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Director Memorandum 19-061

Date: June 4, 2019

Prepared By: Allison M. Edmisten, Chief Financial Officer

Subject: Discussion Regarding the Adoption of an Updated Personnel Manual for the
Yucaipa Valley Water District

Recommendation: That, by minute order, the Board adopts the proposed Personnel
Manual.

During the negotiations with the employee groups which began earlier this year, District staff
began updating the Personnel Manual. The current version of the Personnel Manual was adopted
by the Board on November 20, 2018 [Director Memorandum 18-146]. Revisions and updates
were made to the Personnel Manual to document current practice as well as to incorporate text
to reflect the changes contained within the approved Memorandum of Agreements. The revisions
and updates to the Personnel Manual were reviewed by multiple district staff in each employee
group (General, Supervisory and Exempt). Attached is a revised version of the District’s
Personnel Manual.

Some of the changes to the Personnel Manual include:
• Salary & Overtime provisions updated
• Holiday and Stand-by Pay clarification
• Class A & Backflow and Cross-Connection Bonus Language
• 10-Hour workday clarification
• Weapons language updated
• Medical, Dental, Vision calculations/language updated
• Deferred Compensation updated
• Drug and Alcohol Policy updated and included within the manual
• Expense Reimbursement Updates
• Social Media language added
• Salary Ranges updated

Financial Consideration:

There is no financial impact to the District by updating the Personnel Manual.

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