All full-time employees of the City, covered under this chapter, shall receive vacations with pay, in accordance with the following:
(a) Years of Service Defined. "Years of service," for the purposes of this section, means continuous, uninterrupted full-time service, except that military service, authorized sick leave and vacations shall not be considered an interruption of service.
(b) Amount of Vacation Pay. The amount of vacation pay in the case of salaried employees shall be the regular compensation fixed for such position.
In the case of hourly paid personnel, the weekly vacation pay shall be compensation at the rate of a forty-hour work week.
(c) Vacation Scheduling. Vacations shall be taken at a time scheduled and approved by the department director, who shall be responsible for the reporting of authorized vacations or leaves to the Director of Finance.
(d) Computation. Vacations shall be taken as follows:
(1) One day will be given for each full calendar month worked during the first five continuous years of service, to a maximum of ten days.
(2) After five years of continuous service, fifteen days will be given, plus, thereafter, one additional day for each additional full year of continuous service, to a maximum of twenty days total vacation.
(3) Vacations earned shall be taken within one year from the vacation calculation date or be governed by paragraph (d)(5) hereof.
(4) The vacation calculation date shall be December 31 of each year. All vacations earned in the current year will be calculated on the basis of the months or years of continuous service completed by December 31 of the preceding year.
(5) If an employee does not take the vacation earned, a maximum of two weeks may be carried to the succeeding year.
(6) In the event of termination of employment by an employee, provided that the employee was employed by the City on December 31 of the preceding year, vacation credit shall be calculated in accordance with this section for the year in which the employment is terminated, based upon the actual time in the employment of the City during the termination year, and the employee shall be paid as of the termination date in lieu thereof.
(7) No vacation leave credit will be given an employee for his or her part-time or permanent part-time service with the City.
(8) Accumulated vacation hours in excess of 80 hours at the end of the year will be paid upon the written recommendation of the department head and the express written authority of the Mayor.
(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85; Ord. 191-99. Passed 12-13-99; Ord. 182-02. Passed 10-28-02.)