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ORDINANCE NO. 3 4 0 9
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, approving
the Voluntary Separation Program.
Whereas, in an effort to respond to decreasing revenues, City Council desires to offer
regular full time and regular part time employees an option to voluntarily retire or resign from
employment; and
Whereas, to encourage participation in the Voluntary Separation Program, the City will
offer a financial incentive to eligible employees who opt to participate in the Program; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to implement a Voluntary Separation
Program, consistent with the program criteria in the attached Exhibit A. The City Manager is
further authorized to adopt and implement such requirements, qualifications, procedures, and
conditions as are necessary and appropriate to implement and carry out the program.
Section 2 - Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the
correction of the scrivener's /clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection
numbers and any references thereto.
Section 3 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any
person or circumstances, are held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
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Section 4 - Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take
effect five days following the date of its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 21st day of September, 2010.
ATTEST:
rsa Hurd, City Clerk
PUBLISHED: September 2 6 , 2010
By Summary
DIGUI IO, AYOR
APPRO ED AS TO FO
William E. Bloor, City Attorney
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CITY OF PORT ANGELES
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION PROGRAM
Program Criteria
The City Manger is authorized to implement and administer a Voluntary
Separation Program consistent with the following criteria:
• The Voluntary Separation Program is a management tool implemented for the
sole purpose of responding to decreasing revenue and is not an employee right.
The program is intended to offer eligible employees an incentive to voluntarily
resign or retire from the City by December 31, 2010.
• The Program is offered only in 2010, with the goal of effecting a savings in the
2011 budget. The Program should also produce a quantifiable, on -going budget
savings to the City.
• Participation in the program is entirely voluntary. The program shall not be used
to pressure, coerce, or target particular employees.
• All regular full time and regular part time employees enrolled in the City's health
benefits and who have completed a minimum of 5 years of service are eligible to
participate.
• Employees not eligible for the Program include: temporary employees, contract
employees, employees who previously retired from the City and then were re-
employed, and employees who submitted a notice of retirement or resignation .
orally or in writing before September 26, 2010.
• Employees who participate in the Program shall be paid a lump sum amount equal
to the employee's medical insurance premiums for the 12 months, based on the
medical programs in effect in. December, 2010, or the amount of $10,000.00,
whichever is less.
• An employee accepted into the program will be ineligible for unemployment
compensation.
• Compensation paid under the Voluntary Separation Program will have no vesting .
with the State Department of Retirement Systems.
• Employees who participate in the Program will be required to sign a Release and
Waiver Agreement waiving any claims under the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (AREA) and Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA).
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• Employees choosing to participate in the Program must terminate employment
with the City of Port Angeles effective no later than December 31, 2010.
• An employee who participates in the Program will not be eligible to return to
service as a City employee within five years after the effective date of the Release
and Waiver Agreement unless the employee agrees to repay to City the incentive
payment.
• Normal procedures will be followed pursuant to City policy and the labor
contracts for cash out of sick leave, vacation, accrued compensatory time, Retiree
Health Savings plan or other forms of compensation.
• The City Manager is authorized to adopt such other criteria, procedures,
conditions, and requirements as are consistent with the foregoing criteria, with the
needs of the City, and with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
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