27 Section 3. Vacation Leave GENERAL PROVISIONS The City provides Annual Leave to that employees have an opportunity to take time away from work with pay. Vacation Leave is accrued every pay period as provided for in this Section. ACCRUAL AND CARRYOVER LIMITS Paid vacation leave begins accruing on the employee’s most recent hire date. The City establishes a maximum accrual limit (“Cap”) of 200 hours for all employees. • Once an employee’s vacation leave balance reaches 200 hours, all accruals will cease • Accruals will resume only after the employee uses vacation time and their balance falls below the 200-hour limit • No “banking” of hours beyond this 200-hour cap is permitted Annual Carryover Cap On December 31st of each year, employees may carry over a maximum of 200-hours of accrued vacation leave into the new year. 1. In the first year until the second year of continuous employment, vacation accrues every two weeks at a regular rate that provides eighty (80) hours of vacation per year (3.08 hours per pay period) for employees who work 2,080 hours per year (excluding certified police officers and firefighters). Certified police officers who work 2,184 hours per year will accrue (84) hours of vacation per year (3.23 hours per pay period). Firefighters who work 2,757 hours per year will accrue one hundred six (106) hours of vacation per year (4.08 hours per pay period). 2. In the third year until the tenth year of continuous employment, vacation accrues every two weeks at a regular rate that provides one hundred twenty (120) hours of vacation per year (4.62 hours per pay period) for employees who work 2,080 hours per year. Certified police officers who work 2,184 hours per year will accrue one hundred twenty-six (126) hours of vacation per year (4.85 hours per pay period). Firefighters who work 2,757 hours per year will accrue one hundred fifty-nine (159) hours of vacation per year (6.12 hours per pay period). 3. In the eleventh year until the fifteenth year of continuous employment, vacation accrues every two weeks at a regular rate that provides one hundred sixty (160) hours of vacation per year (6.15 hours per pay period) for employees who work 2,080 hours per year. Certified police officers who work 2,184 hours per year will accrue one hundred sixty-eight (167.96) hours of vacation per year (6.46 hours per pay period). Firefighters who work 2,757 hours per year will accrue (191) hours of vacation per year at a regular rate that provides one hundred ninety-one per year (7.34 per pay period). 4. In the sixteenth year and more of continuous employment, vacation accrues every two weeks at a regular rate that provides two-hundred (200) hours of vacation per year (7.69 hours per pay period) for employees who work 2,080 hours per year. Certified police officers who work 2,184 hours per year will accrue two-hundred nine (209) hours of vacation per year (8.07 hours per pay period). Firefighters who work 2,757 hours per year will accrue (223) hours of vacation per year at a regular rate that provides two hundred twenty-three hours of vacation per year (8.57 per pay period).
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