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Resolution 002-2021 RESOLUTION NO. 002 - 2021 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, EXTENDING PAID SICK LEAVE AND LEAVE-OF- ABSENCE PROVISIONS OF THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT (FFCRA) FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES THROUGH MARCH 31, 2021. WHEREAS, in early 2020, the Federal government passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act(FFCRA), which required certain employers(including Monroe County)to provide job protected leaves of absences and paid leaves to employees affected by the COVID-19 virus, when certain circumstances apply; and WHEREAS, those Federal requirements expired on December 31, 2020 and the recent COVID-19 relief package passed by the Federal government did not address an extension or modification of FFCRA beyond 12/31/2020; and WHEREAS, employers may opt to continue the provisions through March 31, 2021; and WHEREAS, in April of 2020, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County did adopt Resolution No. 105-2020, which set Administrative Leave as the method by which the County would comply with the FFCRA; and WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) now wishes to extend the provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act as allowed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, THAT: 1. Monroe County BOCC employees absent for one or more stated reasons under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act(FFCRA), shall have Administrative Leave applied as the form of payment to comply with the Act, at the full or partial rate defined in the Act, through March 31, 2021. 2. This shall serve as only an extension of the provisions of the FFCRA through March 31, 2021 and shall not be a new or additional availability of leave or pay for any employee. Any leave already used by an employee or pay already received by an employee under the FFCRA shall count toward the comprehensive maximum allowances defined in the FFCRA. 1. 3. This Resolution shall be effective as of January 1, 2021. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on January 20, 2021. Mayor Michelle Coldiron Yes cO" Mayor Pro Tern David Rice Yes Commissioner Craig Cates Yes *:6 ea Commissioner Eddie Martinez Yes Commissioner Mike Forster Yes BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS f'IN MADOK, CLERK OFF THE COURT OF MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA By: v-.1 By: As Deputy Clerk Mayor Approved as to form: Monroe County Attorney's Office 1-5-2021 3 0 y .1-4.gaf -fir a r � N _ N 2