HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-35 - Active Military Duty Salary• RESOLUTION NO. 99- 35
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING
SUPPLEMENTARY SALARY PAYMENTS TO CITY
EMPLOYEES CALLED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the U.S. military mission and deeply
appreciates the role military reservists play in resolving conflict; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the provision of supplemental pay to
reservists called to active duty, serves the public interest by creating a strong incentive on
the part of these experienced employees to maintain their positions with the City of
• Newport Beach during and after a conflict; and
WHEREAS, the supplemental salary and benefits conferred by this Resolution
exceed the minimum support required by State law;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1. Any officer or full time employee of the City of Newport
Beach who, as a member of the California National Guard or United States military
reserve organization, is called into active duty, shall receive from the City, for a period
not to exceed 180 days, compensation equal to the difference between his or her military
pay and the base pay the officer or employee would have received, including any merit
raises and accrued leave, he or she would have received if not called to active duty. For
• employees eligible for thirty (30) days full pay, the 180 days supplemental pay will begin
on the 31" day of active service. For employees not eligible for thirty (30) days full pay,
• the 180 days supplemental pay will begin on the I" day of actual service. No
supplemental compensation shall be paid if military pay exceeds the reserve member's
base pay as a City employee. This benefit shall not apply to any active duty served
voluntarily after a designated conflict.
Section 2. The supplemental compensation granted by Section 1 of this
Resolution shall be in addition to the following benefits currently provided to officers and
employees who are members of the reserves:
A. For employees with one year or more City employment,
payment of full salary when called to active duty for up to thirty (30) days per fiscal year;
• during active duty;
and
B. Payment of all benefits for employees and their dependents
C. Restoration of former position upon return from active duty;
D. Accrual of all benefits during absence and while on active
duty including, without limitation, vacation, sick leave, retirement service credit, and
service credit for purposes of merit increases.
Section 3. For purposes of this Resolution, the term "military pay" shall include
all compensation received by the reservist during, or as a result of the call to, active duty,
including, without limitation, call up pay, extra hazardous duty pay, housing allowances,
• and specialty pay.
• Section 4. The provisions of this Resolution shall take precedence over the
provisions of any other resolution relative to the compensation or benefits paid to
employees or officers of the City of Newport Beach.
ADOPTED, this 24th day of
1999.
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• STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 99 -35, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 24th
day of May, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Adams, Glover, Thomson, Debay, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
• official seal of said City this 2511, day of May, 1999.
City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California
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