Accumulation and Use of Vacation Leave. Vacation may be taken when it is earned except that employees who are on probationary status shall not be permitted to take vacation until satisfactory completion of the probationary period. Earned vacation shall be taken during the calendar year or be forfeited. However, 320 hours may be carried into the next calendar year with the approval of the Director of Public Safety or his/her designee. Additional hours may be carried into the next calendar year for good cause with the prior written approval of the City Manager.
Accumulation and Use of Vacation Leave. Employees shall accumulate vacation days at the following rates: If the employee is in full pay status for at least twenty (20) days during such month Years of Service - After Accumulative Rate 1 month through 3 years 5/6 of a day per month 3 years through 5 years 1 day per month 5 years through 10 years 1 1/4 day per month 10 years through 15 years 1 1/2 days per month 15 years through 20 years 1 3/4 days per month 20 years through 25 years 2 days per month 25 years and more = 2 1/2 days per month Each non-probationary Employee shall take at least five (5) days vacation per year and may accumulate a maximum number of twenty-five (25) days. It is the responsibility of the Employee to plan ahead and “use or lose” the vacation time. Each non-probationary Employee shall have the option to cash out up to forty (40) hours of accumulated vacation time once per year so long as the employee maintains at least forty (40) hours of vacation time in their vacation leave bank. Employees exercising this cash out must request the cash out for one of the following four check dates; 2/15, 5/15, 8/15 or 11/15. Request shall be made two weeks prior to one of the above listed dates.
