(A) Vacations.
Years of Employment | Weeks of Vacation |
1 through 9 | 2 |
10 through 19 | 3 |
20 years | 4 |
(B) Holidays.
(1) New Year's Day;
(2) Martin Luther King's Birthday;
(3) President's Day (third Monday in February);
(4) Good Friday;
(5) Memorial Day;
(6) Independence Day;
(7) Labor Day;
(8) Veterans' Day;
(9) Thanksgiving Day;
(10) Friday following Thanksgiving;
(11) Christmas Day;
(12) Primary election day; and
(13) General election day.
(C) Personal days. Four personal days shall be allowed.
(D) Hospitalization insurance. The city shall provide health insurance to employee, spouse and dependents as adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety.
(E) Sick leave. Effective with this section, sick leave with pay shall accrue to full-time employees at the rate of eight working hours for every two full months of employment to a maximum of 480 hours. Sick leave taken shall be charged as to working hours off, but not less than a minimum of a half of a working day shall be charged for any one shift affected.
(F) Special sick leave.
(1) Employees who have a minimum of two years of continuous full-time employment and who have exhausted their accumulated vacation leave, sick leave and overtime credits, may apply to the Mayor for special sick leave with pay, if further leave is necessary because of their existing illness or disability. Upon verification that special sick leave for any employee is justifiable and necessary because of illness or disability, together with a full statement of their reasons, this leave may be approved at the discretion of the Mayor and the department head. The Mayor shall notify the applying employee and the department head in writing as to the decision of the request.
(2) A medical certificate from a designated physician must be submitted with each request and must include the employee's probable date of return to work. The department head or Mayor may, at any time, require of employees a medical certificate documenting the nature and extent of the disability. However, a medical release from a designated physician must be submitted before the employee can return to work.
(3) Special sick leave with pay shall not be in excess of 48 hours of working time for each complete year of continuous full-time employment with the city, subject to days being deducted that have already been taken off for sick days in prior years.
(Ord. G-85-108, passed 11-4-1985; Ord. G-86-123, passed 2-3-1986; Ord. G-86-132, passed 4-8-1986; Ord. G-86-175, passed 12-1-1986; Ord. A-03-33, passed 5-15-2003; Ord. A-03-34, passed 5-15-2003)