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Council reviews updated leave policy; new ‘civic engagement’ leave proposed

3029460 · April 17, 2025
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Summary

Council held a workshop on a revised personnel leave policy that reorganizes the personnel handbook, clarifies comp time and family/medical leave language, and adds a new civic-engagement leave allowing up to 24 hours annually for approved nonprofit volunteer work.

City staff led a workshop on a comprehensive rewrite of the personnel leave policy on April 15, proposing structural changes and one new leave category described as civic engagement leave.

Staff member Bonhoe told the council the personnel handbook (adopted in 2011) has been updated into a set of standalone policies and reviewed by legal counsel and the city’s labor representatives to…

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