145.92
RESOLUTION REGARDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND EMPLOYER POLICIES
RESOLUTION NO.:145,92
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Nick Caimano
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Susan Goetz
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is desirous
of setting forth, in this resolution, the terms and conditions of
employee benefits and employer policies for all non-union, Town of
Queensbury officers and employees,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
authorizes and sets forth the following terms and conditions of
employee benefits and employer policies:
A. VACATION:
After one year of continuous service, non-union, full-time
officers and employees shall be granted vacation as follows:
1-4 years of employment.....................10 days (working)
5-9 years of employment.....................12 days (working)
10 years of employment.....................15 days (working)
11 years of employment.....................16 days (working)
12 years of employment.....................17 days (working)
13 years of employment.....................18 days (working)
14 years of employment.....................19 days (working)
15 years of employment.....................20 days (working)
Vacation credit for each year of employment shall be deemed
granted on first anniversary date one year after the date hired and
each yearly anniversary thereafter. All vacations shall be
scheduled in advance by the Department Head and must be taken
within 12 months after granted. Vacation days may not be
accumulated or carried over from year to year, nor will there be
payment in lieu of or for unused vacation days.
Vacation time requires prior approved by the Department Head.
Department Heads' vacation requests must have prior approval from
the Town Supervisor.
B. OVERTIME COMPENSATION:
1. The following positions shall not be eligible for
overtime compensation:
Administrative Assistant
Assessor
Assistant Director of Parks & Recreation
Budget Officer
Building & Grounds Superintendent
Cemetery Superintendent
Deputy Highway Superintendent
Deputy Supervisor
Deputy Town Clerk
Deputy Water Superintendent
Director of Accounting
Director of Building & Codes
Director of Parks & Recreation
Health Officer
Historian
Parts Shop Foreman
Purchasing Agent
Real Property Tax Service Assistant
Receiver of Taxes
Secretary Supervisor/Community Assistant
Solid Waste Facility Operator
Wastewater Director
Water Superintendent.
2. Daily time sheets shall be required for all officers and
employees except elected officials. Leave Request/Report Forms
must be used to take sick time, personal time, holiday, vacation,
bereavement, or "other" approved leave. The leave forms shall be
signed by the Department Heads. Department Heads' leave forms
shall be signed by the Supervisor.
C. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES/BENEFITS:
1. Part-time employees shall be defined as permanent
employees hired after the date of the adoption of this policy
working 20 hours or more but less than full-time and will be
granted vacation, sick-time, personal days, floating holidays,
holidays, and bereavement equal to one half of those days and that
amount of time normally granted to full-time employees except that
if a holiday falls on a day the employee is not scheduled to work,
such employee will not be granted any additional compensation.
2. Health and Major Medical Insurance, Dental and
Prescription and other types of insurance, shall not be offered or
made available to part-time employees, except as may be required by
law.
D. TEMPORARY AND/OR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES:
Temporary and/or seasonal employees shall be defined as
employees working seasonally or less than 20 hours per week and
shall be granted no vacation, sick-time, personal days, floating
holidays, holiday pay, or bereavement time or pay and shall not be
offered or entitled to health and major medical insurance, dental,
prescription, or other types of insurance available through the
Town of Queensbury, except as required by law.
E. TOWN-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES.
All vehicles will be parked at their base of operations, at
the end of each day unless authorized by the Town Board.
F. CAUSES FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND/OR IMMEDIATE
SUSPENSION, DISCHARGE OR DISMISSAL.
1. (A) Bringing liquor or other alcoholic beverages or
illegal, non-prescription drugs into Town buildings, motor
vehicles, or upon Town work-sites, or the consumption of alcohol or
illegal, non-prescription drugs during work hours (or the normal
work-day for your position) is not allowed, and will result in
disciplinary action. Any officer or employee shall not report for
work with ability impaired because of the use of alcohol or
illegal, non-prescription drugs, and if so reporting, shall not be
permitted to work, and shall be subject to disciplinary action.
(B) Violation of State or Local Laws relating to
controlled substances or alcohol will not be tolerated, and will
result in disciplinary action.
(C) Whether ability is impaired because of alcohol may
be verified by a sobriety test and refusal to take the sobriety
test shall establish a presumption of ability impaired by said
alcohol.
2. Intentional or repeated falsification of any Town
report, time-card, or other information will not be tolerated and
will result in disciplinary action.
3. Violation of any policy under this provision F shall be
cause for discharge or dismissal and disciplinary action may
include reprimand, a fine in an amount not to exceed $100.00,
immediate suspension, without pay for up to two months, demotion,
permanent discharge, or dismissal from employment.
G. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
If any provision of this policy is declared invalid or
unenforceable by a Court of law and record in New York State, the
remainder of this policy shall be considered in full force and
effect and treated as if the invalid or unenforceable provision
were deleted therefrom.
H. EXCEPTIONS.
1. The terms and conditions of the aforesaid benefits and
policies shall accrue to the benefit of and apply to all non-union
officers and employees of the Town of Queensbury, except that the
benefits referred to above shall not apply to those officers or
employees who are appointed by the Town Board in accordance with
State Laws and who have a definite term of office under State Law.
These officers or employees shall have such benefits as agreed to
at the time of appointment, and to the extent that the particular
benefits described hereinabove were not discussed or agreed to,
said officers or employees shall have such benefits hereinabove
referred to or typically granted to employees.
2. Current, permanent, part-time employees who are
receiving health insurance benefits shall not be effected by the
above-described policy concerning the availability of health
insurance benefits to part-time employees, so long as said part-
time employees are in the continuous employment of the Town of
Queensbury. In the event that said employees' employment should
terminate for any reason, the employee's entitlement to said
benefits will terminate in the same manner as any other full-time
non-union employees' benefits would terminate upon termination of
employment, and in the event that said part-time employee returns
to employment with the Town, he or she will be considered a new
employee and subject to the above-referenced policy on health
insurance benefits.
3. With regard to the vacation policy set forth above, any
officer or employee granted the privilege of carrying over vacation
days from the year of work prior to the adoption of this resolution
and who on the date of this resolution has not used all such
vacation days, shall be allowed to take such unused vacation time
before the expiration of that officer or employee's current year of
service, provided further, however, that the said officer or
employee shall not be allowed to further continue to carry vacation
time after said current year of service.
I. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The terms and provisions of this resolution shall take effect
immediately, and the terms and provisions hereof shall be
controlling regardless of any prior conduct or informal expressions
of policy by any officer, employee, or board of the Town of
Queensbury.
J. DISTRIBUTION OF NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND EMPLOYER
POLICIES.
The Town Supervisor shall, and is hereby authorized to
distribute a copy of this resolution and policy set forth therein
to the employees of the Town of Queensbury in such manner as he
shall deem appropriate, and provide notice to the employees.
Duly adopted this 2nd day of March, 1992, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mr. Caimano, Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Monahan, Mrs. Goetz, Mr.
Brandt
NOES: None
ABSENT:Absent