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**ITEM 5.2. **
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FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MEMORANDUM
Mayor and City Council
Sandra Thackeray, City Clerk
June 3, 1996
Adoption of Bereavement Policy
At the May 20, 1996, City Council meeting, the Council directed staff
to draft a bereavement policy for the city. The attached policy
addresses the concern of acknowledging the death of a city employee
or a family member of a city employee. The policy authorizes the
City of Elk River to acknowledge the death of an employee or
employee's family member by offering a $25 token in the form of
memorial, flowers or cash. The policy also directs the City Clerk to
inform City Council and employees of the death if this is the wish of
the employee.
ACTION REQUESTED:
Council motion adopting the attached Bereavement Policy.
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In the case of a death of a city employee or an immediate family member of a city
employee, the City of Elk River shall contribute a monetary token of $25.00 to
the family of the deceased. The $25.00 can be used for flowers, cash or
memorial.
City employee shall include an employee of any department of the city and whose
wage is paid by the City of Elk River.
3. Immediate family shall include spouse, children, parents and brothers and sisters.
Upon the death of an employee or an employee's immediate family member, the
employee should notify the City Clerk. The City Clerk will pass the information
on to staff and council if this is the desire of the employee.
Adopted by the City Council on June 3, 1996
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