HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Civil Service FR/SRCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM :
Daniel J. Alfonso
City Manager
Tishria L. Mindfngall
Executive Secretary
Civil Service Board
DATE : April 7, 2014
SUBJECT:
FILE :
Amendment to Civil Service Rules &
Regulations/City Code
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
Due to amendments enacted by the Florida Legislature, Florida Statute 115.07 was revised to allow for
Military Training leave of up to 240 working hours per annual period. This is an increase from the 17
days previously allowed. Therefore, at the Civil Service Board meeting held October 1, 2013, the Civil
Service Rules & Regulations 15.9 (Military Training) was amended by the Board in the following
manner:
Sec. 15.9. Military Training Leave.
(a) All employees of the City of Miami who are either Reserve Officers or Enlisted
Personnel in the Florida Defense Force, the National Guard, Naval Militia, Marine Corps,
Unorganized Militia, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Naval, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, U.S.
Coast Guard Reserve, U.S. Air Force Reserve, or Officers or Enlisted Personnel in any
other class of the Militia, shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties
without loss of pay, time, efficiency rating, or Civil Service Seniority Credits on all days
during which they shall be engaged in field or Coast Guard defense exercises or other
training ordered under the provisions of the U.S. Military or Naval Training Regulations or
under the provisions of the Florida Defense Force or the National Guard; provided that
leaves of absence granted as a matter of legal right under the provisions of this subsection
shall not exceed seventeen consecutive days in any one calendar year. the provisions
cited in Florida State Statute 115.07.
(b) Requests for military leave shall be made as early as possible but at least two weeks
prior to the date such leave is desired.
(c) Employees who take the military leave provided in subsection 15.9 hereof shall be
credited with that time on their seniority status, in the City of Miami Civil Service records.
It is hereby requested that the amendment to Rule 15.9 of the Civil Service Rules & Regulations, and
City Code, Sec. 40-113 be approved by the City Commission to conform to the Florida State Statutes.
/TM