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Docusign Envelope ID: 5BEl338E3-9A4C-4D1 9 -9586 -Al 7352C599AA <br />Christmas Eve & Christmas Day — Filled on November 24 (Christmas Day Fills <br />1't) <br />B. Employees may request vacation on 4 1 of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, or <br />Christmas Day, provided they find their own relief, and only after staffing has <br />filled in accordance with the procedures outlined above. <br />C. Battalion Chiefs are required to use three (3) consecutive 24 -hours of approved <br />vacation to receive mandate protection between December 15 and January 5. <br />Vacation must be cancelled prior to the vacancy being filled during this same <br />time period. <br />Annual Vacation I Vacation Cancellation <br />A. Employees may cancel previously scheduled vacation at any time by notifying <br />the Department at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of the shift. <br />However, the Fire Chief and/or designee must also be notified whenever vacation <br />is cancelled less than six (6) days prior to the shift. <br />EXCEPTION: See Holiday Staffing <br />B. Employees are allowed a maximum of six (6) vacation cancellations per calendar <br />year with less than six (6) days' advance notice. <br />9.4 Vacation Pay at Termination <br />All employees shall be paid for all vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of termination. <br />Such compensation shall be paid to employees in one lump sum in a final check. Employees <br />understand that if there is a deficit balance in their vacation leave accounts at termination, that <br />deficit amount will be deducted from final compensation. <br />Employees may not use accumulated leave to end service prior to retirement or separation from <br />the City, unless authorized by the City Manager. <br />9.5 Vacation Sell Back <br />Employees may request to sell back up to two hundred forty (240) hours of accrued vacation leave <br />in each calendar year. Employees may sell back accrued vacation leave in one (1) hour increments <br />with a minimum sell back of eight (8) hours on the first pay date in March, June, September and <br />December of each year. Written requests for payment must be made by the employee fifteen (15) <br />days in advance of the first pay date in March, June, September and December. <br />Section 10. Sick Leave <br />10.1 Sick Leave Accrual — 56 Hour Shift Employees <br />Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56 -hour work schedule shall earn sick leave at the rate of eleven <br />and two-tenths (11.2) hours for each month of service. Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56 -hour <br />work schedule may accumulate an unlimited number of sick leave hours subject to the following: <br />a. A maximum of 2,912 accumulated sick leave hours are available for use as paid <br />time off at any given time in accordance with sections 10.3 and section 10.4 below. <br />15 <br />