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The concept of using TIF to cover employee severance pay was reviewed by our financial advisors and not recommended. All of the full-time golf course employees are non-union and therefore covered by the City Personnel Manual in regard to severance. According to Section 4.35 of the Mounds View Personnel Manual: SEPARATION COMPENSATION Vacation An employee will be compensated for accrued vacation and compensatory time upon separation. Sick Leave Severance Severance pay shall be granted to employees who leave in good standing in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of unused sick leave to employees who have completed two years of service. Maximum accumulation of sick leave is 120 days. Additional banked sick leave hours will not be computed in severance pay. The spouse or family of an employee is eligible for severance benefits, if the following conditions are met: • Employee worked for the City for two years prior to the termination of employment; and; • The employee died while an employee of the City. Employees who have completed ten years of service and retire may elect, in lieu of severance pay, to have the employer use sixty-five percent (65%) of the employee’s accrued and unused sick leave for the retiree’s group health, dental and life insurance premiums for as long as the funds are available up to the retiree’s 65th birthday. Severance benefits will be paid at the employee’s regular rate of pay on the last date as an employee. According to the Mounds View Personnel Manual Section 4.15 in regard to Layoff it states: Notice of Layoff The City Administrator shall give written Notice of a Layoff to a regular or probationary employee at least 14 calendar days before the effective date of the Layoff. A copy of the notice shall be provided to the Human Resource Representative. This policy only applies to regular part-time and full-time employees. Written Notice of Layoff may be given to provisional or temporary employees at any time prior to the effective date of Layoff. None of the Golf Course employees were interested in the position in the Sewer and Water Division that is now being hired. The Council may consider granting employees an additional severance of one week’s pay per year of service due to economic lay-off. Employees will have completed three, nine, and three years of employment respectively by the end of 2005. This type of severance pay is common in organizations and, if approved for the golf course employees, it is recommended that it be written into general