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10.4 Vacation Schedule The times during a calendar year at which an employee may take his/her vacation shall be determined by the department head with due regard for the wishes of the employee and particular regard for the needs of the service. If the requirements of the service are such that an employee cannot take part or all of his/her annual vacation in a particular calendar year, such vacation shall be taken during the following calendar year. If the employee chooses to carry over vacation to the following year, the scheduling of the vacation time carried over must await completion of the preparation of the annual vacation schedule referred to in the following paragraph. Annually, employees in the operations, investigation, and support services divisions may request on a rotating basis three vacation periods for the calendar year. The rotation shall be according to seniority by classification and by division. All employees in each division shall have had an opportunity to request their first choice of vacations before second choices may be requested. Third choices shall be exercised in the same fashion. A vacation request schedule shall be distributed to all employees no later than October 1st of each year. The target date for completed vacation request schedule shall be December 1st. Effective the first pay period after January 1, 1999, the Vacation Sign -up Program set forth in Exhibit 13 shall be implemented and replace the vacation sign -up procedures set forth in the paragraph immediately above. Vacation leave may not be taken in conjunction with leaving City employment. 10.5 Vacation Pay at Termination Employees shall be paid for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of termination. Such compensation for earned vacation shall be paid to the employee in one lump sum in a final check. Section 11. Sick Leave 11.1 Sick Leave Accrual Each new full time employee hired prior to August 4, 1998, shall during his/her one year probationary period earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours for each month of service. Upon successfully completing his/her one year probationary period each new employee shall receive three hundred eighty -four (384) hours sick leave credit in addition to that earned during probation. Upon completion of five (5) years service, every employee shall thereafter accumulate sick leave at a rate of eight (8) hours per month. -9-