HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-06-15 I01L Employee Handbook RevisionsAGENDA ITEM:
CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMMUNICATION
MEETING DATE: June 15, 2026
AGENDA ITEM:Consideration of approval of a resolution approving amendment to City of
Waukee Employee Handbook [4.8 Overtime & Compensatory Time, 7.18
Expenditure of Funds Policy]
FORMAT:Consent Agenda
SYNOPSIS INCLUDING PRO & CON: The Council is asked to authorize the implementation of
amendments and additions/deletions to the employee handbook, section 4.8
Overtime & Compensatory Time and 7.18 Expenditure of Funds Policy. The
handbook is intended to apply to all city employees.
FISCAL IMPACT INCLUDING COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS: The amended employee
handbook will replace the current employee handbook adopted June 16, 2025, and will become
effective June 28, 2026.
COMMISSION/BOARD/COMMITTEE COMMENT:
STAFF REVIEW AND COMMENT: Staff recommends approval of the resolution approving the
amended employee handbook.
RECOMMENDATION:Approve the resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:Proposed resolution
PREPARED BY:Michelle Lindsay
REVIEWED BY:
I1L
THE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
RESOLUTION 2026-
AUTHORIZING AMENDED EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
[4.8 OVERTIME & COMPENSATORY TIME AND
7.18 EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS POLICY]
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
WHEREAS, the City of Waukee, Dallas County, State of Iowa, is a duly organized Municipal
Organization; AND,
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the Employee Handbook to establish and maintain a uniform system
for managing personnel matters; and to provide for the standards, terms, and conditions of employment
with the City of Waukee in a clear and comprehensive fashion; AND,
WHEREAS, the policies contained in the Employee Handbook are general guidelines for the City’s
current employment practices and workplace procedures. They are not intended to be a contract,
expressed or implied, or any type of promise or guarantee of specific treatment upon which employees
may rely, nor a guarantee of employment of any specific duration; AND,
WHEREAS, the City desires to maintain policies and procedures that meet the requirements of state
and federal laws; AND,
WHEREAS, City staff recommend certain amendments and additions to the Employee Handbook;
section 4.8 Overtime & Compensatory Time and section 7.18 Expenditure of Funds Policy: AND,
WHEREAS, Section 4.8 Overtime & Compensatory time is amended by increasing the on-call
payment from six (6) hours to seven (7) hours per week, as follows:
An employee required to be on-call for the employer so that the on-call time restricts that
employee’s movement, requires immediate response to the City, or limits the employee’s off-time
activity shall be paid one (1) payment of seven (7) hours per week at the employee’s regular rate
of pay. Employees may opt to take compensatory time in place of payment for their on-call duties
worked.
WHEREAS, Section 7.18 Expenditure of Funds Policy is amended by increasing employment
anniversary amounts, as follows:
Once each year in the month of July, the City may provide a monetary award for those
employees who have or shall achieve a significant employment anniversary in that
calendar year in the following amounts:
o Five (5) years: $50.00
o Ten (10) years: $100.00
o Fifteen (15) years: $150.00
o Twenty (20) years: $200.00
o Twenty-five (25) years: $250.00
o Thirty (30) years: $300.00
o Thirty-five (35) years: $350.00
WHEREAS, the effective date of the amended employee handbook will be June 28, 2026.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Waukee City Council in session this 15th day
of June 2026, that it hereby approves and adopts the amended employee handbook.
____________________________
Courtney Clarke, Mayor
Attest:
___________________________________
Rebecca D. Schuett, City Clerk
RESULTS OF VOTE: AYE NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN
Kala Anderson
Chris Crone
Rob Grove
Lori Lyon
Anna Bergman Pierce