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Council committee reviews employee handbook changes; council approves military service credit in leave policy
Summary
Council’s Employee and Community Relations Committee reviewed proposed employee handbook changes including parental leave and a probationary‑period increase; council later approved an ordinance to credit military service toward vacation accrual for non‑union employees.
Council members reported on an Employee and Community Relations Committee meeting about proposed changes to the city’s employee handbook and later approved an ordinance to amend the codified ordinance governing leaves to credit prior military service.
Councilman McCann summarized the committee meeting held Aug. 18, saying the committee discussed the employee handbook (proposed ordinance 82‑2025) and identified significant changes, notably parental leave and a proposed extension of certain probationary periods from 12 to 15 months for city non‑union safety and administrative employees. He said the law director will review edits; committee members had two different handbook versions and will decide whether to continue discussion or move the item for public review.
Separately, council considered an ordinance to amend the city's leave policy to allow credit for prior military service when calculating vacation accrual for non‑union employees. Staff said the change would grant an extra week of vacation in the first year for employees with qualifying military service and would not alter how vacation is otherwise calculated; council approved Ordinance 92‑2025 as an emergency measure.
Council discussion noted the military credit applies to non‑union employees and would not affect collective‑bargaining agreements; one member said the change would increase vacation for the employee in question by one week.
