(A) This section shall apply to employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
(B) Each employee having more than one year's service with the City shall be entitled to vacation leave each calendar year, together with his regular pay, as follows:
(1) One work week vacation to all employees who have worked one year but less than two years;
(2) Two work weeks vacation to all employees who have worked two years but less than eight years;
(3) Three work weeks vacation to all employees who have worked eight years but less than fifteen years;
(4) Four work weeks vacation to all employees who have worked fifteen years but less than twenty-five years;
(5) Five work weeks vacation to all employees who have worked twenty- five years or more.
(C) In addition, each employee who has accumulated more than ninety days sick leave shall receive one additional day of vacation for each three days of unused sick leave accumulated during the preceding year in excess of ninety days, but not in excess of 105 days, or at the option of the employee, he shall be paid his normal rate of pay for such time. Such vacation time or payment in lieu thereof shall be charged against the employee's accumulated sick leave. Employees shall also have the option to take none of the above and accrue the time as sick leave.
(D) Each classified employee who has been previously employed by the City with an interruption in his term of service not exceeding five years for whatever reason, shall be entitled to a credit for such prior service for purposes of computing vacation time and accumulated sick leave only.
(E) Prior service shall mean service within the classified service of the City, irrespective of whether such service was within a safety division, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), or as a result of any other program. Prior service shall not mean service within the unclassified service as an elected official or as part-time, temporary or seasonal employee of the City. Subsections (c) and (e) hereof shall not apply to retired employees who are rehired by the City.
(F) Vacations shall be taken at such times as are authorized by the employee's department head. If an employee is unable to receive his vacation due to work requirements, he may accumulate and carry over unused vacation time for a period not to exceed three years, or, upon authorization of the appointing authority, shall be paid for unused time at his normal rate of pay. Effective January 1, 1986, the above three years shall be reduced to one year, except for the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, Police Inspectors and Assistant Fire Chiefs.
(G) Vacation may be taken within the year in which an anniversary falls for additional vacation. If an employee should terminate City employment before the anniversary date upon which vacation is accumulated, any unaccumulated vacation time will be deducted from his final paycheck.
(H) Divisional seniority, within classification, will be used for the purpose of vacation scheduling. This will allow the employee with the most seniority a preference in the time of year he will use his vacation time. Vacation requests must be submitted prior to April 15. This schedule must be approved by the employee's department head. No employee will have a choice of more than two weeks vacation unless he uses all of his vacation consecutively. After all requests have been scheduled, further requests will be processed, as above, until April 30. All remaining vacation time will be assigned by the department head.
(Ord. 49-85. Passed 4-8-85.)