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9 DONATION OF PERSONAL LEAVE With the expressed written approval of the City Council, City employees having accrued personal leave may be allowed to donate a portion of their personal leave to fellow employees experiencing a major life threatening disease or condition suffered by the employee, their spouse or minor children. A major life threatening disease or condition shall include, but not necessarily be limited to heart attack, stroke, organ transplant, or life threatening illness or condition as defined by a physician's diagnosis. The donation of personal leave from one employee to another shall be subject to the following terms and conditions. 1. An employee is only eligible to receive donated personal leave for time loss from work due to a major life threatening disease of condition as described above, equal to the number of hours of time, compensated by personal leave, which the employee would lose from his/her job due to major life threatening disease or condition. 2. An employee will be eligible to receive donated personal leave only after the employee's accrued personal leave has been used by the employee. 3. No employee will be allowed to receive more than twenty days of donated personal leave for any single major life threatening disease or condition without the additional express approval of the City Council. 4. Donated personal leave will be paid at the regular rate of the employee receiving the donated time. 5. An employee may donate no more than sixteen hours of leave per calendar year to a single fellow employee. This shall not be construed to prohibit donating sixteen hours each per year to additional fellow employees. 6. A written request to donate personal leave must be made to the City Council via the City Administrator. 7. The City Administrator shall have the right to deny use of donated personal leave or limit its use as shall be determined necessary to the best interests of the City