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12 <br />B. Employees assigned to a forty (40) hour work schedule shall accrue paid vacation leave <br />in accordance with the following schedule: <br /> Years of Continuous Service Monthly Accrual Rate <br /> First through fourth year 8.57 hours <br /> Fifth through ninth year 11.43 hours <br /> Tenth through twelfth year 14.29 hours <br /> Thirteenth through fifteenth year 15.71 hours <br /> Sixteenth year and above 17.14 hours <br />Accrued vacation leave shall be credited to each employee’s account biweekly. <br /> 9.2 Vacation Accumulation <br />Eligible employees may accumulate and maintain up to a maximum of four hundred thirty-two (432) <br />hours of accrued vacation leave. <br />Employees are not allowed to accrue vacation hours above the cap. At any time an employee reaches <br />the four hundred thirty-two (432) hour cap, the employee will cease accruing additional vacation leave <br />until such time as the balance falls below the cap. However, in the event an employee has requested <br />to take vacation but been denied or otherwise prevented from using vacation leave due to extenuating <br />circumstances, the employee may submit a written request to the City Manager, or designee, for special <br />consideration to carry over vacation balances beyond four hundred thirty-two (432) hours. <br />9.3 Vacation Scheduling and Use <br />All scheduled use of vacation shall be approved in advance by the Fire Chief and/or designee. <br />Annual Vacation Scheduling: <br />A. During January of each year, and no later than February 1, employees shall be granted <br />an opportunity to request Annual Vacation Picks (AVP) time in order of department <br />seniority. The January selections shall be for the period from February 1 to January 31 <br />of the following year. Each employee in turn will have an initial choice of vacation. <br />Vacation selections can be for as many shifts/hours as the employee desires, not to <br />exceed the total number of vacation leave hours the employee will have accrued by the <br />date of the requested vacation, provided the vacation shift/hours are taken <br />consecutively. Once the most senior employee makes an initial vacation selection, the <br />next most senior employee will make an initial selection of vacation shifts/hours. This <br />process shall continue until all employees have an opportunity to make an initial <br />selection of vacation. After all employees make their initial selections, second-choice <br />vacation selections will occur. Second-choice vacation selections will be done in the <br />same manner as the first-choice selections. After the second-choice vacation selections <br />are completed, the third-choice selections can begin and so on until no one wishes to <br />choose any more vacation time. <br />B. Only 1 Shift Battalion Chief may request annual vacation each day.