A.
Employees on an annual salary basis, except for members of the Township Police Department, shall be granted the following annual leave for vacation purposes with pay:
(1)
Less than one year of service: one day for each month of service.
(2)
One year of service through the completion of five years of service: 12 days.
(3)
After five years of service and up to 12 years of service: 15 days.
(4)
After 12 years of service and up to 15 years of service: 17 days.
(5)
After 15 years of service and up to 20 years of service: 20 days.
(6)
After 20 years of service: 25 days.
B.
Where in any calendar year, the vacation or any part thereof is not granted by reason of pressure of municipal business, such vacation periods or parts thereof not granted shall accumulate and shall be granted during the next succeeding calendar year only. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the department director under which the employees serve may, in his/her discretion, permit an employee to carry over vacation days beyond the next succeeding calendar year or pay an employee for any part of a vacation period in lieu thereof. In determining vacation leaves, the years of service of such employee prior and subsequent to the adoption of this subsection shall be used.