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WELD COUNTY
CODE ORDINANCE 2012-11
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING,WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 3
HUMAN RESOURCES,OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WELD,STATE OF COLORADO:
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld. State of
Colorado.pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter,is vested with
the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County.Colorado,and
WHEREAS,the Board of County Commissioners,on December 28,2000.adopted Weld
County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld.
including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent
nature enacted on or before said date of adoption,and
WHEREAS,the Weld County Code is in need of revision and clarification with regard to
procedures.terms,and requirements therein.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Weld,State of Colorado. that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be,
and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are
revised to read as follows.
CHAPTER 3
HUMAN RESOURCES
Amend Sec.3.6.20. Sick Leave.
A-No change
B. All regular and job share employees are eligible for sick leave thirty (30) days after
employment. Sick leave is accrued from date of hire-with-ne-maximum4ecsuaNim4. The
accrual rate is shown on Table 3.5:
Table 3.5 through E-No change
F. All employees who are eligible to accrue sick leave are authorized five (5) sick leave
occurrences min anv rolling twelve 112) month period. A sick leave
occurrence is defined as a minimum of one (1) sick leave day (standard work day is
eight(8)hours). a number of consecutive sick leave days taken at any one(1)time or a
combination of hours equaling one(1)sick day(prorated for standard hours worked in a
day_up tQeight(8) hours). Employees who exceed the five(5)occurrences are subject
to disciplinary action,including but not limited to the revocation of all sick leave privileges
as set forth in this Section. suspension. leave without pay andlor termination.Sick leave
which occurs during.and as the apparent result of,a pandemic health emergency which
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has been declared by the County Health Officer shall not be considered as a sick leave
occurrence pursuant to this Subsection.
G and H-No change
I. An employee cannot accumulate in excess of four hundred eighty(4801 hours of sick
ave.
Delete Sec 34-30. Sick Leave bank.
A. In order-to-provide-e-no cost, chorl torn disability program for employees, the County
hat octabtishod a Sick Loavo Bank Program. This program is voluntary and the-sick
save Bank:
B. Tbe-Sick-Leave Beak= .
member.per your(regular omptoyoo - 12 haute;throo quarter time job share-9 hours;
icipation is-voluntary-Employees who do not
eaatribute-te-the-Bank cannot use slek-leave bank-hours. Lmployoec are oligiblo to join
the-Siek-Leave Bank upon being hirod; howovor, they aro only oligiblo to receive-sick
-monMs of-contributan:Only regular employee,
-for-the-Bank. Approval of a Sick Leave Bank
requ estis-not guaranteed-by the deportment head, elected official or Sick Leave Bank
Governing-Board:
donation-of hours of the employoo'c Individual Lick leave
wig-be-deducted and credited to the Bank ((regular employee - 1;throe quarter
time job share-.76; half limo job chore - 5; retired with bonoftsiat-.96-level=
- /month-(40 2 hrlyear};-at-46aevel
}:-at-.50-levet=-6hrimonth(6 hr/yoar).
2. Sick-leave days in the Bank aro carried over from year to yoar. An additional
et succeeding yeare-while-a-member-ei-the
Bank -are-not refundable:
3,— The-Bank-ie adminictored by the Sick Leave Bank Coverning Board The Board
is corn posed of free (5) voting members.-These include-five-(6) employees
elected-by-the-participant,in the Bankandone-(4)nonvoting reprocontativo from
the-Department of Human Rocourcec. Tho following conditions-govern-the
ignanting-of-siek-leave-clays-from-the Banki
le through-the-Deportment of Human
Resources.Appli 'ing-to
the Covoming Board via the Department of Human•Resouroes,
blf.-a-member-is-unable to applyior .
be kilns!out by-a-family
c. A nature of-illness, the-dates
leer end--the dote of the pationfc
expected release for return to work will be precented with the application.
