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13.3 Vacation Accumulation Any-eEligible employees may defer accumulate and maintain up to a maximum of four hundred thirty- two (432) hours of accrued vacation - • ' • - . •- . • •, -:, leave. Effective January 5, 2013, no °Employees will-be-are not allowed to accrue vacation hours above the cap. At any time an employee reaches four hundred thirty-two (432) hours cap, the employee will cease accruing additional vacation leave until such time as the balance falls below the cap. However, in the event an employee has requested to take vacation but been denied or there were other otherwise prevented from using vacation leave due to extenuating circumstances • . . • . •• - • . . -- taking vacation, the employee may submit a written request to the City Manager, or_designated Assiut City Managerdesignee, for special consideration to carry over vacation balances beyond four hundred thirty-two (432)hours. Effective September 15,2012, any accrued vacation leave in excess of three hundred sixty (360) hours will be was placed in a separate Excess Vacation Bank for each affected employee. Employees shall be entitled to use the hours in the Excess Vacation Bank for vacation or for extended leave in the same manner as regular vacation hours. The hours shall be paid out at the pay rate of the employee when utilized. 13.4 Vacation Scheduling and Use Vacation selection will be subject to the procedure stated in the department policy except for those areas specifically stated differently in this article. A. uring January of each year, each employees •• . . .., •• • - • - - shall be granted an opportunity to choose vacation time in order of Department seniority. The January selections shall be for the period from February 1 to January 31 of the following year. Each employee in turn (based on depaftmeat-Department seniority) will have an initial choice of vacation. Vacation selections can be for as many shifts/hours as the employee desires, up-te his/her not to exceed the total . . • . . . •--• . • '•- - • • • • • umber of vacation leave hours the employee will have accrued by the date of the requested vacation, provided the vacation as long as the shifts/hours are taken consecutively. Once the most senior employee has chose~ his/her makes an initial vacation selection, it becomes the next most senior employee's choice will make an initial selection of vacation shifts/hours. This process shall continue until all employees have had-theiran opportunity to make an initial selection of vacation. After - •• . - . • • • all employees make their initial selections, the second choice vacation selections can beginwill occur. Second choice vacation selections will be done in the same manner as the first choice selections. After the second choice vacation selections are completed, the third choice selections can begin and so on until no one wishes to choose any more vacation time. B. For the annual scheduling done in January of each year,no more than seven (7) persons of any rank shat Beare allowed to be off on vacation leave at any given time. Vacation requests by an 21