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period. Prior to the expiration of the additional time, the employee may return to <br />his or her position provided that he or she has a certificate from one of the above <br />mentioned physicians stating that the employee is able to perform all the duties o f <br />his or her position without qualification. In addition to the above, the City <br />Manager may grant a further extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year <br />without pay. <br />F. Extension by Use of Vacation. After an employee's sick leave has been <br />exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to take any earned vacation he or <br />she may have accrued. <br />G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate <br />supervisor not less than one (1) hour prior to the time he or she is scheduled to <br />report for duty. When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive working <br />days, the employee must present to the Police Chief a physician's certificate <br />stating that, in the physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work <br />because of illness or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to <br />safely return to work. Such certificate shall be transmitted to the chief personnel <br />officer with the report of the return of the employee to work. <br />A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or <br />injury may be required after an absence of any duration of less than three (3) days. <br />H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from <br />duty because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful. <br />misconduct; or sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment <br />other than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or <br />by reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other <br />compensation. <br />1. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available to an <br />employee, such excess sick leave, will first be deducted from any available <br />compensatory time off benefit; second, from any available vacation leave benefit; <br />third, from any available holiday leave benefits; and finally, deducted from the <br />next scheduled wage or salary payment. <br />J. Personal Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to <br />use up to 66 hours of sick leave per calendar year, on a non -cumulative basis, as <br />personal necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to <br />attend to an illness of a child, parent, spouse or registered domestic partner of the <br />employee. As used in this section, "child" means a biological, foster, or adopted <br />child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; <br />and "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal <br />guardian. <br />Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: (a) to attend to <br />a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family; (b) childbirth; <br />(c) to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or other valuable <br />IN <br />