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MINUTES <br />City Council <br />Jan. 14, 1987 <br />Sick Leave Fahey also submitted Section 209.121 Regular Attendance, which <br />Ordinance outlines regular attendance requirements as a condition of employment. <br />(Cont.) <br />Mr. Fahey stated that he is proposing that these changes become <br />effective January l, 1987, and that effective January 1, 1988 <br />attendance records of employees will be reviewed on an annual <br />basis to ensure compliance with the City's sick leave and attendance <br />policies. <br />Mr. alesener stated that he agreed with Mr. Fahey's revisions, <br />and suggested that the area of inedical and dental appointments <br />be addressed so that an employee could use comp time, vacation <br />time, or make up the time used for such appointments. Blesener <br />also felt that the employee had the option of time off without <br />pay for medical or dental appointments. Blesener pointed out that <br />Section 209.130 deals with leaves of absences and suggested that <br />this section be revised to include his suggestions. <br />Scalze agreed. <br />LaValle suggested that it may be a benefit to the City to have <br />employee use sick leave time for routine medical or dental <br />appointments as this is preventative health care and may result <br />in lessening of sick leave time used. <br />Blesener pointed out that most medical or dental appointments <br />do not take the half day that is a minimum an employee can use <br />at one time. Blesener felt that either making up the time, or <br />use of vacation time or comp time was a benefit to the employee <br />as sick leave could be saved for when an employee is actually ill. <br />The City Clerk reported that most other cities that he surveyed <br />allow the use of sick leave for routine medical or dental <br />appointments. <br />Fahey pointed out that the City staff is a small one, and the City <br />needs its staff at work. <br />Blesener agreed that with the limited number of employees, the <br />City must make the best use of its resources. <br />Collova questioned the provision giving a department head the <br />ability to request a medical certificate for an absence. <br />Fahey pointed out that this provision is to be used at the <br />discretion of the department head, and there may be circumstances <br />where a department head feels that a medical certificate is <br />necessary. This discretion is to be used with responsibility. <br />LaValle questioned the ability of an employee to take a child <br />to the doctor. <br />Page -8- <br />