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2 AN ORD~NANCE AMEND~NG ORD~NANCE NO. 2$43
OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE, KNOWN AS THE "SALARY ORllINANCE"
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4 The Board o~ Supervisors o~ the County of Butte ordains as
~ fallows:
~ Secti.an 1. Section No. 65 0~ Ordinance No. 2843 0~ the County
~ of Butte entit7.ed "PAYMENT OF SALAR~ES AND WAGES" i.s hereby amended to
~Ilread as fallows:
g "SECTION NO. fi5, PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND WAGES:
14 Salary and wage policy sha11 be in accordance w~.th the provisions
1~ o~ the Merit System Ordinance and Resaluta.on.
12 Payment of salaries shall b~ made on the Friday next succeedi.ng
13 the end af any pay period or at such earli.er time as may be determined
14 necessary by the Coun~y Auditor. I~ the sa~ary payment date ~all.s on
15 a regularly sch~d~~ed County holiday, payment shal.l be made the
l~ preceding regul.arly scheduled wa~k day."
17 Section 2. Severabil.it r.
18 If any part of this ordinance shall be he~.d vo~d such part shall
~~ be deamed severable, and the invalidity thereof sha~l not affect the
w~ r~maining parts of this ordinance.
21 Secti.on 3.
~2 A. This ardinance is an urgency ordinanc~ for the immediate
9~ preservat~.on of the public peac~, heal.th, or sa~ety, and sha1.1 taka
°-'~ effect immediatel.y pu~suan~ to Section 25123 {d} and (f) af the
9~ Government Cade of the State of Cali.fornia. The facts constituting
9~ ~~the urgency are as ~ollows:
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1. Section No. 65 of the Sa~ary Ordinance has heretofore
provided that ~.he payment a~ salaries shall be made on the Eriday next
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~ succeeding th~ end of any pay period.
2 2. The County of Butte is involved in a fiscal crisis which may
~ require the imminent fi~ing of a bankruptcy peti~ion pursuant ta
~ hapter 9 ot ~he Federal Bankruptcy Law.
~ 3. The ~iling o~ such bankrup~cy petition could result in
6 e~ployees o~ the County being put in the position of pre-petition
~ reditors in the bankruptcy proceedings an~ could substantially delay
R uch employees in receiv~ng the comp~nsation to which they would be
9 ntit~ed~ ~f they are paid on the schedule heretofore provided ~or in
~~ he Salary 4rdinance. Such a result could work substantial hardship
~~ on such employees and have a r~su~ting disrup~ive ~ffect upon the
X2 oun~y work force.
13 4. In vi~w of the above it is necessary for the Bu~~e County
~4 ala~y Ordinance to be amended so that the County Auditor can pay
15 Q~nty emplayees on a schedule mo~e flexib~e than presen~~y p~ovided
ls 'n the Salary Ord~nanc~ and the~eby avoid ar minimize th~ potential
37 isruptiv~ effects on County employees of ~he f~ling o~ a bankruptcy
~~ etition.
19 B. Be~ore the expi~ation of f~~teen (i5) days after its
2~ assage, this Ordinance shall be published once with the names of the
21 embers of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against ~t in th~
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2 f Butte, State of Califa~nia.
~ PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board af Supervisors of the County o~
~ utte, State o~ Ca~i~orn.ia, an the 24th day o~ Augusti ,
5 1990, by the ~ollowing vote:
6 AYE S: Supervisors Ao1an, Fulton, Mclntur~, Vereruse and Chairman McZau~
7 N~ES : Non.e
8 ABSENT : None
9 NOT VOTTNG: None
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ED MaLAUGHL~N, Cha' of the
~2 Butte Caunty Board of Supervisors
13 TTEST:
14 ILLIAM H. RANDOLPH, Chief Ad~ninistrative
fficer and C1erk of the Board
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