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MCHENRY COUNTY
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Ordinance 23-60
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING EMPLOYEES' RIGHT TO PAID LEAVE
Passed by the
Mayor and City Council
Of the
City of McHenry
McHenry County
State of Illinois
November 20, 2023
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the Mayor and City Council of the City
of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois this 21St day of November 2023
CITY OF MCHENRY
ORDINANCE 23 - 60 .
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING EMPLOYEES' RIGHT TO PAID LEAVE
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, Illinois, is a municipality, and the passage of this
Ordinance constitutes an exercise of the City's statutory rights, including, without limitation,
pursuant to the "Paid Leave for All Workers Act," 820 ILCS 192/1 et seq. (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, consistent with the Act, the City Council finds that it is in the public policy
interests of the municipality for employees to have some paid leave from work to maintain their
health and well-being, care for their families, or use for any other reason of their choosing, and
that doing so is in the best interest of the government to provide for the overall betterment of public
health and safety, and long-term efficient operations of the municipality; and
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City desire to establish by ordinance and codify in the
City of McHenry Municipal Code ("Municipal Code")to set forth inalienable rights to paid leave
which existing and future policy of the City may enhance but which may not be diminished, and
that such a municipal ordinance is expressly contemplated by Section 15(p) of the Act; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
McHenry, Illinois as follows:
SECTION 1: RECITALS. The foregoing recitals are incorporated into and made a part
of this Ordinance as the findings of the Mayor and City Council. "
SECTION 2: PAID LEAVE RIGHTS. Title 1, Chapter 11, of the Municipal Code is
hereby established with the following language:
1-11-1: Paid Leave Rights:
A. All regular, full-time employees of the City will, at a11 times, be provided no less than 40
hours of any form of paid leave for every consecutive 12 month period of their
employment.
B. All part-time,temporary, and seasonal employees of the City will, at all times,be provided
no less than 1 hour of any form of paid leave for every 40 hours worked, up to a minimum
of 40 hours. -
C. The City through its Personnel Policies may make adjustments to eligibility and accrual
rates for various forms of paid leave, including sick leave, on an ongoing basis without
impacting,affecting, or altering this ordinance,but in no event shall the rights to paid leave
provided to employees be less than what is provided herein.
D. The rights of employees working for non-municipal employers within the City shall be as
stated in the Paid Leave for All Workers Act, 820 ILCS 1,92/1 et seq., as may be amended
from time to time.
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CERTIFICATION
I, Monte Johnson, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed, acting and qualified
Deputy Clerl� of the City of McHenry, Illinois, and that as such Clerk, I am the keeper of the
records and r�inutes and proceedings of the Mayor and City Council of said City of McHenry.
I do further certify that at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of
McHenry, held on the 20'h day of November, 2023, the foregoing Ordinance entitled, An
Ordinance Establishing Employees'Rights to Paid Leave, as duly passed by the Mayor and City
Council of the City of McHenry.
The p�imphlet form of Ordinance No. 23-60, including the Ordinance was prepared, and a
copy of such Ordinance was available in the City Hall, commencing on the 21 St day of November,
2023, and will continue for at least 10 days thereafter. Copies of such Ordinance are also,available
for public inspection upon request in the office of the City Clerk.
I do further certify that the original, of which the attached is a true and correct copy, is
entrusted to rne as the Clerk of said City for safekeeping, and that I am the lawful custodian and
keeper of the same.
Given under my hand and seal of the City of McHenry this 21 St day of November, 2023.
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