Fiscal Note
This ordinance change would allow City employees serving as election officials to receive their usual pay during normal work hours (usually 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.). The employees would then also receive election official pay during work after normal hours (generally 4:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., or later). This benefit currently applies to represented employees, so the revision would extend the benefit to non-represented employees. This change would not impact the total number of election officials scheduled for work, but may encourage more City employees to volunteer for this duty. Wages and salary for pay during normal work hours would be paid from the employee's own agency, and election official pay after hours would be provided by the Clerk's Office. As both amounts are included in the 2009 Operating Budget, no additional appropriation is necessary.
Title
Amending Section 3.32(16)(b) of the Madison General Ordinances relating to compensation for employees serving as city election officials.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance provides for additional compensation for employees serving as city election officials for hours served in excess of the employee's regular hours.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
Subdivision (b) of Subsection (16) entitled "Election Official Paid Leave" of Section 3.32 entitled "Absence Of Employees From Duty" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(b) For such time as an employee is serving as a City of Madison election official pursuant to ยง7.30, Wis. Stats., during the twenty four hour period of an election day, and is not using vacation, holiday or compensatory leave, he or she shall remain on the payroll for those hours which they would have otherwise worked for the City and shall receive the difference between his or her regular pay and the amount received for serving as an election official in addition a check in the amount of the election official compensation for the hours where there is no overlap between the employee's regular or scheduled hours and the hours they serve as an election official."