A city pay plan to compensate employees of the city will be adopted annually by ordinance of the city council. A copy of the current pay plan adopted by such ordinance will be available for public inspection at all times during regular business hours in the office of the city secretary.
(1996 Code, art. 8.500)
(a) 
(1) 
The following holidays shall be officially observed by the officers and employees of the city:
(A) 
The first day of January in each year.
(B) 
The third Monday of January, designated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
(C) 
The last Monday in May, designated as Memorial Day.
(D) 
The nineteenth day of June, designated as Juneteenth.
(E) 
The fourth day of July in each year.
(F) 
The first Monday in September of each year, designated as Labor Day.
(G) 
The fourth Thursday in each November, designated as Thanksgiving Day.
(H) 
The Friday following Thanksgiving Day.
(I) 
The twenty-fourth day of December, designated as Christmas Eve.
(J) 
The twenty-fifth day of December, designated as Christmas Day.
(K) 
Two personal holidays each year, to be used at the choice of the employee.
(2) 
For payroll purposes, all references to “workday” shall mean eight (8) hours for non-fire personnel and twelve (12) hours for fire personnel assigned to shifts.
(3) 
A firefighter is granted the same number of vacation days and holidays as granted to other municipal employees, provided that one of a firefighter’s personal holidays shall hereafter be designated in remembrance of September 11.
(b) 
In order to receive compensation for holidays employees must be at work the workdays before and after the official holiday unless absence is approved by the supervisor. If employees call in sick on days before or after holidays, they will be required to submit proof of illness prior to being paid for said holiday.
(c) 
Upon termination, employees will not receive compensation for their personal holidays when they have not been taken during the year.
(Ordinance 21-023 adopted 9/21/2021; Ordinance 23-023 adopted 9/19/2023)
(a) 
All employees shall be granted paid vacation leave according to the following schedule:
Length of Service with City
Vacation Hours
Vacation Hours/Week
Regular
Firefighters
Regular
Firefighters
6 mos.–5 years
104
156
2.00
3.00
6–10 years
120
180
2.31
3.47
11–15 years
136
204
2.62
3.93
16–20 years
160
240
3.08
4.62
21+ years
176
264
3.38
5.07
(b) 
Additional vacation days may be gained by employees who do not use their sick leave. Vacation time may be added according to the following schedule:
(1) 
Regular employees.
Sick Leave Hours Used in a Year Regular
Vacation Hours Added Regular
0 hours
24
Up to 8 hours
16
Over 8 up to 16 hours
8
Over 16 hours
0
(2) 
Non-firefighters, 10 hour/day personnel.
Sick Leave Hours Used in a Fiscal Year
Non-Firefighters–10 Hr./Day Personnel
Vacation Hours Added
0 hours
24
Up to 10 hours
16
Over 10 up to 20 hours
8
Over 20 hours
0
(3) 
Firefighters.
Sick Leave Hours Used in a Year Firefighters
Vacation Hours Added Firefighters
0 hours
36
Up to 12 hours
24
Over 12 up to 24 hours
12
Over 24 hours
0
(c) 
All vacation leave shall be approved by the department supervisor prior to its use.
(d) 
If a holiday occurs during vacation, the employee will be permitted additional hours off with pay (as per section 9.03.002(a) of this article) if taken in conjunction with the vacation.
(e) 
If an employee has worked for one (1) year prior to resigning and gives notice two (2) weeks before termination, he/she will be paid accumulated vacation leave as part of compensation to the employee. Employees will not be paid for accumulated vacation leave if notice of at least two (2) weeks has not been given.
(f) 
The city manager shall see that complete records of vacation leave accrued and used are kept. Under no circumstances will an employee be allowed to accumulate more than two (2) times his or her annual accumulation allowance as described in subsection (a) above.
(g) 
The city manager and the finance director shall use the latest anniversary date of each employee since January 1, 1980, to figure the accumulated leave.
(Ordinance 21-023 adopted 9/21/21)
(a) 
As part of the compensation for service rendered, each employee, when required to be confined to home or hospital because of illness or disability resulting from accidental injury, shall be paid at a rate of compensation prior to such illness or disability. Such compensation is for the period of confinement or for the accumulated sick leave, whichever comes sooner.
(b) 
Sick leave for all employees except firefighters shall be accumulated on the basis of 1.85 hours for each full week of employment (12 days per year). Accrual of sick leave shall be unlimited.
(c) 
Sick leave for firefighters shall be accumulated on the basis of 2.59 hours for each full week of employment. Accrual of sick leave shall be unlimited.
(d) 
The city manager shall see that a complete and comprehensive sick leave record is kept for each employee that will accurately reflect the net sick leave accumulated.
(e) 
The payment of all such sick leave compensation shall be on certification of the employee’s department head. However, prior to the payment of such compensation, either the department supervisor, the department head or city manager can demand a doctor’s certificate of illness in the event of extended illness or unusual circumstances.
(f) 
The payment of sick leave compensation for maternity leave shall be subject to the allowances set forth in the Family and Medical Leave Act. The employee’s doctor shall determine the starting time of such leave.
(Ordinance 21-029 adopted 10/19/21)
The city hereby exercises its option and elects to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System as provided for in the Government Code, V.T.C.A., as amended, which is adopted by reference.
Editor’s note–The ordinances pertaining to the Texas Municipal Retirement System are not included in this code. Such ordinances are specifically saved from repeal and shall be maintained on file in the city secretary’s office.
(Ordinance adopting Code)