HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. R2024-19 RESOLUTION NO. R2024-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS,AMENDING CHAPTER 7"BENEFITS"OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD'S
PERSONNEL POLICY MANUAL TO ADD A NEW SECTION TO BE ENTITLED
AND NUMBERED SECTION 7.07 "FITNESS INCENTIVE LEAVE"; DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE CONSISTENT
THEREWITH;RENUMBERING THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF SUCH CHAPTER;
INCLUDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
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WHEREAS, on August 7, 2023, the City Council adopted an updated Personnel Policy Manual;
and
WHEREAS,the City desires to amend such manual in order to provide for fitness incentive leave
in order to promote employee health and wellness through designated physical fitness activities;and
WHEREAS, policy allows the City Manager, though an administrative rule, to designate one or
more activities through which employees may voluntarily participate and earn compensatory time if they
meet various established criteria;and
WHEREAS, unless otherwise specified, the fitness incentive program shall entail off-duty,
recreational,social,and/or athletic activities that do not constitute part of an employee's work-related duties;
and
WHEREAS, each employee should read and become familiar with the updated Personnel Policy
Manual herein adopted and the associated Administrative Rule;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the facts and matters set forth in the recitals of this resolution are hereby found
to be true and correct.
Section 2. That the following sections in Chapter 7 "Benefits" of the City of Friendswood's
Personnel Policy Manual are hereby renumbered as follows:
Current New
Section Section Title of Section
7.07 7.08 Paid Parental Leave
7.08 7.09 Family and Medical Leave
7.09 7.10 Paid Absences
7.10 7.11 Leave Without Pay
7.11 7.12 On-The-Job Injury Leave
7.12 7.13 Paid Quarantine Leave Policy for Peace Officers and Emergency
Medical Technicians
7.13 7.14 Mental Health Leave for Peace Officers and Telecommunicators
7.14 7.15 Education Reimbursement
7.15 7.16 Mandatory Continuing Education
7.16 7.17 Retirement Benefits
Section 3. That the City Council of the City of Friendswood hereby amends Chapter 7
"Benefits" of the City of Friendswood's Personnel Policy Manual to add a new section to be entitled and
numbered Section 7.07 "Fitness Incentive Leave," which section shall read as follows:
7.07 Fitness Incentive Leave
To promote employee health and wellness and to encourage participation in
physical fitness activities, the City of Friendswood, through the City Manager,
may establish an employee fitness program and provide fitness incentive leave.
Such leave shall be available to full-time employees meeting or exceeding the
standards established in and in accordance with the Administrative Rules and the
approved program.
Section 4. That the City Council of the City of Friendswood directs the City Manager to adopt
an Administrative Rule consistent with the policy adopted in Section 3 hereinabove.
Section 5. In the event any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, provision,
sentence, or part of this resolution or the application of the same to any person or circumstance shall for
any reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate this resolution as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part
declared to be invalid or unconstitutional;and the City Council of the City of Friendswood,Texas,declares
that it would have passed each and every part of the same, notwithstanding the omission of any such part
thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, or whether there be one or more parts.
Section 6. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and approval.
INTRODUCED,READ AND PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Friendswood on this the 3`d day of June,2024.
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.HORNER,City Attorney
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