(a) Purpose.
(1) The purpose of vacation time and holidays is to mutually benefit the Village and the employee by giving the employee a period away from employee's duties. These benefits shall apply only to full time Village employees.
(2) Part-time Village employees shall not be entitled to any compensated Vacation time.
(b) Determination of Vacation Time Available. Vacation time shall be calculated from the date of employment of each full-time employee. For the purposes of vacation time, twenty-four (24) completed bi-monthly pay periods shall constitute a full year of service. The following schedule shall be used to calculate vacation time earned:
(1) During the employee's first fractional calendar year of service, the employee shall earn vacation days at a rate of one-half (1/2) day of compensated service per month.
(2) During the second, third, fourth, and fifth full calendar years of service, vacation time shall accrue annually at a rate of eighty-three one-hundredths (.83) of a day per calendar month worked, which amounts to ten (10) fully compensated days per calendar year worked.
(3) During the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth full calendar years of service, vacation time shall accrue annually at a rate of one and one-quarter days (1.25) per calendar month worked, which amounts to fifteen (15) fully compensated days per calendar year worked.
(4) During the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth full calendar years of service, vacation time shall accrue annually at a rate of one and sixty-six one-hundredths days (1.66) per calendar month worked, which amounts to twenty (20) fully compensated days per calendar year worked.
(5) After the completion of twenty (20) full calendar years of service, vacation time shall accrue annually at a rate of two and eight-hundredths days (2.08) per calendar month worked, which amounts to twenty-five (25) fully compensated days per calendar year worked.
(c) Accumulation of Vacation Time. No employee may accumulate more vacation time than the amount the employee is capable of accruing in two (2) consecutive years. By way of example, an employee with three (3) years of tenure shall not be permitted to accumulate more than twenty (20) days of vacation time, nor may an employee with twenty-five (25) years of tenure be permitted to accumulate more than fifty (50) days of vacation time.
(d) Time of Taking Vacation. Employees may take vacations by taking all of their accumulated time at one time, or by taking the accumulated time in any smaller amounts down to one half-day at a time. Employees may use comp time in any increment of no less than one hour in length. The time or date at which vacation or comp time is to be scheduled is subject to the approval of the department head, or the Mayor, in the case of employees responsible directly to the Mayor, provided that the department head and the Mayor will give consideration to the employee's wishes as to taking the vacation all at once or taking the vacation in smaller divisions of a week at a time, a day at a time, a half a day at a time, or the like; and also provided that similar consideration will be given to employee's wishes as to using comp time all at once, or in smaller divisions of no less than one hour.
(e) Payment in Lieu of Vacation Prohibited. Under no circumstances may an employee or officer be paid an additional consideration in order to forego a vacation. The purpose of a vacation is to benefit both the municipality and the employee, by giving the employee a period away from the employee's duties. Department heads and the Mayor will urge all officers and employees to take available vacation time.
(Ord. 5-19-725. Passed 5-1-19.)