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Consider recommendations regarding an extension to use previously approved paid leave time in response to the COVID-19 Emergency, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Adopt a Resolution extending the deadline for regular and extra help employees to use up to 160 hours of previously granted County paid leave (up to 224 hours to Fire Department employees in 112 hour per pay-period shifts assignments) if such employees are absent from work for reasons related to the COVID-19 emergency;
b) Find, pursuant to County Code Section 27-12 (i), that the action in recommendation a) is in the best interest of the County, and does not amount to a gift of public funds prohibited by the California Constitution, because it serves public purposes by retaining qualified and competent County employees; and
c) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) that the above actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and therefore is not a project subject to environmental review.