(A) All employees in the Safety Department's who are classified and considered full-time employees shall receive 104 hours of holiday leave for each calendar year worked. Holiday leave shall be scheduled off in accordance with Department Policy in effect at such time is requested. Holiday leave shall not be used without prior approval of the Chief's or his/her designee.
(B) Any Safety Department employee scheduled to work a regular shift on Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, and Memorial Day shall be paid at a rate of 1½ times their normal rate of pay. If Christmas falls on a Saturday or Sunday than the Christmas Eve holiday shall not be observed.
(C) Any employee who begins his/her employment with the department after January 1, of any year, shall have the number of hours of holiday leave time to which the officer is entitled prorated based on the number of full months remaining in the calendar year. (Example: Police officer hired June 15 would have 6 full months remaining in the calendar year and would receive 6/12 or .5 x 104 = 48 hours of holiday leave to be used during the remainder of the calendar year.)
(D) Any employee whose employment ceases for any reason including, but not limited to, termination, layoff, or resignation shall have his/her holiday leave time prorated in a similar manner and shall have any hours used in excess of his/her entitlement, reimbursed through deduction from the employee's final paycheck. If there are insufficient funds in the employee's final paycheck, such hours shall be paid to the city directly by the employee.
(E) Any holiday leave time not used by December 31 of each year shall be forfeited.
(1981 Code, § 36.18) (Ord. 6377-90, passed 1-8-1990; Am. Ord. 6496-92, passed 2-10-1992; Am. Ord. 6545-93, passed 2-22-1993; Am. Ord. 6754-96, passed 12-23-1996; Am. Ord. 6879-98, passed 7-13-1998; Am. Ord. 7034-99, passed 10-27-1999; Am. Ord. 00-10-076, passed 11-27-2000; Am. Ord. 01-09-042, passed 10-22-2001; Am. Ord. 01-10-047, passed 11-26-2001; Am. Ord. 02-10-057, passed 11-25-2002; Am. Ord. 03-10-051, passed 11-24-2003; Am. Ord. 04-10-064, passed 11-22-2004; Am. Ord. 05-11-047, passed 12-12-2005; Am. Ord. 06-10-066, passed 11-27-06; Am. Ord. 07-11-105, passed 12-10-2007; Am. Ord. 07-10-106, passed 12-10-2007; Am. Ord. 08-11-084, passed 12-8-2008; Am. Ord. 12-10-057, passed 11-26-2012; Am. Ord. 14-02-007, passed 2-24-2014; Am. Ord. 14-03-012, passed 3-24-2014; Am. Ord. 14-11-053, passed 12-22-2014; Am. Ord. 15-11-034, passed 12-28-2015; Am. Ord. 17-03-013, passed 3-13-2017; Am. Ord. 18-02-007, passed 2-12-2018; Am. Ord. 18-12-074, passed 12-26-2018; Am. Ord. 20-04-020, passed 4-13-2020; Am. Ord. 20-11-065, passed 12-28-2020; Am. Ord. 21-12-070, passed 12-13-2021; Am. Ord. 22-02-016, passed 2-28-2022; Am. Ord. 22-12-061, passed 12-26-2022; Am. Ord. 23-02-010, passed 2-13-2023; Am. Ord. 23-11-064, passed 11-27-2023; Am. Ord. 24-03-015, passed 3-25-2024)