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SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 235-9798 MEMORANDUM Monday, December 8, 2003 TO: HPC Members FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash RE: New Child Leave County personnel policy requires that I make a formal request for maternity leave ("New Child Leave", County Personnel Manual, p. 33), in writing, in advance of the expected date of the leave. After you (the HPC) endorse my request, the request must be submitted to the County at least 30 days before the leave is expected to begin. So here is my formal written request: I ask that the HPC approve 12 weeks of continuous New Child Leave for me, to begin effective the next business day after the birth of my child, expected to be sometime between February 28 and March 15. If I deliver in advance of the expected date, I will of course ask that my New Child Leave begin effective immediately. If I go past March 2 or 3 without delivering, I propose to - take a vacation or work a reduced schedule beginning then, using accrued "personal days" to do so. In that case I would ask that both the preliminary vacation schedule be approved, and also that my New Child Leave begin effective the date the child is born. As you know, I live close in town, and I expect to be available to Julie and to Wayne, or to any HPC member, should questions arise during my leave. Also, I have arranged with my mother-in-law that she will watch the child one afternoon a week during my New Child Leave, so that I may come into the office and keep up with matters there during that time. Julie.and Wayne are both well informed regarding office business and procedures, and I have no doubt of the two of them being able to handle anything likely to arise during the 12 weeks between approximately March 1 and the end of May.