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� S MEMO TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL 4._ FROM: CLERK —ADMINISTRATOR + DATE: JANUARY 27, 1988 SUBJECT: SHAMIM SABUR REQUEST FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY Attached please find e, letter from Shamim Sabur dated January 18, 1988 requesting a one year's leave of absence without pay. In evaluating this request, I consulted with Finance Director Don Brager, the members of the Finance Department Staff, and the City's Personnel Code. The City's personnel code under Chapter 6.29 Leave of Absence Without Pay provides the following: An employee shall not be placed on leave of absence without pay until all accrued vacation and sick leave benefits have been paid. Such leave of absence shall not exceed a period of 90 days provided the same may be extended beyond this period for continued disability or other good and suffi- cient reasons, but in no case shall it exceed one year. As you may recall, Shamim is currently cn a 90 day Maternity Leave of Absence which will expire at the end of February. Based on the requirements of the Code, the City would be able to grant no more than a 9 month extension to the Leave of Absence should it be determined that such an extension is for good and sufficient reasons and will not be unnecessar- ily burdensome to the organization. In discussing the matter with Finance Director Brager, Accountant Mary Tatarek, and Utility Billing Clerk Dorothy Sandgren it was their unanimous opinion that granting such an extension would be unnecessarily burdensome for the following reasons: 1. Based upon past experience the City would not be able to find an individual through the normal hiring process or an employment agency that would be willing to make a 9+ month commitment to a job with no promises of continued employment past that time. 2. Due to the fact that the City would more than likely have people moving in and out of the pposition on an irregular basis, Mary Tatarek would be expending an inordinate amount of time training new individuals.