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• 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION NOVEMBER 9, 2005 APPROVED 1 City Engineer Studenski advised the City does not have enough support to move forward 2 with the project. 3 4 Council directed staff to send a response letter to the residents indicating there was not 5 enough support to move forward with the project. 6 7 DONATED LEAVE POLICY 8 9 City Administrator Heitke stated a potential situation of an employee prompted staff to 10 request that Administration consider initiating a policy that would allow City employees 11 to donate accrued leave to a fellow employee in cases where a major medical event would 12 cause the employee to face unpaid leave as the result of having depleted all of his/her 13 accrued paid leave. Staff subsequently discussed this request with the City Council, 14 which directed staff to develop a policy for consideration. 15 16 Councilmember Carlson arrived at 6:36 p.m. 17 18 City Administrator Heitke reviewed a draft policy that was formulated following the 19 review of several policies from within and outside of Minnesota. The policy is fairly 20 detailed in response to the many questions, which arise when contemplating such a 21 program. The approach taken was to attempt to minimize uncertainties when 22 administering the program. 23 24 City Administrator Heitke reviewed the two major policy considerations to assist in the 25 Council review including what types of accrued leave shall be allowed to be donated and 26 if the transfer of leave is based on hours or pay. 27 28 After much discussion, the Council directed staff to work up a worst-case scenario if the 29 plan were to be implemented. This issue will be discussed at the next Council work 30 session. 31 32 Councilmember Carlson requested information on the history of when the policy would 33 have been utilized in the past ten years. 34 35 EMPLOYEE RESIGNATIONS 36 37 City Administrator Heitke advised a question was raised at a Council meeting as to 38 whether there is any reason for the number of employee resignations within the last two 39 years. It was suggested that this be discussed at a work session. 40 41 Councilmember Carlson stated there have been nine resignations since March 2005. She 42 asked if there is something the City could be doing; such as a donated leave policy, to 43 better keep employees at the City. 44