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Arvada adopts updated personnel rules to align pay and leave practices; council approves ordinance
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance No. 4913 to repeal and reenact sections of Chapter 70 (personnel rules), including posting all vacancies, aligning civilian vacation accruals with sworn employees, extending medical leave by up to 14 calendar weeks beyond FMLA, and adding a 30‑day notice requirement to use accrued vacation to extend retirement.
The Arvada City Council on Dec. 2 adopted CB25‑027, an ordinance repealing and reenacting various sections of Chapter 70 of the Arvada City Code (personnel rules), as Ordinance No. 4913.
Gabriela Balmer, director of human resources, opened the presentation saying the personnel rules define the city’s merit‑system employment terms and that the updates aim to align local policy with state and federal law and modernize language. Balmer said staff brought changes to be effective at the start of the next calendar year and that most edits are procedural housekeeping.
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