(a) Full-time employees shall be entitled to annual vacations according to the following schedule:
Years of Service with the City Completed | Hours of Vacation Entitled |
1 but less than 8 | 80 |
Vacation for full-time employees shall be accrued each biweekly pay period at the following rates:
Annual Vacation Entitlement (hrs) Biweekly Accrual Rate (hrs)
80 3.1
120 4.6
160 6.2
200 7.7
(b) Part-time police dispatchers shall be entitled to annual vacations according to the following schedule:
Years of Service with the City Completed Hours of Vacation Entitled
1 but less than 5 40
5 or more 80
Vacation for part-time police dispatchers shall be accrued each biweekly pay period at the following rates:
Annual Vacation Entitlement (hrs) Biweekly Accrual Rate (hrs)
40 1.54
80 3.08
(c) (1) Vacation shall be accredited to each employee on his or her anniversary date of employment and must be used by the employee prior to his or her next anniversary date, unless otherwise agreed in accordance with departmental policy. If an employee has requested vacation time off and had his or her vacation request refused, the employee may, with the prior approval of the Safety-Service Director, carry over his or her unused vacation into his or her next anniversary year for a period not to exceed six months; or, with the approval of the Safety-Service Director, be paid for the unused portion of his or her vacation at his or her regular rate of pay. In order to be eligible to carry over or be paid for unused vacation, the employee must submit a written request to the Safety Service Director and must have demonstrated a willingness to reschedule the vacation time originally requested.
(2) Any employee failing to request to use vacation or the right to carry over or be paid for his or her vacation, within the twelve-month period following eligibility or during the carry-over period, shall lose that portion of his or her vacation which he or she has accumulated for more than twelve months. An employee shall be provided not less than thirty days advance notice before any vacation may be eliminated in accordance with this section.
(d) Holidays shall not be charged to an employee's vacation leave.
(e) Upon separation from employment with the City, employees shall be entitled to payment for the prorated portion of all vacation accrued but unused as of the date of separation. The payment shall be calculated based upon the employee's regular hourly rate at the time of separation.
(f) Vacations within each department shall be granted, subject to the operational needs of the department and approval of the department head, based upon seniority. Vacation time shall be taken in not less than four-hour intervals.
(Ord. 02-013. Passed 8-26-02; Ord. 12-056. Passed 12-27-12; Ord. 16-028. Passed 7-25-16.)