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ORDINANCE NS-113? AMENDING SECTIONS 9-135, 9-136, 9-163 AND 9-169 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Sections 9-135, 9-136, 9-163 and 9-169 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby amended to read in words and figures, as follows: Section 9-135. Holidays - Regular employees. Legal holidays observed by city employees shall be January 1, the third Monday in February in memory of George Washington's birthday, the last Monday in May in commemoration of Memorial Day, July 4, the first Monday in September, the fourth Monday in October in observance of Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday irmnediately following Thanksgiving Day, December 25 and every day proclaimed by the mayor as a holiday for city employees. Any holiday which falls on Sunday will be observed on the following Monday. Any holiday which falls on a Saturday shall be observed on the Friday preceding the holiday. Section 9-136. Same - Shift personnel. Full-time employees whose regularly scheduled days off are other than Saturday and Sunday shall be entitled to holiday benefits equivalent to those provided in section 9-135. Except as otherwise provided in this division, and with the specific exceptions explained below, employees who do not take holidays as they occur shall be entitled to nine (9) working days off during the year in lieu of holidays. Such substitute holidays shall be scheduled by the department head, normally during the same month that the holiday is observed by other city employees. An employee entitled to time off in lieu of holidays shall receive that time off in proportion to his service at full pay in such capacity during the year. The following exceptions apply: Sworn members of the police department shall be entitled to eight (8) working days off during the year in lieu of holidays until July 1, 1973, on which date they shall be entitled to nine (9) working days off during the year in lieu of holidays. For uniformed members of the fire department assigned to the twenty-four (24) hour shift schedule, the working day granted is a twelve hour day and these employees shall be entitled to eight (8) working days off during the year in lieu of holidays. Section 9-163. Limit. The maximum total accumulation of sick leave with pay shall be one hundred eigh~ (180) working days. On July 1, 1973, that maximum accumulation limit shall be increased to two hundred (200) working days. Sick leave usage of less than a full day shall be charged in minimum increments of one-quarter (~) day. For the eight (8) hour working day the m~m%~B charge shall be two (2) hours, with fractional usage rounded upward to the next higher multiple of two (2). Uniformed members of the fire department assigned to the twenty-four (24) hour shift schedule whose standard work unit is a twelve (12) hour day, shall be charged sick leave at the rate of one day for each twelve (12) hour absence. For these employees, the minimum sick leave increment of one-quarter (~) day is three (3) hours, with fractional usage rounded upward to the next higher multiple of three (3). In those cases when an employee is transferred between twenty-four (24) hour shift and normal five (5) day work week schedules, the employee's earned sick leave, which is accrued in hours, shall be converted to agree with the number of working hours per day in the currently assigned schedule. Section 9-169. Payment for unused sick leave. Upon retirement, an employee who meets the following conditions is eligible for payment for a portion of the unused sick leave which he has accumulated: (1) the employee has been credited for retirement purposes with a minimum of ten (10) years of cumulative service with the City of Santa Ana; and (2) retirement under the city's contract with the Public Employees' Retirement System of the State of California shall be a service retirement, as distinguished from a disability retirement. Such employee shall be entitled to payment for one-third (1/3) of the total sick leave benefit