RES NO 06-01-2024 I
CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO.04 - 6 1 -2024
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS,A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED:
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE REVISED EMPLOYEE
PERSONNEL HANDBOOK GOVERNING CITY
EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, AND REPEALING SECTION 4.6.2 OF THE
EXISTING EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL HANDBOOK; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS it is necessary to update and revise the existing Employee Personnel
Handbook for the City of Van Buren to conform to changes in law
and policy; and
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The revised Employee Personnel.Handbook for the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,
section 4.6.2 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE-POLICE DEPARTMENT, Exhibit A,
attached hereto, is hereby adopted and the existing section of the Employee
Personnel Handbook dated March 25, 2024,is hereby repealed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,by its City Council, did
pass, approve, and adopt,by a vote of for and C against,the foregoing Resolution at its
regular meeting held on the 24t1'day of June 2024.
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Exhibit A
4.6.2 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE—POLICE DEPARTMENT Upon being hired,uniformed employees of the
police department,shall be furnished with all uniforms and equipment necessary to perform his or her
duties. Upon leaving the department,each employee shall be responsible for returning all equipment
provided by the police department.After one year of employment,full-time uniformed
empleye officers of the police department shall be entitled to an annual uniform and equipment
replacement"allowance of up to$900(nine hundred dollars). Reserve officers of the police
department shall be entitled to annual uniform and equipment allowance of up to$500(five hundred
dollars).An allowance will not be paid directly to an officer,but to authorized vendors and-Gonly for
items specified by the Chief of Police will A record of all purchases will be
maintained by the Chief of Police.