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<br />MinI>. ~tat ~ 4'1.66 <br /> <br />Min". Seal. ~ 4l8.~~ t <br /> <br />S... L;llgue T~~etrch <br />memo bMRB _IlJ OQ,II$ of <br />Cir.v Offl,... ;ntd <br />e"'p/~J'f!es (LMC 65.2) <br /> <br />MiIln, Slal. ij ~'7t.j)~5 <br /> <br />,.....e. 0, 59.-:%:, No., :3. <br />19&0 <br /> <br />or town may insure or protect iu retired officers and employees <br />under a group life. health. accident. medical and surgic:.11 <br />benefits, or hospitalization insurance or benet1ts. <br /> <br />. l"acation ltavt. .AsI.'j city council may grant paid vacations 10 its <br />regularly employed employees and officers. Vacation policies <br />may be adopted by ordinance or resolution. The council may <br />determine tbe tem.s ~d conditions und.er which vacations arC <br />granted. <br /> <br />2. Miscellaneous items <br /> <br />Cities often ask if it is proper to spend money on the follov;ing <br />miscellaneous items for their officers and staff <br /> <br />+ Bonds. City councils ma.y pay to provide fidelity or faithful <br />performance bonds for city offlcers and employees who are <br />required to fumish them. <br /> <br />. Flowers. Tnere is no specific authority for purchasing flowers <br />for a staff member or city offidal who is ill or has lost a fa.-nily <br />member, Although dty staff might contribute thei.r own money <br />to buy t1owers, there is a problem with employees purchasing <br />gifts for a supervisor Wlder the state's gif'llaw, The gift law <br />prohibiti a person from iiving; a gift to an elected or appointed <br />official if the official has the power to make a. decision that is of <br />financial interest to the person giving the gift <br /> <br />*. <br /> <br />Recognition events (plaques: dinners, parties). Cities often ask <br />if they may hold a holiday party for their employees. This is a <br />difficult question to ansWl':t. Since there is no direct statutory <br />authority for cities to spend money on a party for their staff, <br />cities should seek a legal opinion from their dty attorneys Oi the <br />attorney genera.l before setting up any type of recognition ev,mts <br />for their staff that wili be paid for with pubiic funds. <br /> <br />Although the law is rather unclear, the state aud.itor once <br />criticized a public entity for its practice of providing a brunch for <br />employees who had met certain attendance and perfonnance <br />standards. The attorne)' jencral also once concluded that a <br />Christmas party for city employees was not an allowed public <br />expenditure for the following reasons: <br /> <br />" There was no statutory or charter authority to ma.1.::e such an <br />expenditure. <br /> <br />hlbfic I'U!'POU: E~endillll'e$ Z1 <br /> <br />2JZv":20 . d <br /> <br />83 Il 1:) HW .::10 3mJb31 <br /> <br />H' : 60 mOc-90-{Oj <br />