HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance Book 18, Page 174, Ordinance Number 73-4-803ORDINANCE NO. 73-4-803
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUB -SECTIONS (a) AND (f) OF SECTION
2-21 "VACATION LEAVE - GENERALLY", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY
OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY
OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That sub -section (a) of Section 2-21 of the
Code of Ordinances City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and
reordained so that said sub -section as amended and reordained shall
hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 2-21. Vacation leave generally.
(a) Each employee of the city regularly employed filling
a permanent position on a full-time basis after completing six months
of employment with the city shall be credited with vacation time from
the date of employment at the rate of one and one-fourth (1a) days of
vacation for each month of employment with the city, and all such
employees shall thereafter accrue vacation at the same rate and may
accumulate up to a maximum of twenty-one (21) days of vacation at
any one time. After obtaining vacation eligibility, an employee may
take vacation as may be reasonably scheduled with his department head
as hereinafter set forth in sub -section (g), 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. Members of the police and
fire departments that have successfully completed twenty (20) years of
continuous service with the department, shall thereafter accrue
vacation at the rate of one and one-half (111) days of vacation for
each month of employment with the city, and may accrue up to a maximum
of twenty-four (24) days of vacation at any one time."
SECTION 2. That sub -section (f) of Section 2-21 of the Code
of Ordinances City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained
so that said sub -section as amended and reordained shall hereafter ,
read as follows:
"Sec. 2-21� Vacation leave generally i
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(f) Since the members of the fire department work one
twenty-four (24) hour period on and have forty-eight (48) hours off,
they are permitted to take only five (5) working days vacation per year.
To equalize the total consecutive days of vacation allowable to members
of the fire department with those available to members of the police
department, a member of the fire department who will take all of his
annual leave within the year and at one time shall be entitled to six
(6) working days of annual leave with pay. Members of the fire depart-
ment with more than twenty (20) consecutive years of service shall be
entitled to seven (7) working days of annual leave with pay."
SECTION 2. Sections 1 and 2 amend Section 1 of an ordinance
originally adopted November 25, 1947, and last amended by Section 2
of ordinance No. 70-5-322 enacted May 12, 1970.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption, and retroactive to April 1, 1973.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 10, 1973
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 10, 1973.