[Ord. No. 8749, 11-22-2021[1]]
A. 
Each full-time employee who has one (1) full year of service with the City shall be entitled to ten (10) working days of vacation with pay per year. Employees having five (5) full years of service shall receive fifteen (15) working days of vacation per year. Employees having ten (10) full years of service shall receive twenty (20) working days of vacation per year. Employees having fifteen (15) full years of service shall receive twenty-five (25) working days of vacation per year. Vacation accruals are based on a standard work schedule of forty (40) hours per week, and are not based on the number of hours actually worked.
1. 
No vacation leave shall be granted a full-time employee until he/she has served six (6) months from the date of his/her employment. At that six-month date, the employee will be credited with five (5) days of vacation. After that six-month date, vacation will accrue to the employee bi-weekly according to the following table:
After Completion of Years of Service
Days Accrued Per Year
Hours Accrued Per Year
Hours Accrued Per Month
Maximum Accrual Balance - vacation hours will not accrue past this limit
6 months**
5**
40**
6.67
1
10
80
6.67
120
5
15
120
10.00
180
10
20
160
13.33
240
15
25
200
16.67
300
** 6 month period
2. 
Vacation days are available for use by the employee immediately upon accrual and must be taken in one-half (1/2) hour increments. All vacation days shall be taken on or before December 31 of the year in which the vacation is accrued.
3. 
Should a full-time employee's vacation hours accrual balance reach the maximum accrual balance, then such employee shall stop accruing vacation until such time as the employee uses vacation hours to reduce the employee's vacation balance below the maximum accrual balance.
4. 
A full-time employee shall be paid for each day of vacation at his/her basic rate at his/her regularly scheduled pay date.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Division 2, Vacations, was repealed 11-22-2021 by Ord. No. 8745. The editor's also changed the numbering to amend it back to the original numbering as it was inadvertently changed in an earlier supplement. This change could effect all numbering past this point, however getting it back in line will bring internal references back into correctness.
[Ord. No. 8749, 11-22-2021]
Vacation pay will not be allowed in lieu of vacation, except as follows:
Accumulated vacation and vacation pay on a daily prorated basis, including the last full day worked, will be allowed to full-time employees: (1) with six (6) months or more continuous employment who are terminated for any reason or laid off; (2) who leave the classified service to enter the Armed Forces of the United States provided they furnish satisfactory proof of their military service within a period of thirty (30) calendar days after leaving the City's employ; or (3) as deemed financially or fiscally necessary and with the approval of the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 8749, 11-22-2021]
A. 
Employees may be called back to work during vacation only in cases of emergency declared solely by the Mayor. An employee so called back shall have the choice, as to each day affected:
1. 
Of giving up one (1) day of vacation and receiving a day's pay at the overtime rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times; or
2. 
Of taking a one (1) day extension of his/her vacation and one-half (1/2) of a day's pay at the straight rate, such pay in either case being in addition to vacation pay.
B. 
With his/her Department Head's approval, an employee may return to work during any scheduled vacation period and, subject to provisions of this Article, may schedule the balance of his/her vacation at a later date.
[Ord. No. 8749, 11-22-2021]
A. 
Any full-time employee of the City who is eligible and is approved for Family Medical Leave (FMLA) will be required to use any paid leave that remains in their leave banks, including vacation, according to the personnel policy, before utilizing unpaid leave. Any full-time employee who is approved for a Leave of Absence must utilize all vacation leave in their banks for their absence. Vacation will not be paid out (cash equivalent) for such leave.
B. 
Employees on FMLA or a Leave of Absence will not accrue vacation leave during their absence beyond a three-month period of absence.
[Ord. No. 8749, 11-22-2021]
A. 
Employees of the City who are employed annually and regularly for a minimum of one (1) full day per week for fifty-two (52) consecutive weeks in a calendar year shall be designated permanent part-time employees. The City's grievance procedure is not available to such employees.
B. 
Each permanent part-time employee who has completed one (1) full calendar year of service with the City shall be entitled to vacation time with pay. Such vacation time shall be considered earned on January 1 of the year following the year in which the permanent part-time employee completes one (1) full calendar year of service with the City, and on each successive January 1, provided that the employee remains a permanent part-time employee for that calendar year. The vacation time shall accrue immediately when earned, in full, and the employee shall be entitled to such leave immediately after accrual.
C. 
The amount of vacation leave granted to a permanent part-time employee is equal to the average number of hours worked in a week during the previous calendar year.
D. 
All vacations must be taken by such employees on or before December 31 of the year in which the vacation is accrued.
[Ord. No. 8749, 11-22-2021]
All vacations referred to in this Division shall be taken at a time when they will not seriously interfere with scheduled operations as determined by the Department Head and the Mayor. Insofar as practicable, the City will schedule all vacations for the period for which employees express a preference, those who have the most seniority being given the first consideration. To the fullest extent practicable and subject to the operating requirements of the department, seniority of service shall apply to the choice of assignment of vacation dates in case of conflict. The most senior employee of a class, shift and department shall be given first choice for one (1) period of his/her vacation, and, after all other less senior employees of that class, shift and department have exercised their first choice, then the most senior employee shall exercise his/her choice for the next period of his/her vacation.