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CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3145-2020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA, WAIVING A
PROVISION OF KENAI MUNICIPAL CODE 23.40.030 -ANNUAL LEAVE, TO REMOVE THE
REQUIREMENT THAT EMPLOYEES USE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF LEAVE FOR CALENDAR
YEAR 2020 .
WHEREAS, Kenai Municipal Code 23.40.030-Annual leave, provides in subpart (g) that
employees must take a minimum amount of leave each calendar year or the leave will be removed
from their account without compensation ; and,
WHEREAS, the provision is intended to encourage employees to take time off for their benefit
and the City's; and ,
WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and travel related quarantine
mandates, travel is difficult for many employees; and,
WHEREAS, many employees have been away from work for reasons related to the public health
emergency that did not require the use of annual leave; and,
WHEREAS, employees may not be in a position to take a minimum amount of annual leave for
reasons related to the public health emergency and should not be penalized by having the leave
removed from their accounts without compensation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
as follows:
Section 1. That this is a non-code Ordinance.
Section 2. That KMC 23.40.030-Annual leave, subsection (g) that states :
(g) It is required that each employee use a minimum of eighty (80) hours of leave per
calendar year for employees working forty (40) hours per week, and one hundred twelve
(112) hours for employees working a 7(k) work period , and affect appropriate coordination
with the department head. If actual hours used are less than the minimum requirement, then
the difference shall be deducted from available leave hours without any compensation to the
employee.
is hereby waived for the calendar year 2020 .
Section 3 . Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision , or application directly involved
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in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered , and shall not affect or impair
the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances .
The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even
without such part, provision, or application.
Section 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15.0?0(f), this ordinance shall take effect
30 days after enactment.
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI , ALASKA, this 15 day of July, 2020.
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Introduced: July 1, 2020
Enacted: July 15, 2020
Effective: August 14, 2020
City of Kenai I 210 f=ida lgo Ave, Kenai, AK 99611 -7794 1907.283.7535 I www.kenai .cily
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Gabriel and Council Members
Scott Bloom, City Attorney
June 25, 2020
Ordinance No. 3145-2020 -Annual Leave
The City of Kenai Municipal Code provides that employees must take a minimum amount of leave
each calendar year or the leave will be removed from their account without compensation. This
provision is intended to encourage employees to take time off for the employee and City's mutual
benefit.
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and quarantine mandates, travel is difficult for
many employees. In addition, many employees have been away from work due to the public
health emergency that did not require the use of their accrued annual leave.
Employees may not be in a positon to take a minimum amount of annual leave for reasons related
to the public health emergency and should not be penalized by having the leave removed without
compensation.
Your considerat ion is appreciated .