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ORDINANCE NO. 86-6-2866
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-21, VACATION LEAVE GENERALLY, AND 2-22, SICK LEAVE,
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the Board of Commissioners that a
clarification of city policy is needed as to employees accumulating vacation leave and sick
leave while receiving workmen's compensation benefits.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Subsection (a.l) of Section 2-21, Vacation Leave Generally of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained so that said
subsection shall hereafter read as follows:
"All present employees shall continue to receive vacation at the rate of one and
one-fourth (14) days of vacation for each month of employment with the city except for those
employees who have begun their fifteenth year of service with the city, who shall receive
vacation at"the increased rate as hereinafter set forth. Except for members of the police
and fire departments, all employees employed after the date of March 31, 1976, shall receive
vacation time as follows: During the first year of employment, vacation time shall accrue at
the rate of one-half day per month for a total of six (6) days. Between the beginning of the
second and the beginning of the fifth year of employment, employees shall accrue vacation at
the rate of five -sixth days per month, for a total of ten (10) days per year. From the
beginning of the fifth year to the beginning of the tenth year of employment, the accrual
rate shall be one day per month for a total of twelve (12) days per year. Between the
beginning of the tenth year and the beginning of the fifteenth year of service, the accrual
rate shall be one and one-fourth (14) days per month for a total of fifteen (15) days per
year. Between the beginning:of the fifteenth year and the beginning of -,the twentieth year of
service, the accrual rate shall be one and one-half (11-2) days per month for a total of
eighteen (18) days vacation per year. From the beginning of the twentieth year through the
twenty -fifty year of service, the accrual rate of vacation will be one and three-fourths (1
3/4) days per month for a total of twenty-one (21) days per year. For all employees with
more than twenty-five (25) years of service, the accrual rate of vacation shall be two (2)
days per month for a total of twenty-four (24) days per year. An employee may accumulate up
to a maximum of fifty (50) days of vacation at any one time. Upon termination of employment,
all employees shall be paid for any unused vacation leave not to exceed fifty (50) working
days.
"After obtaining vacation eligibility, an employee may take vacation as may be
reasonably scheduled with his department head as hereinafter set forth in subsection (f), or
in the case of a department head, as may be scheduled with the city manager. A month in
which a salaried employee is paid for fifteen (15) days or more and a daily or hourly wage
employee is paid for twelve (12) days or more shall be considered as a month of service. Any
day in which an employee receives workmen's compensation benefits from the City of Paducah or
its insurance carrier shall be considered as a day paid under this section."
SECTION 2. Section 2-22, Sick Leave, shall be amended to read as follows:
"(a) Each employee of the city regularly employed on a full-time basis shall be
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entitled to sick leave with pay, and each employee shall be entitled to accrue sick leave up to
and including a total of one hundred twenty (120) working days. The accrual of sick leave
shall be at the rate of one and one-half (12) working days for each month of service up to a
total of one hundred twenty (120) working days. No sick leave shall be credited to any
employee until such time as he has worked for the city for six (6) consecutive months, after
which time sick leave shall be credited from the date of employment. A month in which a
salaried employee is paid for fifteen (15) days or more, and a daily or hourly employee is paid
for twelve (12) days or more, or a member of a platoon in the fire department is paid for five
(5) twenty -four-hour periods or more, shall be considered a month of service. A day for which
an employee receives workmen's compensation benefits from the City of Paducah or its insurance
carrier shall be considered a day for which the employee is paid under this section. Any
employee granted a leave of absence for any other purpose shall not continue to accrue sick
leave at the rate prescribed in this section during such absence. When an employee retires or
dies, he or his surviving spouse or his designated beneficiary shall be paid an amount equiva-
lent to one day's regular pay for all sick days he has accumulated over fifty (50) days at the
time of such retirement or death.
"(d) An employee receiving sick leave with pay who simultaneously
receives any compensation through a sick benefit plan financed in whole or in
part by the city shall receive, for the duration of such compensation; only
that portion of his regular salary which will, together with such compensation,
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become
effective upon publication of title and a certified summary thereof.
JOE VITERISI
Mayor
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners June 1t9, 1986
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners June 24, 1986
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, June 24, 1986
Published by The Paducah Sun 7'-/- �,