Itihis-information-is-noHncluded, the application may not be considered:
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Addaienal—Infermation- ma ion—of—the
Covorning Board.
d—Prier-te consideration by the
4) Reviow and cign the application,
2) Provide any applicable--information concerning any disciplinary
action of the employee related to-the-abuse-of-sick-leave,
a. GeverningBoard vat-ooncidor tho application at a meeting called-by
f---The-department head or oloctod official may attend the Governing Board
meeting-with:orTer.-that individual to diccucc any problems rotated to.the
roquoct. No other person may attend the Govorning Board meeting.The
Covoming Board will conceder the request-and makeadecisien based-en
a-majodyr-vete,
g. Bank hours will not be granted until-a mere
individual nick leave days, vacation days -and—any--accumulated
compensation time.At the discretion of tho Governing Board.-Siek-Leave
Bank-hours-may-notbe granted if the roquocting employee is involved In
disciplinary action related-to-the abuse otsick-leave:
h. ye-wit not-begin-until
thirty(30) calendar days havo expired. This thirty day elimination-period
begins on the-first-day otteave aM ether-it-is-paid or not.
k Not moro than five (6) menthe chall bo granted to one(1)-member-ina
two-year period.An employee may not havo moro than cix(8)montho of
combined-sensecutive paid-and/orunpaidleave,
j: Upon approval by the Governing Board.the Sick Loove Bank member will
receiveaxty-six percent(66%)of hic or her current hourly compensation
-bank-time during the pay period,
kSiolc-L-eeve-Benk-hours-may-bogranted-onW-M-cases-ef-perseeal-illness
er-illnesses-of--family
members:-4k
1) Elective or cocmotic curgory.
2) Loa resulting-from war:
3) Committing or attempting to commit an assault er-e-felony.
1) Occupational injuries or cicknoccoc.
6) Willful-self-injury:
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6) Injury from outside-employment,
7) Active participation-in a riot:
8 ning Board-finde-te-deayi-the
request
I. If the leave is denied by the Governing Board. the Board will flatly the
applicant in writing,elating the roaconc for-thedeniat,
hours gr
or—Sick-Leave Bank hours can only be awarded up to-the-amount of-total
aeeumulated-hours-in-the-
wing of toter
report to the Covorning Board the status of-the-Sisk-Leave-Bank-on-a
monthly basis,
from-the-Sick-Leave Bank related to c}-itd birth
(complications of pregnancy before dck^rorynon-inclusive)-is-linthed4e4he
following:
1) Routine child birth k Glgible-fortwo-(2)-vim,
2} plications. is-eligible
for up to four-(4)weeks of Ba.
-the Governing-
pregnancy may bo eligible for additional-Bank hours:
4—Upon-termination-from-the-County, a Bank member will no longer be eligible to
6—The-Governing Board assumes the-
are-not grievanceitenls-p"- •-nt M
thug• .
6 Tho Sick Leave Bank Program may be terminated-at-any time by-the-Board-of
County Commissionerefor-any-Feason-lay-resolthion,
7. There shall ho no eick or vacation accrual by en employee-while on-SickLeave
Bank limo unlace the leave falls under the Family and Modioal Leave Act.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be. and hereby
is,directed to arrange for Colorado Code Publishing to supplement the Weld County Code with
the amendments contained herein. to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections. and
subsections as they currently exist within said Code; and to resolve any inconsistencies
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regarding capitalization. grammar, and numbering or placement of chapters,articles, divisions,
sections.and subsections in said Code.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be
unconstitutional,such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The
Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in
each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause: and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections. subsections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses,or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2012-11 was. on motion duly made and
seconded.adopted by the following vote on the 10th day of December,A.D.,2012.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY,COLORADO
ATTEST:
Sean P.Conway,Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
William F.Garcia,Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Barbara Kirkmeyer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David E.Long
County Attomey
Douglas Rademacher
First Reading: October 29,2012
Publication: November 7,2012,in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: November 19,2012
Publication: November 28.2012,in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading. December 10,2012
Publication: December 19.2012,in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: January 1,2013
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