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Clerk 12/1/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing a process that provides a one-time opportunity to allow eligible employees to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time, or both, to cash to benefit the King County employee charitable campaign; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. King County currently administers the King County employee charitable campaign, which benefits hundreds of charitable and nonprofit organizations.
B. King County encourages financial contributions to charitable organizations and the county desires to make it easier for its employees to make such contributions through a program allowing for the conversion of an employee's accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time, or both, to cash.
C. In order to expedite cash conversion donations of this type and administer the program without additional resources, the intent is to have an employee's donation go directly to the King County employee charitable campaign and then be distributed proportionately among all campaign-approved charities.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding K.C.C 3.12.190, the executive may implement a process providing a one-time opportunity to allow employees eligible for benefits to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time hours, or both, to a cash donation. This process must conform to the following requirements:
A. Starting on the day of the council's approval of this ordinance, there shall be a forty-five day period during which time employees may sign a written request, subject to approval by the department director or designee, to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time hours, or both, to cash and to authorize a payroll deduction of the cash to benefit the King County employee charitable campaign. The hours must be in full-hour increments, with a minimum of four hours.
B. All King County employees eligible for benefits sh...

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