(A) Vacation leave will accrue on a biweekly basis from the day of a city employee's current permanent employment. Vacation leave may be taken as accrued, upon approval of the employee's department head or designee. Hours worked in addition to a regular work week as given below, shall not entitle an employee to additional vacation. The city shall not compensate employees and officials for unused vacation time, except:
(1) Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement; or
(2) Any permanent employee separating from the city service is eligible to be compensated for accrued vacation leave as provided for in the Personnel Rules and Regulations.
(B) Vacation leave will accrue as follows:
Continuous Service | Reg. Work Week | Biweekly Accruals | Accrual Year |
Continuous Service | Reg. Work Week | Biweekly Accruals | Accrual Year |
Less than 5 years: | 40 hours | 3.85 hours | 100 hours |
56 hours | 5.39 hours | 140 hours | |
More than 5 years BUT less than 10 years: | 40 hours | 4.62 hours | 120 hours |
56 hours | 6.47 hours | 168 hours | |
More than 10 years BUT less than 15 years: | 40 hours | 5.54 hours | 144 hours |
56 hours | 7.76 hours | 201.6 hours | |
More than 15 years: | 40 hours | 6.16 hours | 160 hours |
56 hours | 8.62 hours | 224 hours | |
(C) The Mayor and the City Councillors do not accrue vacation time. The Mayor sets his or her own hours and days of work, consistent with his Charter position as a full-time official. Similarly, Councillors set their own hours and days of work, consistent with their duties to attend meetings and attend to their other responsibilities.
(D) Vacation accumulation will be computed as of the pay period including December 31 each year. The excess over 78 biweekly accruals shall be dropped from the record.
(E) No vacation time may be accrued or accumulated by classified or unclassified employees or officials except as provided by this section or as provided by a collective bargaining agreement entered into consistent with §§ 3-2-1 et seq., Labor- Management Relations.
('74 Code, § 2-9-14) (Ord. 52-1978; Am. Ord. 52-1988; Am. Ord. 30-1989; Am. Ord. 29-1998; Am. Ord. 7-2010)