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B. Employees assigned to a forty(40)hour work schedule shall accrue paid vacation leave in accordance with the following schedule: Years of Continuous Service Monthly Accrual Rate First through fourth year 8.57 hours Fifth through ninth year 11.43 hours Tenth through twelfth year 14.29 hours Thirteenth through fifteenth year 15.71 hours Sixteenth year and above 17.14 hours Accrued vacation leave shall be credited to each employee's account biweekly. 9.2 Vacation Accumulation Eligible employees may accumulate and maintain up to a maximum of four hundred thirty-two (432) hours of accrued vacation leave. Employees are not allowed to accrue vacation hours above the cap. At any time an employee reaches the four hundred thirty-two(432)hour 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 otherwise prevented from using vacation leave due to extenuating circumstances,the employee may submit a written request to the City Manager,or designee,for special consideration to carry over vacation balances beyond four hundred thirty-two(432)hours. 9.3 Vacation Scheduling and Use All scheduled use of vacation shall be approved in advance by the Fire Chief and/or designee. Annual Vacation Scheduling: A. During January of each year, and no later than February 1, employees shall be granted an opportunity to request Annual Vacation Picks (AVP) 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 will have an initial choice of vacation. Vacation selections can be for as many shifts/hours as the employee desires, not to exceed the total number of vacation leave hours the employee will have accrued by the date of the requested vacation, provided the vacation shift/hours are taken consecutively. Once the most senior employee makes an initial vacation selection, the next most senior employee will make an initial selection of vacation shifts/hours. This process shall continue until all employees have an opportunity to make an initial selection of vacation. After all employees make their initial selections, second-choice vacation selections will 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. Only 1 Shift Battalion Chief may request annual vacation each day. 4894-5387-2224 Q 12