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CITY OF PLEASANTON COUNTY OF ALAMEDA STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 78-159 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING SEVERANCE PAY AND CONTINUED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE POLICIES FOR FULL TIME, PERMANENT, OR PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES LAID OFF AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 13. WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton must reduce service levels to adjust expenditures commensurate with the reduced revenues the City will receive following the passage of Proposition 13; and WHEREAS, to effect the required expenditure adjustments in part, the laying off of full time employees and requires, of the City; WHEREAS, the duration of lay-offs is uncertain; and WHEREAS, the availability of trained employees for recall, if and when funding is restored, would be deminished due to such uncertainty; and WHEREAS, the employement opportunities of those employees laid off will be restricted given similar employee reductions by most public agencies within the State; and WHEREAS, the morale and efficiency of the City work force will be harmed least if adequate provision for laid off employees is made; and WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of providing financial assist- ance to those employees of the City laid off, in the form of severance pay and continued health insurance benefits; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a severance pay policy which assists those employees being laid off, protects the morale of the work force as a whole, and maximizes the likelihood that trained employees will be available for recall is in the best interests of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Adopts the following severance pay policy: Eli ibility Ful~ time (permanent or probationary) employees laid off as a result of the passage of Proposition 13 shall be eligible to receive up to a maximum of two months severance pay less normal withholdings. Severance pay shall be paid bi-weekly.