(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the mayor, any appointive officer or employee, or any regular full-time midmanagement, classified, or emergency services employee of the city not represented by a collective bargaining unit shall be granted vacation with pay based on the employee’s years of service with the city. The vacation leave shall accrue on a monthly basis.
(b) This vacation leave accrual shall begin with the employee's first day of regular employment with the city, but may not be used until the employee has completed one month of service for accrual purposes.
(c) Employees hired on or after April 1, 2022, will receive a bank of 40 hours of vacation upon hire, except those appointive officers that receive a bank of hours under (f).
(d) Effective April 1, 2022, the officers and employees shall receive a full or prorated vacation benefit with full pay based on the following schedule. Each level in the schedule shall become effective in the month in which the employee’s employment anniversary date occurs. Vacation may be taken beginning the first day of the following month.
Years of Service | Monthly Accrual Level |
Years of Service | Monthly Accrual Level |
0 but less than 1 | 6.75 |
1 but less than 2 | 10.00 |
2 but less than 3 | 10.50 |
3 but less than 4 | 11.00 |
4 but less than 5 | 11.50 |
5 but less than 6 | 12.00 |
6 but less than 7 | 12.50 |
7 but less than 8 | 13.00 |
8 but less than 9 | 13.50 |
9 but less than 10 | 14.00 |
10 but less than 11 | 14.50 |
11 but less than 12 | 15.00 |
12 but less than 13 | 15.50 |
13 but less than 14 | 16.00 |
14 and over | 16.75 |
Current officers and employees shall be placed at the monthly accrual level commensurate with the new accrual schedule effective April 1, 2022. Employees hired between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, will be placed at the ten-hour per month accrual level effective April 1, 2022.
(e) Fire midmanagement employees assigned to a 24-hour shift schedule not represented by a collective bargaining unit shall receive a full or prorated vacation benefit with full pay based on the following schedule. Each new level in the schedule shall become effective in the month in which the employee’s employment anniversary date occurs. Vacation may be taken beginning the first day of the following month.
Years of Service | Monthly Accrual Level |
Less than 4 | 14.00 hours |
4 but less than 7 | 16.00 hours |
7 but less than 9 | 18.00 hours |
9 but less than 11 | 20.00 hours |
11 and over | 22.00 hours |
Current employees shall be placed at the monthly accrual level commensurate with the new accrual schedule effective April 1, 2022.
(f) A bank of vacation hours may be established for a newly hired appointive officer upon recommendation of the director of human resources and approval of the mayor. Upon the appointive officer’s one-year employment anniversary date, regular monthly accrual of vacation will commence in accordance with the established vacation level. Future advancement to the next level of vacation accrual shall assume credited years of service commensurate with the employee's starting accrual level and advancement will occur on the employee's employment anniversary date. The mayor may modify the accrual level for an appointive officer as needed.
(g) Emergency services employees shall be placed at the monthly accrual level commensurate with their respective years of service at the time of transition to the city.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 3.205; 1992 Code, § 30-137) (Ord. 2465, passed 12-12-1966; Ord. 2467, passed 2-6-1967; Ord. 2721, passed 11-30-1970; Ord. 31-73, passed 4-23-1973; Ord. 24-75, passed 4-28-1975; Ord. 86-75, passed 12-22-1975; Ord. 127-81, passed 12-28-1981; Ord. 3-83, passed 1-31-1983; Ord. 16-86, passed 2-24-1986; Ord. 87-91, passed 11-25-1991; Ord. 32-94, passed 4-11-1994; Ord. 37-95, passed 3-6-1995; Ord. 87-97, passed 12-2-1997; Ord. 11-00, passed 2-14-2000; Ord. 28-00, passed 4-10-2000; Ord. 4-01, passed 1-8-2001; Ord. 30-02, passed 4-8-2002; Ord. 96-11, passed 12-19-2011; Ord. 97-16, passed 8-9-2016; Ord. 32-22, passed 3-1-2022; Ord. 115-23, passed 12-5-2023)