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JUN 41980 <br />BOOK ', 43 PAGE -674 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT IN THE DRAFT OF THE RULES, YOU <br />COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO 60 DAYS AND THEN YOU COULD TRANSFER THE 60 <br />DAYS AND GET TWO. HE ASKED WHY THIS WAS CHANGED. <br />MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT BUY -BACKS ARE VERY COSTLY, AND <br />IF THEY ARE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM ABUSING <br />SICK LEAVE, IT HAS BEEN PROVED THAT THIS DOESNIT WORK. AFTER DIS- <br />CUSSING THIS WITH STAFF, THEY FELT THE UNLIMITED ACCUMULATION WOULD <br />BE A BETTER BENEFIT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT IF A PERSON HAD NOT USED ANY <br />OF THEIR MEDICAL LEAVE AND IF THEY HAD BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR A <br />PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, THEY COULD RECEIVE 120 DAYS OF PAID MEDICAL LEAVE, <br />WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO 24 WEEKS OR SIX MONTHS. HE FELT THIS WAS TOO <br />MUCH ACCUMULATION OF MEDICAL TIME. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION <br />A PERSON -WHO -HAS GONE TEN YEARS AND NOT MISSED A DAY OF WORK, AND <br />THEN GOT VERY SICK OR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT SIX MONTHS WAS NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM <br />WHAT THE BELL SYSTEM PAID. HE BELIEVED AFTER 10-15 YEARS, IT RAN <br />UP TO 26 WEEKS, AND AFTER 20 YEARS, YOU COULD GET A YEAR. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT THIS IS MEANT FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS GIVEN YOU LONG SERVICE AND <br />SUDDENLY IS FACED WITH A -CATASTROPHE; ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE ACCRUED <br />OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THIS CONTINGENCY. HE DID NOT FEEL IT <br />IS TOO FAR OFF INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS FELT IF YOU WILL REVIEW THE TOTAL <br />EMPLOYMENT OF THE COUNTY FORCES, YOU WILL FIND VERY FEW PEOPLE <br />ACCUMULATE SICK LEAVE IN THE TERMS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. HE NOTED <br />IN THE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT, IT FREQUENTLY HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE JUST <br />DON T SHOW UP ON MONDAY MORNING AFTER A BIG WEEKEND, AND SOME USE <br />TEN DAYS SICK LEAVE JUST AS REGULAR AS THE YEARS ROLL AROUND. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ABLE, AT THE END OF THE <br />YEAR, TO GO TO EACH OF THESE MEN AND SAY - "YOU DIDN`T USE BUT FIVE <br />DAYS OF YOUR SICK LEAVE, SO HERE IS A FIVE DAY BONUS, ETC.," OR "YOU <br />USED IT ALL, SO YOU DON T GET ANY." HE BELIEVED IN THE LONG RUN THE <br />