HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2020-76RESOLUTION NO.2020-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL RATIFYING THE DECISION
OF THE CITY MANAGER TO GRANT A TWO-WEEK COVID-19 SPECIFIC
LEAVE BANK TO ALL CITY OF LODI ËMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, the nation is facing a crisis unlike any in our generation, and any governing
generation has seen; and
WHEREAS, an invisible virus threatens the ability of municipalities across the country to provide
the public services that keep a city safe, clean, and capable of responding to shelter-in-place orders in a
calm and rational manner; and
WHEREAS, employee statfing levels have never been more strained by demands already known,
and many unknown. The challenge is exacerbated by the fact that Lodi is currently staffed at historic lows
from a high in the mid 2000's of nearly 500 employees to the present at approxímately 400; and
WHEREAS, employees will face significant new demands on their leave balances, as they may
be sent home to protect themselves due to their own risk profile; they may be sent home to protect the
workforce because they themselves have been exposed; they may be sent home because we have to
revise our work schedules to meet the demands of a new populace that is home full time with students'
home from college and telecommuting parents; and
WHEREAS, a new leave classification is necessary to ensure Lodi's workforce is able to provide
the services necessary to answer the needs of our residents. Staff is proposing a one-time addition of two
weeks (80 hours) of COVID-19 specific leave to employee leave banks that can be used to care for an ill
family member, shelter-in-place after an exposure, care for a child sent home from schoolwhen day care
is not available, or are sent home due to a short term lull in staff scheduling; and
WHEREAS, the value of the leave is estimated to be $1,230,000, whereby the exact cost is
unknown because the leave may never be taken, and some of the leave will not be replaced with
overtime services so it can only be valued in loss of paid staff time; and
WHEREAS, based on the overuvhelming information from Center for Disease Control, California
Department of Public Health and San Joaquin County Department of Public Health Services, staff has
concluded that providing employees the ability to stay home and remove themselves from other
employees if they are sick or living with someone who is sick, will actually reduce the amount of
productive time lost due to COVID-19 by reducing the number of employees away from work due to
illness; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council ratify the City Manager's decision to grant a
two-week COVID-19 specific leave bank to all City of Lodi employees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby ratify the
City Manager's decision to grant a two-week COVID-19 specific leave bank to all City of Lodi employees.
Dated: April 15, 2020
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2020-76 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lodi in a regular meeting held April 15,2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chandler, Mounce, Nakanishi, and Mayor Kuehne
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
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PAMELA M. FARRIS
Assistant City Clerk
2020-76