§ 18-132. Sick and vacation leave allowance.

Subject to the following provisions, the heads of all offices, agencies, commissions and departments of the city are hereby authorized and directed to grant paid sick and vacation leave to eligible officers and employees:

(a)

Sick leave.

(1)

Officers and employees working full-time shall accrue sick leave at the rate of eight (8) working hours per month of service, and officers and employees working part-time shall accrue a proportionate amount.

(2)

Sick leave may be accumulated to a limit of nine hundred sixty (960) working hours. When the accumulation exceeds eight hundred eighty (880) working hours, an officer or employee may request that accumulated sick leave in excess of the eight hundred eighty (880) working hours be converted to vacation leave. Such conversions are in addition to the monthly amount of vacation leave allowed by this section. Officers and employees may not convert sick leave to vacation leave if such a conversion would result in the officer's or employee's accumulated vacation leave exceeding the limits allowed by the career service rules.

(b)

Vacation leave.

(1)

The amount of vacation leave allowed eligible officers and employees working full-time, employed after January 1, 1981, shall be computed on the basis of eight (8) working hours per month of service for the first five (5) consecutive years. All eligible officers and employees working full-time shall be computed on the basis of ten (10) working hours per month of service for five (5) to ten (10) consecutive years, twelve (12) working hours per month of service for ten (10) to fifteen (15) consecutive years and fourteen (14) working hours per month of service for fifteen (15) or more consecutive years, and an amount proportionate thereto shall be allowed eligible employees working part-time.

(2)

Vacation leave shall be taken at a time convenient to the office, agency, commission or department head, provided that, every eligible officer and employee shall be granted vacation leave during each twelve (12) month period of employment except where a deferment, not to exceed an additional twelve (12) months, is required for the good of the service.

(Ord. No. 634-09, § 3, 11-2-09)