Buckner adopts ordinance letting employees donate paid leave to colleagues

The Buckner Board of Aldermen on Feb. 6 adopted Ordinance 1096 (Bill 2501), a change to the city personnel manual that permits city employees to donate accrued paid time off to colleagues in need.

Mayor (speaker 1) introduced the ordinance and described how the mechanism would work, using the example in the record: "So because Joe's making 100 bucks an hour and Kyle's only making 10," the mayor said, the transfer would be recorded as a journal entry to reflect comparable dollar value rather than simply moving accrual hours. Council member (speaker 2) moved to suspend the rules and adopt the ordinance, a motion seconded by Public works (speaker 4); the council voted in favor with no opposition recorded.

Under the amendment discussed during the meeting, donations would be accounted for at equivalent dollar value to avoid skewing accrual balances. The mayor noted the city would not use capital funds for labor but could use capital funds to purchase equipment (a separate parks example in the meeting) and that donated hours would be reflected via accounting entries rather than altering pay grades.

The ordinance was approved during the regular meeting; council members recorded 'Aye' responses when the clerk read the roll. The city did not specify implementation dates, specific limits on donor or recipient eligibility, or whether the program will apply to temporary or part‑time employees—those procedural details were not addressed in the meeting record.

The council did not take up any amendments to the ordinance at the meeting. The next procedural step identified in the record was implementation of the accounting entries and internal guidance on how donation requests would be processed.