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Regular City Council Meeting February 10, 2003 Page 7 their comp time and the only way that could vary is if the City Council voted to do something different. Councilman Plata said he thought that when Earl Smith left the employment of the City of Paris, he received pay for comp time. Mr. Anderson advised that Mr. Smith did not get paid for any comp time that he had accrued. Mr. Anderson advised that Mr. Smith did have vacation time accrued and he did get paid for that. Mr. Anderson explained that under the policy, upon termination, an employee can only be paid for thirty days of vacation time. The policy does not prevent them from taking vacation time prior to the termination date. He explained that the other issue brought up was sick leave. The policy says people can be paid for sick leave if they are sick or someone in their immediate family is sick. The only exception to that rule are the civil service employees, which are policemen and firemen. Under civil service, they can be paid up to 90 days of sick leave when they leave the employment of the city. He said that no employee, other than civic service employees, are paid for sick leave when their employment is terminated. On the request of Councilman McCarthy, Mr. Anderson explained that once the city received Earl Smith's formal termination of employment he drew no pay. He was paid an amount of accumulated vacation time after he made his move. This was allowed because Mr. Smith was not replaced right away and the City needed him for several things such as his expertise in a lawsuit. There were several Engineering projects that required the services of a professional engineer in order to continue. Mr. Smith made numerous trips back to the city for meetings and he was not paid for the travel or for his time. City Attorney Schenk pointed out that on Page 4 of the revised contracts the words "sick leave", "compensatory time", and "all" before "accrued vacation" have been omitted. That portion now reads "shall be entitled to receive compensation for accrued vacation and all other compensation benefits afforded other City employees of similar longevity pursuant to the City's Personnel Policy" have been inserted.