(A) This section applies to all full-time municipal officers and employees. It does not apply to members of the Town Council, the Town Attorney or part-time, temporary or casual employees. Officers and employees to whom this section applies shall be entitled to an annual paid vacation allowance as follows:
(1) Paid firefighters employed by the town shall receive an annual paid vacation allotment depending on the number of years of continuous service with the town, as follows:
Amount of Service | Vacation | |
At least | But less than | |
1 year
|
2 years
|
5 days
|
2 years | 10 years | 7 days |
10 years
|
-
|
10 days
|
(2) Other officers and employees. Other officers and employees shall receive an annual paid vacation allotment depending on the number of years of continuous service with the town as follows:
Amount of Service | Vacation | |
At least | But less than | |
1 year | 2 years | 1 week |
2 years | 10 years | 2 weeks |
10 years
|
-
|
3 weeks
|
20 years
|
-
|
4 weeks |
(B) For the purposes of this section, a year shall be reckoned from the anniversary date of the person’s employment with the town.
(C) Vacation may not be carried over from year to year, except in extraordinary circumstances and with the consent of the Town Council, and in no event is any person entitled to monetary compensation in lieu of unused vacation time.
(D) The paid vacation allowance is in addition to any regular paid holidays declared by the Town Council.
(E) In the event an officer or employee is required to work during a regular, declared holiday and is not otherwise provided additional compensation, an equivalent amount of time shall be added to that person’s paid vacation allowance under this section.
(F) Vacation time must be scheduled and approved by the employee’s department head or other chief supervisor, or, in the case of an officer or department head not otherwise having a supervisor, by the Town Council President, with notification given to the Clerk-Treasurer for payroll accounting purposes.
(‘85 Code, § 2-8-3) (Ord. 1985-C11, passed 9-16-85; Am. Ord. 2008-11-2, passed 12-29-08)
Editor’s note:
For purposes of the vacation allowance, one week equals seven days for members of the Police Department, while one week equals five days for all other town employees.
Cross-references:
Fire Department; compensation and benefits of volunteers and paid complement, see § 32.02.