receive credit upon expiration of their probationary period for all time spent as a probationary employee. Vacation time earned dur- ing the first calendar year of employment shall be in accordance with the following schedule to re- flect service time from the date of employment to December 31 of that first year: Hours of Service Vacation Hours Earned 240 to 439 8 440 to 639 16 640 to 839 24