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Commission allows chief, city manager to permit unlimited sick-leave donations for ill supervisor
Summary
After the police/fire chief reported a supervisor is running out of paid leave while undergoing months of medical treatment, the commission agreed to let the chief and city manager immediately allow uncapped interemployee sick-leave donations to avoid loss of pay and insurance.
The City Commission on Aug. 4, 2025, unanimously approved a motion directing that the chief and the city manager be permitted to allow “gifting” of sick leave without the existing cap, after a department chief described a supervisor facing a serious illness and imminent exhaustion of paid leave.
The chief told commissioners the supervisor has approximately 170 hours of paid leave remaining and will undergo six to eight more months of treatment. Under current city policy the chief said the formal city sick-donation cap is 240 hours and that, once an employee is placed on unpaid leave, they would lose employer-paid…
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