1991/02/26 City Council Resolution (8)RESOLUTION NO. 91-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
DESIGNATING CERTAIN VOLUNTEER WORKERS AS ENPLOYEES
WHEREAS, certain persons ("VOLUNTEER WORKERS") perform voluntary service
without pay for the City of Rohnert Park; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized by Labor Code Section 3363.5 to designate any
or all VOLI=ER WORKERS as employees for the purposese of i,;orkers' compensation
coveraqe; and
W HEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council of of the City of Rohnert Park to
designate particular VOLUNTEER WORKERS as employees for purposes of workers'
compensation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
that VOLUNTEER WORKERS vho are DESIGNATED AND REGISTERED, as defined below, shall be
deemed to be employees of the City for purposes of Workers' compensation while
performing such voluntary, service without pay for the City as authorized by Labor
Code Section 3363.5. VOLUNTEER WORKERS who are not DESIGNATED and REGISTERED, as
defined below, shall not be deemed enployees of the City for purposes of workers'
compensation under Labor Code Section 3363.5.
To be "DESIGNATED", a person nust be a n-enber of a group or class of VOLUNTEER
W-ORK.ERS which the City Council designates to contain employees of the City of
Rohnert Park for purposes of workers' compensation. It is the intent of the City
Council that the following groups or classes of VOLUNTEER WORKERS be designated to
contain employees of the City of Rohnert Park for the purposes of workers'
compensation and all other groups or classes of VOLUNTEER WORKERS be excluded:
I. ADIV]INISTRATIVE VOLUNTEERS (volunteers assigned to do admiinistrative work for
all administrative functions of the City including spouses who may drive a City
vehicle with the City ei-rployee present).
2. PERFOR[YENG ARTS CENTER VOLUNTEERS
A. Back stage technicians
B. Front of House - including ushers and box office volunteers
C. Performing Arts administrative volunteers
3. ANTNAL SHELTER VOLUNTEER STAFF
4. RECREATION DEPART V ENT VOLUNTEERS
A. Sunshine bus drivers
B. Conumity service volunteers
C. Court referral volunteers
D. Youth Service volunteers
E. Cheese and Butter DistributiOrL Program volunteers
F. ConTmmity Garden volunteers
G. Blood Pressure Clinic volunteers
H. Drop-in Center Senior volunteers
I. Senior Center volunteers
J. Aquatics volunteers
5. OUEREACH FOR YOUIE AND FMILIES PROGRAJVI VOLUNTEERS
To be "REGISTERED", a person mast be listed on the roster of volunteer workers
�\ho are considered enployees of the City of Rohnert Park. The City Manager or a
person appointed in writing by the City Manager shall keep and n-aintain the roster.
The City Manager or a person appointed by the City Manager shall promulgate
procedures to register DESIGNATED VOLUNTEER WCRKERS. The City Manager or a person
appointed by the City Nbnager shall not register VOLUNTEER WORKERS who are not
DESIGNATED. The roster shall contain the name, address, telephone nunber, nature of
the work to be performed, and the approximate time during which such volunteer work
is performed. DESIGNATED VOLUNTEER WORKERS shall be registered on the list for a
mxin,um period of six (6) months, at Ahich time the registration nest be renewed or
the registration will expire.
The City reserves the right to terminate the voluntary service of any
individual worker if such volunteer services are not needed or the specific
volunteer is not performing the proffered services satisfactorily. The City
reserves the right to withdraw the status of enployee to DESIGNATED and REGIS,"=
VOLUNTEER WORKERS, either individually or as a group or class, by terminating either
their DESIGNATED or REGISTERED status, or both.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 26th day of February, 1991.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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