(a) Unless vacation leave has been adjusted by the Mayor, with the concurrence of a majority of Council, in accordance with Section 266.08-2(b), all non-bargaining full-time employees shall be placed on the vacation schedule defined by Section 266.08-1 based on the employee's years of prior service covered under any public employee retirement system. In order for the employee's prior years of service to be calculated, said employee shall provide official service credit statement(s) documenting prior service covered under any public employee retirement system to the Director of Finance.
(1) If an employee has no prior public employee retirement service credit, the anniversary date of employment, for the purpose of computing the amount of the employee's vacation leave, is the actual date the employee started their employment with the City.
(2) If an employee has prior public employee retirement service credit, the anniversary date shall be comprised of the month and day the employee started with the City and the year shall be computed by taking the year the employee started with the City and subtracting the years of documented public employee retirement service credit, which shall be rounded to the nearest year.
(b) The Mayor, with the concurrence of a majority of Council, shall have the authority to make adjustments in the amount of vacation leave accrued or credited for new hires in non-bargaining unit positions to ensure the hiring of the best qualified candidate for the position. In making said adjustments, the Mayor may consider previous public or private employment and credit the employee with time worked in the relevant positions. Such credit will be applied on an individual basis to a placement within the vacation schedule set forth in Section 266.08-1.
(Ord. 18-2024. Passed 4-16-24.)