Section 19-129 Vacation leave.
Prior to the adoption of Ord. 16191 on 09/20/1999, Section 19-129 read as follows.
(a) Vacation shall be earned and accumulated by pay periods according to the
following
charts:
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General
Employees
|
|
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Length
of
Service
(Years)
|
Annual
Accrual
(days)
|
Maximum
Accrual
(days)
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|
0--5
|
10
|
20
|
|
5--10
|
12.5
|
25
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|
10--15
|
15
|
30
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|
15--20
|
17.5
|
35
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|
20+
|
20
|
40
|
|
Fire
Department
56-Hour
Employees
|
|
|
Length
of
Service
(Years)
|
Annual
Accrual
(shifts)
|
Maximum
Accrual
(hours)
|
|
0--5
|
6
|
288
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|
5--10
|
6 plus 24 28
hours day
|
288
|
|
10--15
|
6 plus 56
hours pay
|
288
|
|
15--20
|
6 plus 80 84
hours pay
|
288
|
|
20+
|
6 plus 112
hours pay
|
288
|
(b) Unless approved by the department head, members of the fire department and
police
department will not take more than two (2) working weeks or any additional time allotted to
vacation. Instead, they will be paid in cash in lieu of such leave.
(c) In other departments all vacation time shall be taken, except that the department
head,
when in the best interest of the operations, may (on an individual and year-to-year basis) decide
whether to give time off or additional pay.
(d) All employees shall accrue vacation leave from the date of hire into a permanent
position
and shall be eligible to use vacation leave after six (6) months of employment.
(e) Any vacation leave denied by a department head which causes an employee
to lose
vacation time shall be paid at the employee's current rate of pay unless the employee consents to
an alternative vacation schedule that will compensate for the threatened loss of vacation time.
(f) Vacation leave shall ordinarily be taken in at least one (1) week periods,
but shorter periods
may be permitted by the department head for special reasons deemed adequate to justify a
variance. Vacations will, as far as possible, be scheduled at a time desired by the employee,
based on total seniority with the city; but the final right of allotment rests with the department
head to ensure continuity of service.
(g) Vacation time cannot be taken in advance of accrual except as authorized
by the
department head in operations where considerable notice is required for scheduling vacations. As
much as a three (3) months variance in scheduling from preceding years may be necessary in
order to facilitate leave requests and maintain orderly, economical operations.
(h) Whenever separation from the city occurs prior to the completion of the
probationary
period, the employee shall forfeit accrued vacation leave. Otherwise, an employee is entitled to
reimbursement for unused, unexpired, accrued vacation leave; provided that, in case of
resignation, required notice of such intention has been given. (See section 19-202).
(i) Temporary employees shall not be eligible for compensated vacation leave.
A temporary
employee who is subsequently appointed to a permanent position shall accrue vacation leave
from the original date of appointment to the permanent position.
(j) An employee must be actually engaged in performing assigned duties or on
authorized
accrued, paid leave in order to accumulate vacation leave. An employee in a non-pay status such
as leave of absence, shall not accumulate vacation leave for the duration of the leave.
(k) An employee may donate accrued vacation leave to another employee with the
prior
approval of the city manager, provided that the employee receiving the donation is on Family and
Medical Leave Act leave and has exhausted all accrued leaves. Each hour of donated leave shall
be considered an hour of leave the employee receiving the donation has accrued and shall be
accounted to the employee receiving the donation at that employee's rate of pay.
(Code 1964, § 22.750; Ord. No. 11105, § 1, 6-16-86; Ord. No. 11649, § 1 10-5-87; Ord.
No.
13442, § 1, 9-21-92; Ord. No. 14617, § 1, 9-18-95; Ord. No. 15304, § 1, 8-4-97)