File #: 2011-0313    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/25/2011 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/29/2011
Enactment date: 9/9/2011 Enactment #: 17174
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the provision of transition check eligibility for employees serving a probationary period due to a promotion, demotion or lateral transfer upon the establishment of a biweekly pay period for county officers and employees, and to provide for repayment should an employee's payroll deduction be insufficient; and amending Ordinance 16818, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.15.160 and Ordinance 16818, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.15.180.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Code sections: 3.15.160 - ., 3.15.180 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17174.pdf, 2. 2011-0313 transmittal letter.doc, 3. Item 9 Staff Report 2011-0313 ABT Transition Payments.doc
Drafter
Clerk 07/13/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the provision of transition check eligibility for employees serving a probationary period due to a promotion, demotion or lateral transfer upon the establishment of a biweekly pay period for county officers and employees, and to provide for repayment should an employee's payroll deduction be insufficient; and amending Ordinance 16818, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.15.160 and Ordinance 16818, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.15.180.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 16818, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.15.160 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. When a county officer or employee's payroll is transitioning from a semimonthly pay cycle to a biweekly pay cycle, the executive is authorized to allow county officers and employees the option to elect to receive a transition payment, as set forth in K.C.C. 3.15.170, if they meet the qualifications in subsection B. of this section.
B. County officers and employees who meet the following qualifications, on the date(((s))) or dates selected by the county administrative officer are eligible to elect a transition payment. Eligible county officers and employees are those who:
1. Are eligible for leave and insured benefits as provided for in K.C.C. 3.12.040;
2. Are not serving a probationary period, unless the probationary period is due to promotion, demotion or lateral transfer;
3. Are in a paid status;
4. Are employed in a position that is scheduled to be funded and filled for approximately one year after the date or dates selected by the county administrative officer;
5. Have elected to receive the transition payment by the date or dates selected by the county administrative officer; and
6. Have agreed and, if applicable, whose spouse or state registered domestic partner have agreed, in writing, to repay the county for the amount of the transition payment as set forth in K.C.C. 3.15.170.
SECTION 2. Ordinance...

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