HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-16 - Persian Gulf Active Duty Supplementary Salary PaymentsRESOLUTION NO. 91 -16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTARY
SALARY PAYMENTS TO CITY EMPLOYEES CALLED TO
ACTIVE DUTY IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
• WHEREAS, the City Council supports the ongoing military effort
to force Iraq out of Kuwait and deeply appreciates the role
military reservists are playing in the conflict; and
WHEREAS, reservists and their families experience hardship as
a result of their call to active duty and participation in the
Persian Gulf conflict and the City Council would like to minimize
the hardship by supplementing the pay of reservists called to
active duty; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the provision of
supplemental pay to reservists called to active duty as a result of
the Persian Gulf conflict 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 the conflict; and
WHEREAS, the supplemental salary and benefits conferred by
this Resolution exceed the minimum support required by State law
and are applicable only with respect to the current conflict in the
Persian Gulf.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1. Any officer or 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 as
a result of the Iraq -- Kuwait crises shall receive from the City,
for a period not to exceed 180 days during the current fiscal
• year, 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.
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section 2. The supplemental compensation granted by
Section 1 of this Resolution shall be in addition to the following
benefits currently enjoyed by officers and employees who are
members of the reserves:
A. Payment of full salary when called to
• active duty for up to thirty (30) days per fiscal year;
B. Payment of all benefits for employees and
their dependents when called to active duty;
C. Restoration of former position upon return
from active duty; and
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.
No supplemental compensation shall be paid if military pay
exceeds the reserve member's base pay as a City employee.
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 11th day of February , 1991.
• (' MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk