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I 1i LJ1 Report Number 14 -082 the city that works for you Agenda Section VI -6 Council Meeting Date April 22, 2014 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: City Council Motion to Approve Military Leave Differential Pay for j Police Office Ted Layton z l DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: Robert Jacobson, Director of Public Safety Schawn P. Johnson, Assistant to the City Manager' CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: No comments to supplement this re or Comments attached Recommendation: City Council motion approving military 1 v differential pay for Police Office Ted Layton. Legislative History: The City of New Brighton was recently notified by Police Officer and National Guard Member Ted Layton that he is being called to active military duty and is scheduled to be deployed to Kuwait in June 2014. His deployment to Kuwait is scheduled to last for one year. Pursuant to Section 16.18 (Military Leave Request) of the City of New Brighton Employee Handbook, the City Council has the authority to approve differential pay for employees that are called to active military duty. The City's policy state's the following in regards to differential pay for employees that are deployed due to military obligations. "Per City Council approval and budgetary review, employees of the City who are called to active service may be eligible to receive payment of an amount equal to the difference between the member's active duty military salary and the salary the member would be paid as a full time active employee of the City, including any adjustments the member would have received if not on a leave of absence. This payment may be made only to a person whose active duty military salary, including but not limited to allowances for basic housing, family separation, subsistence and hostile fire, is less than the salary the person would be paid as an active City employee without the addition of benefits." The projected cost to the City for providing military leave differential pay to Police Officer Ted Layton is $55,000 ($32,000 in 2014 and $22,000 in 2015). The US Army will be covering 37% of Officer Ted Layton's compensation during his one year military leave. The projected cost would be covered in the City's 2014 and 2015 Public Safety Department's personnel budget. In previous years, the City of New Brighton has provided employees that are deployed overseas for active military service differential pay in order to ensure that these employees receive their full compensation while on military leave away from the City. 1:\COUNCIL\ REPORTS \2014\Administration \Military Leave Differenital Pay -Ted Layton doe