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20 the City Manager, or designee, for special consideration to carry over vacation balances beyond four hundred thirty-two (432) hours. Effective September 1, 2025, when any employee reaches the maximum accumulation of four hundred thirty-two (432) hours of accrued vacation leave while on a non-industrial injury/illness leave, the employee will continue to accrue vacation leave for up to one (1) year following the commencement of the non-industrial injury/illness leave and all such vacation leave accrued over the maximum accumulation will be paid out as taxable income upon the conclusion of the leave or after the end of the leave whichever is earlier. After one (1) year from the commencement of the non-industrial injury/illness vacation leave will not accrue above the maximum accumulation. The vacation hours shall be paid out at the . Effective September 1, 2025, when any employee reaches the maximum accumulation of four hundred thirty-two (432) hours of accrued vacation leave while on an industrial injury/illness leave, the employee will continue to accrue vacation leave for up to two (2) years following the commencement of the industrial injury/illness leave and all such vacation leave accrued over the maximum accumulation will be paid out as taxable income upon the conclusion of the leave or after the end of the leave whichever is earlier. After two (2) years from the commencement of accrue above the maximum accumulation unless extended by the approval of the City Manager. The vacation hours shall be paid out at the current pay rate of the employee. Effective September 15, 2012, any accrued vacation leave in excess of three hundred sixty (360) hours was placed in a separate Excess Vacation Bank for each affected employee. Employees shall be entitled to use the hours in the Excess Vacation Bank for vacation or for extended leave in the same manner as regular vacation hours. The hours shall be paid out at the pay rate of the employee when utilized. 13.4 Vacation Scheduling and Use Vacation selection will be subject to the procedure stated in the department policy except for those areas specifically stated differently in this article. A. During January of each year, employees shall be granted an opportunity to choose vacation time in order of Department seniority. The January selections shall be for the period from February 1 to January 31 of the following year. Each employee in turn (based on Department seniority) will have an initial choice of vacation. Vacation selections can be for as many shifts/hours as the employee desires, not to exceed the total number of vacation leave hours the employee will have accrued by the date of the requested vacation, provided the vacation shifts/hours are taken consecutively. Once the most senior employee makes an initial vacation selection, the next most senior employee will make an initial selection of vacation shifts/hours. This process shall continue until all employees have an opportunity to make an initial selection of vacation. After all employees make their initial selections, second choice vacation selections will occur. Second choice vacation selections will be done in the same manner as the first choice selections. After the second choice vacation selections are completed, the third choice selections can begin and so on until no one wishes to choose any more vacation time. Page 214 of 674