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. . ORDINANCE NO. 96- 2146 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 6, SECTION 7, "SICK LEAVE" , OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE PERSONNEL POLICY HANUAL DATED JANUARY 1, 1992; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CI~USE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: section 1. Chapter 6, section 7, Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, "sick Leave", of the City of La Porte Personnel Policy Manual dated January 1, 1992, is hereby amended, and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "SECTION 7 - SICK LEAVE 1. Regular full time employees shall accrue sick leave at the rate of 4.62 hours per pay period. Twenty four hour shift personnel shall accrue sick leave at the rate of 7.39 hours per pay period. Accrual of sick leave shall be unlimited. 2. sick leave may be taken due to the emplc)yee' s personal illness, non work related injuries, or routine health care appointments which cannot be reasonably scheduled outside of working hours. Department Directors have the discretion to allow a regular employee up to twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave per calendar year in the event of an illness within the employee's immediate family or household, or for routine health care appointments for the employee's immediate family or household which cannot be reasonably scheduled outside of working hours. sick leave shall not be used for unexcused absences. 3. sick leave exceeding five (5) work days in any six month period may cause an employee to be placed on physical report status. Employees under this status shall be required to submit to their supervisor a medical doctor's statement of fitness for duty upon returning to work from an illness. Failure to submit such medical statement may result in disciplinary action. Physical report status shall remain in effect for six (6) months from the date of the action. Any leave charged to employees' sick leave balance shall be subject to this provision, with the exception of sick leave used in cClnjunction with Family Medical Leave."