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manner of compensating for municipal holidays. Should an employee be <br />confined to a hospital for sickness or injury while on authorized vacation, <br />each full day of such confinement, when confirmed by a physician's <br />statement and approval of the Department Head, may be deducted from <br />the computation of vacation expended and charged against the employee's <br />accumulated sick leave. <br />2. No employee may carry over from one (1) calendar year to the next, more <br />than the equivalent of two (2) regular vacation periods from the previous <br />two (2) years, and vacation not taken beyond that amount is forfeited. A <br />regular vacation period is defined as the maximum amount of vacation <br />earned in a calendar year as provided in Subsection A above. <br />3. No employee shall have a right to accumulate or split his or her vacations, <br />but the same may be allowed or required by the Department Head. The <br />time at which an employee shall take his or her vacation shall be <br />determined by the Department Head, with due regard for the wishes of the <br />employee and particular regard for the needs of the service. <br />9.3 <br />Longevity Vacation. <br />A. All current and re-employed employees eligible to receive longevity vacation as <br />of the date of council approval of this agreement shall retain rights to both the <br />existing longevity vacation accrual and cash-out programs. Employees employed <br />as of the date of council approval of this agreement who are not yet eligible to <br />received longevity vacation shall retain rights to the existing longevity vacation <br />accrual program only. They will not obtain any rights to the longevity cash-out <br />program. Any employee hired after the date of council approval of this agreement <br />shall not be eligible for either the longevity vacation accrual or cash-out <br />programs. <br />B. Each permanent employee is granted additional work days of vacation leave with <br />pay for each completed year of full-time, continuous city service as set forth in <br />the following table. This additional vacation shall be designated longevity <br />vacation. <br />Completed Years <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br /> Hourly Equivalent <br />Additional Days of Additional Days <br />1/2 4 <br />1 8 <br />1 1/2 12 <br />2 16 <br />21/2 20 <br />3 24 <br />3 1/2 28 <br />4 32 <br />41/2 36 <br />40