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• • • EVERETT ORDINANCE NO. 1889-92 AN ORDINANCE establishing a shared leave program for transferring vacation leave between employees and repealing Ordinance No. 1808-91 and all other ordinances in conflict herewith. WHEREAS, the City provides vacation leave to its employees as a vested right subject to payment upon termination; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it appropriate and in the public interest to permit employees to share vacation leave in carefully defined circumstances and to transfer such leave to and for the benefit of employees who, without such transfers, would be forced to terminate their employment or go without pay in order to meet the needs of severe illness; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that an emergency exists necessitating the immediate institution of the program to prevent an unnecessary hardship on its employees; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1: SHARED LEAVE. A. Intent. The purpose of shared leave is to permit City employees, at no additional cost to any City fund other than administrative costs of administering the program, to come to the aid of a fellow City employee who is suffering from or has a spouse or child (under the age of eighteen (18) who resides with the employee) suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental conditions which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or to terminate his or her employment. B. A Department Head, with the Mayor or designee's concurrence, may approve a donee employee to receive shared leave under this ordinance if: 1. The employee suffers, or has a spouse or child (under the age of eighteen (18) who resides with the employee) suffering from, an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition which is of an extraordinary or severe nature and which has caused, or is likely to cause, the employee to go on leave without pay status or to terminate his or her employment with the City.