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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Oakland-Berkeley )
Firestorm of October 20, 1991 ) RESOLUTION NO.191/738
WHEREAS in its capacities as the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County and
as the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County, Moraga, Orinda, Riverview, and
West Fire Protection Districts, and of the Housing Authority of Contra Costa
County, this Board has taken under consideration the extraordinary
Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm of October 20, 1991, its impact upon County employees,
and has determined that the County can best assist its employees who 4re
personally impacted by the fire and its after effects by allowing those employees
who are so affected paid time off to handle their resulting problems; and
WHEREAS it has been determined that County employees whose personal living
accommodations were damaged or destroyed, or whose personal property was damaged
or destroyed, or who were injured during the fire may be given a reasonable time
off work during the period of October 20, 1991 through April 30, 1992, to attend
to their changed personal situations without charge to any other leave accruals,
at the discretion of their appointing authority and approval by the County
Administrator on a case-by-case basis; and
WHEREAS it has been further determined that department heads may use reasonable
judgement with regard to other employees who have lost, or may lose, time directly
related to the fire during the period noted above, and that requests for time off
because of personal concerns or personal circumstances may be honored but the time
off will be on the employee's own time with the employee electing to utilize
vacation, compensatory time, administrative leave accruals, holiday time or sick
leave, depending upon the circumstances; and
WHEREAS the appointing authority shall provide to the County Administrator a
monthly listing of all such leave requested by their employees, the reasons
therefor, and appointing authority's approval or denial of such requests and the
reasons for such action with the County Administrator to provide the Board a
summary report of all such leave granted by June 2, 1992; and
WHEREAS any paid leave time granted under this Order shall be considered time off
work and shall be treated similarly to vacation in relation to workers"
compensation; and
WHEREAS this Resolution is an emergency action, the fire having occurred on
October 20, 1991, and employees currently affected as described above; and
WHEREAS the Employee Relations Officer shall give notice of this Resolution to all
recognized employee organizations; and
WHEREAS to the extent that the subjects of this Resolution are within the scope of
representation under the Meyer-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Sections 3500 et.
seq.), this Board offers to meet with any recognized employee organization upon
request concerning this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, California, hereby ADOPTS this Resolution on the 5th day of
November, 1991, by unanimous vote of the Board members present.
1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Ori Dept. : Count Administrator an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Orig. P Y Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
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ATTESTED:
All Employee Organizations (via Personnel) PHIL BATCHELOn,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
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By ,Deputv
RESOLUTION NO. 91/738