RESOLUTION NO. _____
TO PROVIDE FOR EDUCATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS AND FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF _______________ COUNTY GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, under T.C.A. § 5-1-310(i), counties are authorized and encouraged to provide for payment of an educational incentive for attainment of the designation of “Certified Public Administrator” under the University of Tennessee County Technical Assistance Service’s
County Officials Certificate Training Program (COCTP); and WHEREAS, such incentive payment cannot exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) less any incentive payment provided by the state of Tennessee under T.C.A. § 5-1-310(a); and WHEREAS, ___________ County desires to provide in its budget for the fiscal year _______ an incentive payment for those elected and appointed county officials who are eligible for the state educational incentive under T.C.A. § 5-1-310(a) and to full-time paid employees of the county;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the ______________ County legislative body meeting in _________ session at _________________, Tennessee, on this ______ day of ________________, 200__, that:
SECTION 1. Any elected or appointed official of _______________ County who is eligible for the state educational incentive payment under T.C.A. § 5-1-310(a) and any full-time paid employee of ____________ County who has completed the COCTP and attained the
designation of Certified Public Administrator and who submits to the county mayor proof of such attainment on or before ___________, 200___, shall be paid an amount as follows out of county funds appropriated for that purpose for the fiscal year ______________:
Full-time officials
County commissioners
Full-time paid employees
SECTION 2. This resolution shall take effect upon its passage and approval, the public welfare requiring it.
ADOPTED this ____ day of ________________, 200__.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
___________________________________ ____________________________________
County Mayor County Clerk
RELEVANT STATUTES:
T.C.A. § 5-1-310
(i) Each county is encouraged and authorized to provide in its annual budget for payment of an annual educational incentive to employees as defined in § 29-20-102(2) who attain the designation of a "certified public administrator" pursuant to § 5-1-308 in an amount not to
exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) less any payment received from the state of Tennessee as provided in subsection (a). The incentive provided by this section shall be paid from funds appropriated for such purpose and shall be paid in one (1) payment, no later than October 31. In any county providing such an incentive, the county mayor shall provide to the state treasurer the amount of any educational incentive paid in the county and the number of persons receiving such incentive which the state treasurer shall compile in an annual report
