(a) On January 1, or as soon after that date as practical, each employee, except those employees who work a fifty-two hour work week, shall be paid at the regular straight time hourly rate of one day of base pay for each three days of sick leave accumulated over the allowable maximum of 1200 hours accrued as of December 31 of the previous year.
(b) Fire-fighters earn sick leave to a maximum of 156 hours per year for unused sick leave within such year to a maximum of 2000 hours, and the incentive bonus provided for herein shall not apply until the maximum accumulation for such fire-fighter is 1248 hours. Annual buy back shall not exceed 60 hours.
(c) The regular straight time hourly rate of pay shall be paid, with the employee's pay occurring immediately before December 25, or upon termination, if the same takes place during the year but prior to December 25.
(Ord. 51-98. Passed 7-13-98; Ord. 56-02. Passed 9-9-02.)