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Mounds View City Council February 10, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 12 health injuries or death of a family member to use sick leave that is donated by fellow employees in an amount up to 30 days. Chief Sommer handed out revised copies of Resolution 5943. David Jahnke indicated he was a union steward on the management side and looking at this he suggested the City proceed very carefully. He then commented there was an arbitration case where employees were donating time and were not at the company. Council Member Marry indicated the Resolution indicates that the borrowed time goes back to the donor if the recipient leaves the employment of the City. Council Member Stigney asked what would happen to the donated time. Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated the amounts would be pro rated based on what was donated and what was used and returned to the employee that donated the time. Council Member Marty asked if the FMLA laws allow the use of sick time for family members. Mayor Linke indicated that an employee can use sick time for immediate family members through the FMLA. Council Member Quick asked how this would affect the union contract as rt is not a provision m the contract. Ann Antinson with Labor Relations Associates indicated the City needed to be concerned about creating a benefit that would be for a union employee that is under a union labor agreement and those benefits are usually not created by City policy. Mayor Linke indicated the benefit is in the contract. Ms. Antinson indicated there is language in the contract allowing an employee to borrow up to 30 days of sick leave but this Resolution would allow borrowing from other employees and that is not allowed by the contract. She further clarified that the borrowing referenced in the contract would be borrowing from the employees own time with that time to be paid back. Ms. Antinson indicated the Resolution gives the approval to donate time and she is concerned with the City implementing a Ciry-wide policy when the person involved falls under a union contract and this is not a union benefit. She then said her recommendation would be not to implement aCity- wide policy that is written for a case where the individual may not be able to use it. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Stigney. To Table Resolution 5943. Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried.