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Regular Meeting City Council June 14, 2004 Page 31 off as vacation time. Interim City Manager Townsend said that is pretty much what has been drafted in the new personnel policy. Finance Director Anderson explained that they could not dock a salaried employee for less than a day's time off, because that would make them an hourly employee subj ect to getting paid over-time, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Police Chief Karl Louis wanted the Council to realize what the impact of the cost of insurance would have on the retired employees if they had to pay full insurance. He said these employees had the expectation that would be paid and made retirement plans with that in mind. He asked if Mr. Anderson could generate what an average twenty (20) to thirty (30) year employee would get for retirement. Mr. Anderson said he could not, because it is a state system and he does not have access to the figures. City Attorney Schenk explained, under the FSLA regulation, if you charge an employee for a partial day, that immediately makes him an hourly employee. Mayor Fendley said there would be a report from the Benefits Sub-Committee after it meets again. He felt these issues should be resolved at the July meeting so the Council could get on with the budget and the personnel policy can be finished. He felt the discussion of these issues will include accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, retiree benefits, comp policy and employee participation on the health care. Councilman Wilson said at the last meeting, there was an issue of the entire fire department getting employee physicals at a cost of $1,000.00 per person and wanted to know if that had been authorized yet. He said he was concerned about the excessive cost of the physicaL Interim City Manager Townsend said he had the information on that. Councilman Wilson wanted to make sure that those