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Seventeenth 11.500 Eighteenth 12.000 Nineteenth and above 12.500 12.4 Vacation Cap The vacation cap is established at four hundred (400) hours. Thereafter, at any time an employee reaches four hundred (400) hours, the employee will cease accruing vacation until such time as the balance falls below the cap. No employee will be allowed to accrue vacation hours above the cap. In the event an employee has requested to take vacation but been denied or there were other circumstances that prevented the employee from taking vacation, the employee may submit a written request to the City Manager, or Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations, for special consideration. 12.5 Vacation Bank Effective July 1, 2011, accrued vacation in excess of four hundred (400) hours was placed in a separate Vacation Bank for each affected employee. Employees shall be entitled to use or sell the hours in the 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. No additional hours will be added to this separate account. 12.6 Vacation Sell Back Employees may request to sell back up to one hundred twenty (120) hours of accrued vacation in each calendar year. Employees may sell accrued time in one (1) hour increments with a minimum of eight (8) hours on the first pay day in June and December of each year. 12.7 Vacation Schedule The times during a calendar year at which an employee may take their vacation shall be determined by the Department Head or his/her designee with due regard for the wishes of the employee and particular regard for the needs of the service. Vacations may not be taken, however, in connection with an employee leaving City employment. If the requirements of the service are such that an employee cannot take part or all of their annual vacation in a particular calendar year, such vacation shall be taken during the following calendar year. x:10