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Thomas M. Sweeney James J. O'Connor George F. Borer Paul T. Ostrow Sweeney, O'Connor & Borer Professional Association Attorneys at Law Suite 1200 One Capital Centre Plaza 386 North Wabasha Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 June 23, 1987 Mr. Joseph G. Chlebeck City Clerk 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Re: Amendments to Personnel Ordinance Our File No. 5951 Dear Joe: Telephone (612) 222 -2541 Please find enclosed the original of a proposed Ordinance amending several sections of the existing Personnel Code. I will review the amendment of each section in this letter. The amendment of Section 209.100(A) lists ten holidays for City employees. Section 209.100(B) requires that an employee be on active payroll status the day before and the day after a holiday to be eligible for holiday pay. Section 209.120(C) now allows the use of sick leave for the employee's doctor and dentist appointments on a specified basis. Section 209.120(D) has been amended to provide that only a three (3) month absence from work shall be considered to still remain in the municipal service. Section 209.120(1) and Section 209.130(B) now allow for the use of compensatory time for short absences. Section 209.180 relating to retirement has been deleted in its entirety. Section 209.200(H)(6) provides that excessive garnishment may be grounds for dismissal from the municipal service. Minn. Stat. Section 571.61 provides that no employee may be discharged by reason of the fact that the employee's earnings have been subjected to garnishment or execution. It does not appear that the legislature has explicitly dealt with the issue of whether excessive garnishment can be grounds for discipline of an employee. Since the answer to the question does not appear to be clear, I will await further instruction from the Council before any additional amendments of this section. PAGE -28