181.01 VACATION LEAVE.

   Unless otherwise provided for in subsection (g) of this section, permanent employees of the City hired before January 1, 2016, including permanent employees originally hired before January 1, 2016 and reinstated to City employment pursuant to Civil Service rule or any legal requirement, shall be granted vacation leave on the basis of length of continuous service and shall be entitled to leave with pay in accordance with the following schedule:

   (a)   Determination of Eligibility.

      (1)   Permanent full-time employees shall be eligible for vacation leave as specified herein unless provided otherwise by a negotiated labor contract covering bargaining unit of which the employee is a member. All service, for calculation of vacation leave, must be continuous with the City.

Years of Continuous Service	Vacation Leave Allowance (work days)
Less than one	0
One but less than seven	10
Seven but less than sixteen	15
Sixteen	20
Seventeen	21
Eighteen	22
Nineteen	23
Twenty	24
Twenty-one	25
Twenty-two	26
Twenty-three	27
Twenty-four	28
Twenty-five	29
Twenty-six or more	30

 

      (2)   Employees of the Division of Fire who are not within the bargaining unit and whose normal work schedule is based upon twenty-four hour tours of duty shall receive vacation leave as follows:

Years of Continuous Service	Vacation Leave Allowance
Less than one	None
One but less than eight	Five tours
Eight but less than sixteen	Seven tours
Sixteen but less than nineteen	Nine tours
Nineteen but less than twenty- two	Ten tours
Twenty-two but less than twenty-five	Eleven tours
Twenty-five	Twelve tours
Twenty-six or more	Twelve tours plus eight hours pay

      (3)   Only permanent part-time employees hired before January 1, 2014 whose normal work schedule is less than forty but twenty-five or more hours per week shall be eligible for paid annual vacation leave. All permanent part-time employees hired after January 1, 2014 shall not be eligible for any paid annual vacation. Pay for vacation leave shall not exceed that provided as compensation for the normal, average work week of the eligible employee. Service with the City for purposes of vacation leave shall be continuous.

      (4)   Upon their first anniversary date with the City and each year thereafter, all permanent part-time employees hired before January 1, 2014, shall be eligible for annual paid vacation leave up to a maximum of ten days. The number of hours of annual paid vacation for permanent part-time employees hired before January 1, 2014, shall be determined by multiplying eighty hours by a fraction whose numerator is the total number of hours the employee worked in the previous year, which shall be computed as of the date of the employee's anniversary of service with the City, and whose denominator is 2,080 hours. Eligibility for vacation shall commence one year after the employee's date of hire. Pay for vacation leave shall not exceed that provided as compensation for the normal, average work week of the employee. Service with the City for purposes of vacation leave shall be continuous.

   (b)   Such vacation leave shall be taken at such times as may be determined in each case by the authority whose duty it may be to direct the work of such officer or employee.

   (c)   An employee shall not be eligible for vacation leave in any calendar year in which he has not been actively employed with the City, except as may otherwise be provided in a negotiated labor contract.

   (d)   In case of death, unused accumulated vacation leave shall be paid in a lump sum to the estate of the decedent or the surviving spouse or heir(s).

   (e)   In the event of separation by resignation, lay-off, retirement or dismissal, unused accumulated vacation leave shall be paid in one lump sum to the employee in lieu of granting such employee vacation leave after his/her last day of active service with the City.

   (f)   Any unused vacation leave hours accumulated during each calendar year shall be removed from an employee's credit unless the same is approved in writing by the City Manager who may authorize carryover into the following calendar year of such unused vacation leave in those instances of medical disability, work schedule demands or other similar and peculiar circumstances which have precluded normal vacation usage.

   (g)   Permanent employees hired on or after January 1, 2016, eligible employees originally hired prior to January 1, 2016, who have opted-into the Paid Time Off (PTO) system as of January 1, 2023, and permanent employees originally hired before January 1, 2016, who have been rehired or reinstated to City employment pursuant to Civil Service rule or any legal requirement after January 1, 2023, will not be eligible for benefits under this section. They will be eligible for PTO benefits under Section 181.26.

      (Ord. 2017-1-2. Passed 1-11-17; Ord. 2022-11-108. Passed 11-16-22.)