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225 Sick leave shall be granted to an employee absent from work for any of the following reasons: sickness, bodily injury, required physical examinations, dental examinations and treatment, or exposure to a contagious disease when continuing work might jeopardize the health of others. Sick Leave may also be used when illness, injury, or a medical appointment of a member of an employee's immediate family requires the presence of the employee, but may not exceed forty-eight (48) hours [sixty-four (64) hours for Emergency Medical Services Personnel] for any one calendar year. Sick leave may be used for death in the employee's immediate family, but may not exceed twenty-four (24) hours [thirty-two (32) hours for Emergency Medical Services Personnel] for any one occurrence, except by special permission from the department head. Immediate family shall be deemed to include spouse, mother, father, guardian, children, sister, brother, grandparents, grandchildren, plus the various combinations of half, step, in-law, and adoptive relationships that can be derived from those named. Notification of the desire to take sick leave should be submitted to the employee's supervisor prior to the leave or not later than two (2) hours after the beginning of the scheduled workday. Commissioner Barnhart asked that the record show that he asked that the amendment as revised by the Board go back to staff for review prior to adoption. Proposed Revision to the Animal Control Ordinance Ms. Jan Bryant, Chief Animal Control Officer, reviewed the proposed addition to Article I, Section 9, "Restraint of Animals", of the Animal Control Ordinance. UPON MOTIONof Chairman Carpenter, seconded by Commissioner Barnhart with Commissioners Barnhart and Payne and Chairman Carpenter voting for and Commissioner Casper voting against, the Board adopted on first reading the amendment to add the following to the Animal Control Ordinance. Include the following as Item #2, Article I, Section 9 "Restraint of Animals": "Adult with Animal on Premises. If a responsible adult is physically outside on the land immediately adjacent to the animal, on the land where the owner of the animal resides, and the animal is under the person's direct control and is obedient to that person's commands, then this section shall not apply during the duration of time the animal is in the company and under the control of that adult and the animal is on the premises, "Adult" is defined as eighteen (18) years of age or older." Subsequent items in Section 9 which already exist were renumbered accordingly. Commissioner Casper proposed that a seeing eye dog or other animals that been specially trained to assist the handicapped be exempt from Section 9, Restraint of Animals. The Board by consensus agreed for Chairman Carpenter to ask the Health Board to look at the possibility of making an exception to Section 9 for these specially trained animals. Water and Sewer District Meeting Chairman Carpenter recessed the meeting of the Board of Commissioners until the conclusion of meeting of the Water and Sewer District Commissioners. Chairman Carpenter reconvened the meeting of the Board of Commissioners.