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PROBATION / PERSONNEL - Chief Probation Officer Pam Gonzalez
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Request approval to authorize payment of accrued vacation hours exceeding the 240 maximum accrual limits in accordance with Article 20.6 of the Memorandum of Understanding between Tehama County and the Tehama County Peace Officers’ Association for one (1) Tehama County Probation Department employee in budget unit 2037, or to temporarily exceed the vacation limit, or a combination of both effective the pay period immediately following Board of Supervisor approval
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Financial Impact:
The requested action can be accomplished with existing appropriations approved by the Board for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
Background Information:
The Tehama County Peace Officers’ Association (POA) Memorandum of Understanding, per Article 20.6 states: A maximum of two hundred forty (240) hours of vacation allowance may be accumulated as of December 31st each year. The Auditor, annually, will review each employee’s vacation record; and should an employee’s accumulation of vacation exceed 240 hours on December 31st of any year, no vacation will be earned or be credited until the accrual is less than 240 hours. If, as a result of County necessity an employee is unable to take a scheduled vacation which results in the employee exceeding the December 31st maximum accrual limit, the employee’s Department Head shall inform the Board in writing. The Board at its discretion may allow the employee to temporally exceed the limit, authorize payment of vacation hours to the employee for the hours in excess of 240 hours, or a combination of the two.
The overage of hours is due to the employee being off work and unable to return to duty due to an industrial injury. During this period, the employee’s vacation hours have continued to accrue and exceed the maximum allowable accrual limit of two hundred forty (240) hours as of December 31st.
Should the employee request payment of accrued vacation, the funds currently exist.