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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 98-C1810 0 RESOLUTION NO. 98-C181 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA GRANTING A BENEFIT PACKAGE TO DEPARTING EMPLOYEES ALBERT D'ANTIN AND KENNETH VETTING THANKING THEM FOR THEIR YEARS OF DEDICATED CITY SERVICE WHEREAS, the City of Azusa has been fortunate to benefit from the long-term employment of qualified individuals who have served this organization and the Azusa community for as much as 15, 20 or 30 years or more; and WHEREAS, upon retirement from public service, such individuals deserve formal recognition and thanks from the City for a job well done over a significant and long period of time; and WHEREAS, the City of Azusa Finance Department has projected that overall, in the 1998- 99 Fiscal Year, revenues in the City's General Fund will remain at levels roughly equal to the prior year; and WHEREAS, the City has commitments to pay the costs of providing essential community services such as fire protection, animal control and refuse collection, as well as the costs for City needs such as legal representation and insurance protection, and WHEREAS, increases in these "non -discretionary" costs, coupled with the Cost -of -Living Adjustment, juxtaposed against an essentially "flat" revenue picture, caused the Finance Department to predict a revenue shortfall in the 1998-99 Fiscal Year, and WHEREAS, the City Manager and Finance Director did meet with all employees to explain the situation and did ask that those employees in the midst of planning their respective retirements from the field of public service to consider assisting the City financially by accelerating their plans and retiring early, and WHEREAS, in recognition of these facts, the employees listed below have offered to leave the employ of the City of Azusa, and in doing so, to assist the City in mitigating the revenue shortfall in its General Fund; and WHEREAS, employees who agree to retire with the specific intent to assist the General Fund during its time of need also deserve formal recognition and thanks, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY FIND AND DIRECT AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Council, City Staff and constituents of the City of Azusa do deeply and honorably thank Police Officer Albert D'Antin for his fourteen (14) years (general fund) of dedicated public safety service to the City of Azusa and shall regret the conclusion of his employment with the City of Azusa on October 20, 1998; and a. Mr. D'Antin shall receive the usual departing benefits outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Azusa Police Officers Association, which, by definition in this case, do not include the Additional Two Years Service Credit ("Golden Handshake") under PERS; and �J b. The City shall reimburse Mr. D'Antin for the cost of medical insurance for the next 35 months in the amount of approximately $350 per month; and c. The City shall reimburse Mr. D'Antin for the cost of dental insurance for the next 18 months not to exceed $500. The City Council, City Staff and constituents of the City of Azusa do deeply and honorably thank Mr. Kenneth Vetting, Water Utility Maintenance Mechanic (water fund), for his combined twenty years of dedicated public service to the City of Azusa and the Azusa Valley Water Co. and shall regret the conclusion of his employment with the City of Azusa on October 15, 1998; and a. The City shall reimburse Mr. Vetting for the cost of dental insurance for the next 18 months not to exceed $500. The City Glerk.ghall certify the passagepf- Ns Resolution. AND ADOPJFED, T4 -IIS 2 n DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1998. YOR I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2 I day of November, 1998. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, MADRID NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEEBE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE -Lali'tte- J'Odkz�-) DEPUTY CITY CLERK