Board of Aldermen 6-23-2020 Page 17
Kim Kleiner, Director of Administrative Services
Good evening, Madam President, Members of the Board. So we are researching, the Legislation that
brought before you prior, the Mayor is correct. That was addressing personal days that would be lost at the
end of the year as of June 30". That’s what the policy was addressing, we hadn’t addressed vacation days
as of yet, it is something that we are working on. We are speaking with Division Directors and we are
gathering more information.
The reason that we brought forth the personal days is as you know unaffiliated employees have their 5
days and they'll lose it at the end of, as of June 30". But there are other unions like UAW who have earned
time. So it’s different for different employee groups. We felt that the Public Health Employees that had
personal days and we did reach out to all Division Directors and we discussed this. We felt pretty strongly
that the Public Health Employees that were all unaffiliated deserved to have those days carried forward
because they absolutely hadn’t had a chance to take those personal days. Where when we looked at the
balances of other employees, they had either taken the days earlier in the year or they had very little time
left and, again, as of July 1*', they receive another 5 days for the unaffiliated. So that was just addressing
those personal days and we will certainly update the Board more in regards to vacation.
Alderman Caron
So my question would be to either Director Kleiner or the Mayor, if | remember correctly, your vacation
days, you lose them on your anniversary not the fiscal year. Am | correct?
Director Kleiner
So you can only carry forward two times your annual allotment. So it is different for many different people,
but you’re right, it’s certainly not on the fiscal year. It’s on your anniversary date.
Alderman Caron
Ok so you have time to look at this to make sure no one is losing anything as they are moving forward in
the next few months. | just think it is important that we look at all our employees. | think everyone has really
done a fabulous job with this horrendous thing that has taken place, so that’s why | am asking. | just want to
make sure that we are doing our due diligence for all of our employees and | appreciate that.
Director Kleiner
Absolutely and we want to be very careful to make sure that we are reaching out and getting all of the
Division Director’s input on their employees.
Alderman Caron
Thank you.
President Wilshire
Anyone else? Ok seeing none, would the Clerk please call the roll?
Alderwoman Lu
| have to sign back in, could you please tell me what we are voting on?
