File #: 24-627    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Referred
File created: 10/3/2024 In control: Rules Review and Legislative Modernization Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/15/2024
Title: AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ALBANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES
Sponsors: Joanne Cunningham, Wanda F. Willingham
Attachments: 1. 24-627 IND - Bonuses.FINAL

RESOLUTION NO. 627

 

AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ALBANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES

 

                     Introduced:  10/15/24

                     By: Cunningham and Willingham:

 

                     WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 136-b for 1999, this Honorable Body adopted employee rules and regulations that are applicable to all non-union employees of Albany County, and

 

                     WHEREAS, there is inconsistency throughout the departments when it comes to compensation not contemplated in the budget, allowing for unfair distribution of compensation, now, therefore, be it

 

RESOLVED, by the Albany County Legislature that the Albany County Employee Rules and Regulations, adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 136-b for 1999, as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE IV: COMPENSATION”:

 

I.                     Bonuses. Compensation not covered by these Rules and Regulations shall be provided only with explicit written approval of the Albany County Legislature. Said compensation shall be limited to no more than 10% of an employee’s budgeted line item, regardless of additional compensation provided consistent with Article V of these Rules and Regulations.

 

RESOLVED, That these modifications to the Albany County Employee Rules and Regulations shall take effect immediately, and, be it further

                     

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this Resolution to the appropriate County Officials.