(a) Each full-time employee, not being a member of a bargaining unit, shall earn and be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the following schedule:
Length of Service Weeks
After one year Two
After five years Three
After ten years Four
After fifteen years Five
After twenty-five years Six
(b) Effective January 1, 2001, all vacation which will be qualified for on the employee's anniversary date of the new year shall be booked and available for employee use as of January 1 of the new year. Usual separation pay adjustment procedures shall be followed should employment be terminated prior to the employee's anniversary date.
(c) Vacation shall be taken during each current year, provided, however, that the City may permit an employee to carry over two (2) weeks' vacation leave to the following year upon written request and upon written approval by the Mayor. Any remaining unused vacation time shall be forfeited.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, Ohio R.C. 9.44 or any state or local provision which generally prohibits granting of vacation credit for prior public service, and in order to attract qualified candidates at the time of hiring, the Mayor shall have the authority and discretion to grant a newly hired full-time employee vacation credit. As permitted by the Mayor, the employee shall have a specific number of years credited to him or her and shall thereafter be placed on the vacation schedule in subsection (a) of this Section, with the employee's applicable vacation credit available at his or her start date. Any vacation service credit permitted hereunder shall be documented in writing and placed in the employee's personnel file by the Finance Director. (Ord. 2020-14. Passed 3-23-20.)