(a) (1) Except for firefighter/EMT shift supervisors, each regular full-time employee shall be eligible for vacation upon completion of his or her first year of employment and during each year thereafter in accordance with the following schedule:
Years of Employment | Vacation Time Earned |
First year | 4 hours per month |
Start of second year | 6-2/3 hours per month |
Start of sixth year | 10 hours per month |
Start of tenth year | 13-1/3 hours per month |
Start of fifteenth year | 14-2/3 hours per month |
Start of twentieth year | 16-2/3 hours per month |
Start of twenty-fifth year | 20 hours per month |
(2) Firefighter/EMT shift supervisors shall be eligible for vacation as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement between the City and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 4468.
(b) An employee shall be compensated at his or her regular weekly earnings rate (exclusive of any overtime) for each week of vacation taken.
(c) Regular days off or holidays shall not be counted as vacation days.
(d) For purposes of this section, "years of employment" means from the date of employment with the City. An employee may receive credit for prior years of service with another political subdivision of the State, subject to the recommendation of the City Manager, with the approval of Council. However, the date of employment with the City shall be the beginning date for earning hourly credit.
(e) All vacation shall be scheduled by the department or division head with the approval of the City Manager. Priority of length of continuous service shall prevail in the selection of vacation periods by employees. The vacation period for the City Manager shall be approved by the President of Council.
(f) An employee may accumulate two years of earned vacation. No employee shall be compensated in cash for any vacation period not taken unless he or she is leaving the service of the City.
(g) During the time of military service, an employee's seniority shall continue to accrue for the purpose of determining vacation eligibility upon return to employment with the City. However, military service shall be considered as continuous for vacation purposes only if the employee returns to the City service within thirty days after honorable discharge, and in no event shall this credit for military service exceed five years.
(Ord. 4827. Passed 5-15-00; Ord. 4935. Passed 9-17-02; Ord. 5272. Passed 5-5-08.)