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COUNTY WOULD BE WAY AHEAD BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE BETTER PRODUCTION, BUT HE HAS BEEN TOLD HE CANNOT LEGALLY DO THIS. MR. PELLEGRINO INFORMED HIM THAT YOU CAN PAY PEOPLE IN CASH IF THEY DON T USE SICK LEAVE, DADE COUNTY DOES THIS. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO WHETHER YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHARTER GOVERNMENT TO DO THIS, AND MR. PELLEGRINO STATED THAT ALL THE BOARD HAS TO DO IS MAKE THIS A POLICY AND IT CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO SET A POLICY THAT IF THEY DON'T USE SICK LEAVE, THEY ARE PAID FOR IT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OR A PORTION OF IT - THIS CAN BE DONE, ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT HE WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL ATTORNEYS THAT THE STATE LAW SAYS YOU CANT PAY A PERSON FOR WORK THEY DID NOT D0, AND MR. PELLEGRINO FELT UNDER THAT CRITERIA, YOU COULDN°T PAY THEM FOR HOLIDAYS EITHER. HE CONTINUED THAT HALF OF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES IN FLORIDA ARE FOLLOWING THE POLICY OF PAYING PEOPLE A PORTION OF THEIR UNUSED SICK LEAVE. IT IS LEGAL. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT IF THERE IS A WAY SUCH A POLICY COULD BE INCLUDED, HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT. HE NOTED THAT UNDER OUR PRESENT SYSTEM, YOU ACTUALLY GIVE IO DAYS PAY TO SOME PEOPLE WHEN OTHERS ARE WORKING THOSE SAME 10 DAYS AND NOT GETTING ANYTHING FOR IT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT 7.06 A COULD BE CHANGED JUST TO READ THAT EMPLOYEES WITH TEN YEARS OR MORE SERVICE SHALL BE PAID HALF OF UNUSED MEDICAL LEAVE CREDIT TO A MAXIMUM OF 240 HOURS. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THAT CHAPTER TO BE REVIEWED BECAUSE SICK LEAVE IS ONE OF THE MOST ABUSED POLICIES THE COUNTY HAS. HE SUGGESTED`-WE.MIGHT STATE THAT THE EMPLOYEE SHALL s BE PAID FOR UNUSED MEDICAL LEAVE TIME AFTER THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED 60 DAYS SICK LEAVE. COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT THIS SECTION SHOULD BE EXPLORED AND REWORKED AS JUST DISCUSSED BECAUSE WE NEED TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE SO PEOPLE DO NOT MISUSE SICK LEAVE. L- 73 MOK . 43