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ARTICLE IX <br />9.0 VACATION <br />9.1 Purpose. It is the policy of the City to grant employees vacation leave in order to provide <br />them with a break in their regular work schedule and this purpose will be used as a guide <br />in the administration of the provisions of this Article. <br />9.2 Regular Vacation Period. <br />A. Regular vacation with pay is granted to each full-time permanent or probationary <br />employee, at the rate of fifteen (15) working days for each completed year of <br />service, accrued at the rate of ten (10) working hours for each completed month of <br />service. Employees hired after August 9, 1979, shall be granted regular vacation <br />at the rate of ten (10) working days for each of his or her first and second <br />completed year of service, accrued at the rate of six and two-thirds (6 2/3) hours <br />for each completed month of service. Thereafter, all such employees shall be <br />granted regular vacation at the rate of fifteen (15) working days for each <br />completed year of service accrued at the rate of ten (10) working hours for each <br />completed month of service. <br />B. An employee who has completed less than one year's service during the calendar <br />year shall receive a proportionate fraction in accordance with the amount of <br />service to his or her credit during the year; provided, however, no employee shall <br />be entitled to, or receive payment for, any vacation until he or she has completed <br />six (6) months of continuous service. <br />C. On or after the first (Is') day of the month following completion of six (6) months <br />of continuous full-time service, an employee may be allowed to take all or a <br />proportionate fraction of his or her earned vacation, subject to scheduling <br />approval of the employee's supervisor. <br />D. Vacation time off may be taken in increments as small as one-half (1/2) hour, <br />with fractional usage rounded upward to the next higher multiple of one-half <br />(1/2). <br />E. Upon completion of two (2) years of continuous service, each employee must take <br />at least five (5) consecutive working days of vacation each year thereafter. <br />F. Computation of Regular Vacation. <br />1. In computing regular vacation, each municipal holiday that occurs during <br />the vacation, and that falls on a day which the employee would have <br />worked had he or she not been on vacation, shall be deducted from the <br />computation so that one (1) additional day of regular vacation shall be <br />allowed to the employee unless departmental practice provides some other <br />39