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<br />ARTICLE X <br /> <br />10.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> <br />10.1 Sick Leave. <br /> <br />A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick leave shall be deemed to <br />mean absence from duty of an employee because of illness, injury, medical, or <br />dental appointment that prevents the employee from performing the duties of his <br />or her position, and shall be deemed to include time in quarantine resulting from <br />exposure to a contagious disease. <br /> <br />B. Administration. Effective July I, 2005, the City and Union agree to increase each <br />Part Time Civil Service employee's annual sick leave accrual from 30 hours to 72 <br />hours. In order to effectuate this increase for the 2005-06 fiscal year, effective <br />with the paycheck of June 20, 2006, each Part Time Civil Service employee shall <br />be credited with an additional 42 hours sick leave. Beginning July 1,2006 and <br />each month thereafter, each employee shall earn six (6) hours per month of sick <br />leave, for a total maximum annual accrual of 72 hours per year. <br /> <br />C. Authorized Onlv When Necessarv. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be <br />authorized as follows: <br /> <br />I. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at his or her <br />discretion, but shall be allowed only in cases of actual sickness and <br />disability, or necessity, as authorized in Subsection J below. <br /> <br />D. Limit. The total maximum accumulation of sick leave with pay shall be 200 <br />hours. Sick leave usage of less than a full day shall be charged in minimum <br />increments of one-half (Yz) hour, with fractional usage rounded upward to the next <br />higher multiple of one-half (Yo,). <br /> <br />E. Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six (6) months without pay to <br />an employee who has exhausted all of his or her accrued sick leave if the City <br />physician or a licensed physician designated by the City Manager indicates that <br />the employee will be sufficiently recovered to return to his or her employment <br />within a six (6) month period. Prior to the expiration of the additional time, the <br />employee may return to his or her position provided that the employee has a <br />certificate from one of the above mentioned physicians stating that the employee <br />is able to perform all the duties of his or her position without qualification. In <br />addition to the above, the City Manager may grant a further extension not to <br />exceed a total of one (1) year without pay. <br /> <br />F. Extension bv Use of Accrued Compensatorv Time Off. After an employee's sick <br />leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to use any unused <br />compensatory time off benefits or unused vacation leave. <br /> <br />G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate <br />supervisor either prior to or within four (4) hours after the time he or she is <br /> <br />24 <br />