File #: 2011-0388    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/26/2011 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/9/2011
Enactment date: 11/18/2011 Enactment #: 17223
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to personnel policies, providing continuity of benefits and leave accruals, and military leave differential pay for King County employees who enter active duty in the Armed or Uniform Services; and amending Ordinance 12014, Section 26, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.260, and Ordinance 9967, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.262.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson, Joe McDermott
Indexes: Human Resources Management Division
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17223.pdf, 2. 2011-0388 Staff report with attachments (3), 3. Staff Report with attachments 11-01-11, 4. Handout 11-01-11 Striking Amendment S2, 5. Handout 11-01-11 Title Amendment T1, 6. Staff Report 11-09-11 with attachments, 7. 17223 Amendment S3 - 11-9-11.pdf
Staff: Wagner, Nick
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to personnel policies, providing continuity of benefits and leave accruals, and military leave differential pay for King County employees who enter active duty in the Armed or Uniform Services; and amending Ordinance 12014, Section 26, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.260, and Ordinance 9967, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.262.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States initiated military action requiring activation of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard, including employees of King County.
B. King County employees called to active duty provide a valuable service to King County, the region and the nation by serving their country.
C. In consideration of the service King County employees provide to King County, the region, and the nation, the King County executive signed Executive Order No. PER 18-4 (AEO) on October 5, 2001, effective September 25, 2001. The executive order provided for (1) continuation of medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits to eligible employees and their families if the employees were ordered to or volunteered for active duty or active duty training in any branch of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the United States Public Health Service; (2) a paid leave of absence from their county position at their regular rate of pay, less the amount of any military pay to which they were entitled, for employees ordered to active duty if they were members of the reserves of any branch of the Armed Forces or the National Guard, on or before September 11, 2001; and (3) leave without pay for employees who enlisted in the Armed Forces or the Armed Forces Reserves after September 11, 2011.
D. Also in consideration of public employee service in the military, state law, RCW 38.40.060, provides for twenty-one days of paid military leave of absence from work per year for public...

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