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Res 1610 12/14/2021 Per Policy COVID Lv OF. C/ 111111111////////i/q/Iiii4 O .. C) O r T £ X �, S "City of Choice' RESOLUTION NO. 1610 A RESOLUTION.BY THE_CITY COUNCIL OF THE'CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS RELATING TO AMENDING THE PERSONNEL POLICY TO INCLUDE THE REGULATION OF PAID COVID-19 LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES NOT COVERED BY THE PAID QUARANTIVE LEAVE AS FIRST RESPONDERS; PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE :CUMULATIVE .OF ALL OTHER RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING.FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 4.06:of the Cibolo City.Charter provides that the City.Council shall, by ordinance_or resolution, establish personnel policies; and WHEREAS, the City Council establishes.a'PaidCOVID-19 Leave for all employees not eligible for the Paid Quarantine Leave as First Responders. WHEREAS;the City Council amends the personnel policy to comply with the Paid COVID- 19 Leave Policy. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS: SECTION 1 The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. SECTION.2 The City-of Cibolo-Personnel Policies.is amended by adding the following: Policy 1.4 Leave Benefits. 1.40 Paid COVID-19 Leave A. Purpose: To provide paid leave to employees during periods of,absence from work because they are required to isolate because of COVID-19 virus. B. Definitions: Under this Policy, the term "COVID=19 Leave" shall mean paid leave provided to employees who are ordered to isolate by the City because of(i) a.positive test for COVID-19; or (ii) symptoms of COVID-19 that are later confirmed with a positive test for COVID-19. C. Eligibility: Eligible employees shall be entitled to up to forty (40) hours of COVID- 19 Leave per occurrence. Eligible employees shall be entitled to two (2) occurrences of COVID-19 Leave per calendar year. For each period of isolation, the employee may utilize COVID-19 Leave for the duration of the period of isolation (until the maximum number of hours is reached). D. Test Results Required In order for leave to be classified as COVID-19 Leave,the employee must, as soon as practicable, but no later than the employee's return to duty,provide the City's Human Resource Department with a copy of the COVID-19 test results indicating the employee tested positive for COVID-19. E. Use of Sick Leave for Other COVID=19-Related Absences Employees who are placed on quarantine due to-exposure to COVID-19 may utilize available accrued sick 'or vacation leave, pursuant to the :policies governing those types of leave. Exposure to COVID-19 or other absences related to COVID-19 not covered by.COVID-19 Leave under this Policy shall be treated in'the same manner as other absences under the sick and/or vacation leave policies of the City. F. Advance of Sick Leave for Absences Related to COVID-19 To the extent an employee has exhausted all of his or her available accrued paid leave tinder the City's Sick and Vacation Leave policies, the City Will permit the employee an advance of sick leave hours that will be accrued in .the future in the following . instances: (i) The employee has been required by the City to quarantine due to an exposure or other reason related to COVID-19; and (ii) The employee is unable to telework (or telework is unavailable) and the employee's time would otherwise be unpaid. All other requests for advances of sick leave will be subject to the discretion of the City Manager. Advanced Sick Leave under this Policy shall be limited to a total amount of eighty (80) hours. Sick Leave will only be advanced under this policy to the extent necessary to cover each specific absence up to the.limit described above and to the extent that the .employee executes a sick leave advance deduction agreement:Employees should contact the Human Resources Department to make the request-and for additional information. Once the employee returns to work following the use of Advanced Sick-Leave, the employee will have a negative sick leave balance. As the employee continues his or her employment, the employee will accrue sick leave under the City's policies but will not be able to take any paid sick leave for reasons not provided by this Policy (or for any reason to the extent the employee has reached the advanced limit discussed . above)until the employee's Sick Leave balance has been restored to the positive. To the extent the employee's employment terminates while the employee has an advanced sick leave balance, the'employee will owe to the City an amount equal to the number of hours remaining in the advanced leave balance at the employee's hourly rate at termination. The City will deduct, to the extent possible, these amounts from your final paycheck and any other compensation due upon termination. G. Return from Paid Quarantine Leave Following use of COVID-19 Leave; the City may require the employee to submit a negative COVID-19 test result or release to return-to-work from -the employee's physician, confirming that the employee is permitted to return to work and is not contagious. SECTION 3 CUMULATIVE CLAUSE The Amendment outlined in Section 2 of the City of Cibolo Personnel Policies, are the only changes and the remainder of the Policy shall stay as written. That this Resolution shall be cumulative of all other ordinances and resolutions of the City of Cibolo, Texas, except where the provisions of this Resolution are in direct conflict with the ,provisions of such other ordinances and/or resolutions, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances or resolutions are hereby repealed. SECTION 4 SEVERABILITY That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the,City of Cibolo that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Resolution are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of.this Resolution should be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or,decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining . phrases, clauses sentences, paragraphs or sections of the Resolution s, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without incorporation in this resolution'.of any such unconstitutional phrases, clause, sentence,paragraph or section. SECTION 5 EFFECTIVE DATE This Resolution shall take effect and shall be in full force upon adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 14th DAY OF DECEMBER.2021. APPROVED: Stosh Bo)qK Mayor ATTEST: _t -7 Peggy Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary 1