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RESOLUTION NO. 2007-162
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING A WORK FURLOUGH FOR
EXECUTIVE, SENIOR AND MIDDLE MANAGERS,
CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, AND EMPLOYEES
REPRESENTED BY WESTERN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERS
(WCE)
WHEREAS, at the April 19, 2007 Budget Workshop, staff proposed extending the
furlough program to management and confidential employees in effort to reduce expenditures
City-wide; and
WHEREAS, in follow-up to that presentation, staff is recommending the implementation
of a work furlough for Executive, Senior and Middle Managers; Confidential employees; and
employees represented by Western Council of Engineers (WCE); and
WHEREAS, Fire Battalion Chiefs are exempt from the proposed furlough; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to reduce the expenditures City-wide and narrow the existing
budget gap, staff is recommending the implementation of a forty (40) hour work furlough for all
Managers (with the exception of Fire Battalion Chiefs), Confidential employees, and employees
represented by WCE; and
WHEREAS, WCE has agreed to participate in the work furlough program; and
WHEREAS, the proposed work furlough will be similar to that of CVEA-represented
employees, wherein the affected employees will receive a 1.92% salary reduction in exchange
for forty (40) hours of furlough time; and
WHE~AS, recognizing that affected employees may be required to work during the
period between the hard holidays of December 25 and January I, employees will have the
flexibility to use the furlough hours throughout the fiscal year at their discretion, with their
supervisor's approval; and
WHEREAS, employees will be credited with the furlough time at the beginning of each
fiscal year and must exhaust these hours by June 30 each year; and
WHEREAS, for Confidential employees and Executive, Senior and Middle Managers,
the proposed work furlough will begin the pay period beginning June 22, 2007 and will end on
June 30, 2011, to coincide with the expiration date of the similar provision with CVEA; and
WHEREAS, the furlough for Management and Confidential employees will be evaluated
on a fiscal year-to-year basis thereafter; and
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WHEREAS, for employees represented by WCE, the proposed work furlough will begin
the pay period beginning June 22, 2007 and end on June 30, 2010 to coincide with the expiration
of with their current Memorandum of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, the WCE work furlough will be subject to negotiation thereafter.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Chula Vista
hereby authorizes a work furlough for Executive, Senior and Middle Managers; Confidential
employees; and employees represented by Western Council of Engineers (WCE).
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Marcia Raskin
Human Resources Director
Approved as to form by
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChu1a Vista,
California, this 19th day of June 2007 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
Ramirez
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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Cheryl Cox, yo
ATTEST:
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cl
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA)
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certifY that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2007-162 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chu1a Vista City Council held on the 19th day of June 2007.
Executed this 19th day of June 2007.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cl
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