Sec. 25-12.01. Vacation.
a.All full-time personnel shall accrue annual vacation leave at the rates provided below.
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Years of Continuous Service |
General & Police |
Fire Operations |
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Annual Vacation |
Accrual |
Annual Vacation |
Accrual |
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First 5 yrs |
2 weeks |
6:40 hrs/mo |
112 hrs |
9:20 hrs/mo |
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After 5 yrs |
3 weeks |
10 hrs/mo |
168 hrs |
14 hrs/mo |
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After 10 yrs |
17 days |
11:20 hrs/mo |
190 hrs |
15:53 hrs/mo |
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After 15 yrs |
4 weeks |
13:20 hrs/mo |
224 hrs |
18:40 hrs/mo |
Regular Part-time Employees shall accrue annual prorated vacation leave at 75% of the rates provided above. (Ord. 3280 §1, 2000)
b.Employees shall accrue vacation in accordance with the above schedule for every month worked, or major fraction thereof, on the last day of the month. All employees shall, upon separation for any reason, be entitled to receive payment at their current base straight-time rate of pay for all vacation hours earned, but not taken, as of the effective date of the separation.
c.An employee who works over one half of the month in which the employee separates employment shall be entitled to receive such payments for the full month.
d.The department head and employee shall schedule the times at which vacation leave is to be taken with due consideration being given to the desires of the employee and the operational needs of the department. Use of vacation leave in less than fifteen (15) minute increments shall not be permitted. Scheduling of vacation shall be in accordance with any established departmental policy and subject to department head approval. The decision of the department head shall be final.
e.Based upon operational needs or employee preference, the use of vacation leave earned in a given year may be deferred to the following year. However, the total amount of vacation which may be accumulated, including current year accrual, shall not exceed 448 hours for fire operations personnel and 320 hours for all other employees. Any vacation accruals in excess of these limits as of December 31 of each year will be paid at the prevailing rates in accordance with a procedure set by the Finance Director.
f.In the event a City holiday for which the employee is eligible (unless provided otherwise by memorandum of understanding) falls during the period of an employee’s vacation leave, that day shall not be charged against vacation accrual. Where an employee is ill or injured during vacation and desires to charge that time to sick leave, the employee shall provide a doctor’s certification of illness or injury for the days to be charged to sick leave.
g. Vacation in advance of accrual.An employee may be granted vacation in advance of accrual by their department head subject to the following conditions:
1.If an employee has served at least six (6) months and has accumulated at least the equivalent of five (5) days vacation available for use, the employee may be granted an additional five (5) days of vacation in advance of accrual. Fire suppression personnel, after six (6) months of service, may take vacation that would accrue by the end of the calendar year, but not more than the equivalent of the amount of vacation that would accrue in twelve months.
2.An employee who has served the City for five or more continuous years may be granted vacation time that would otherwise accrue during the next twelve (12) months, provided that the employee has accumulated and has available for use the equivalent of ten (10) days vacation.
3.When such vacation is granted in advance of accrual, the employee shall be required to repay any vacation taken, but not yet accrued, at the time of separation.