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The maximum leave time that may be granted is 180 days or until a doctor releases the employee to work, whichever is shorter. At the request of the employee, the City may extend this leave. The City also reserves the right to request a second opinion before granting a medical leave of absence. Employees returning from an approved medical leave shall submit their physician's statement of workability, specifying any work restrictions, to the city administrator or finance director prior to their return to work. WHEREAS, the current personnel policy was silent on the issue of supplementing disability payments with the use of sick leave and vacation accruals. At the August 20, 2002 meeting, the Lake Elmo City Council approved the following language: Use of Sick Leave and Vacation Accruals to Supplement Disabilit y Pa eats Regular full -time employees eligible to receive short -term or long -term disability payments through the employer's insurance company, may be granted accrued sick leave or vacation pay in an amount equal to the difference between their disability payments and regular wages until such time is fully exhausted, the employee requests the supplements be discontinued, the employee returns to work, or employment is terminated. Medical evidence of a disability must be submitted to the finance director before supplemental payments can begin. Confirmation from the City's insurance carrier of disability payments shall fulfill the medical evidence requirement. WHEREAS, the current personnel policy was silent on the continuation of insurance benefits while an employee receives disability payments through the city's insurance carrier. At the August 20, 2002, the Lake Elmo City Council approved the following language: Continuance of Insurance Benefits While Receiving Disability Payments A regular full -time employee on approved medical leave and receiving short -term disability payments through the City's insurance carrier shall be entitled to continued insurance coverage for an individual, as provided in the City's current benefits package, and at the City's expense, for the first 90 days where short -term disability payments are received. Coverage shall terminate and become the employee's sole responsibility through COBRA on the last day of the month where the 90 day time limit expires. No additional coverage or increase in coverage amounts can be added while the employee is on disability. The insurance benefits shall be discontinued if the employee no longer receives disability payments from the City's insurance carrier, receives federal disability benefits, resigns or is terminated. Family coverage, if in effect on the day of or the day prior to the disability, can be maintained for the same duration as the individual coverage provided the employee reimburses the City for the difference between the cost of family coverage and individual coverage.