A. A city employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer may be granted leave from work with pay for an aggregate of up to twelve (12) workdays, consecutively or nonconsecutively, in any twelve (12) month period to participate in disaster relief services for a volunteer organization in connection with any disaster, upon the request of the volunteer organization for such employee's services.
B. A city employee requesting leave under this chapter shall file a written request with the employee's supervisor, which includes:
1. The anticipated duration of the leave of absence;
2. The type of service the employee is to provide on behalf of the volunteer organization;
3. The nature and location of the disaster where the employee's services will be provided; and
4. A copy of the written request for the employee's services from an official of the volunteer organization.
C. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require the city to grant a city employee's request for voluntary disaster service leave if the city determines, in its sole discretion, that the grant of leave would pose a hardship on the city. (Ord. 54-13, 2013)