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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 3, DIVISION II, SECTION 2-45 OF THE
CARMEL CITY CODE
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article 3, Division II, Section 2-45 of the Carmel City Code
("Section 2-45") deals with special leave for the major illnesses and/or .death of members of an
employee' s immediate family; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-45 currently contains no definition of "major illness" to assist in
the enforcement of that Section.
WHEREAS, the current definition in Section 2-45 for a City employee's "immediate
family" is under-inclusive; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel
as follows:
1. That Chapter 2, Article 3, Division II, Section 2-45 of the Carmel City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Family Illness/Bereavement Leave
Up to three (3) days (22.5 hours) special leave may, at the department head's
discretion, be granted annually for a death or major illness in an employee's immediate
family. The department head may request documentation to support the death or illness.
This leave cannot be accumulated or carded forward to the next year.
(a) "Major illness" shall mean an illness, injury or condition that requires non-elective
inpatient or outpatient surgery and/or hospitalization or that is terminal.
(b) "Immediate family" shall mean husband or wife, children, father, mother, sisters,
brothers, grandparents and grandchildren. Immediate family shall also include mother
and father-in-law, sons and daughters-in-law, sisters and brothers-in-law, and
grandparents-in-law as well as step-mother and father, step-children, step-brothers and
sisters, and step-grandparents and grandchildren."
2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and
signing by the Mayor.
3. All prior Ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ja \es Guy-~-.,~
onald E. Carter ' ' ~
~e'/day of
PASSED by t Common Council of the City of C el, Indiana
,1998, by a vote of ~r~es and ~,~s nays.
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CIL FOR THE CITY OF C L
Pr in;Officer ' C~ Ke , Pres
Ro_~bert Battreall
~1 Bill~~alker
ATTEST'
Diana L. Cordray, Clerk-T~
Presented b~~jth. e Mayor of the City of Carreel, Indiana the ~ day of
,1998.
Diana L. Cordray, ClerZ~
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carreel, Indiana this 5 day.of
ainard, Mayor
ATTEL,,)
Diana L. Cordray, C~r