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Section 19: That all full -time personnel listed within this Ordinance, who were hired by the City prior to
<br />January 1, 2005, having completed five (5) years of full -time service as an employee of the City shall be paid
<br />an additional four percent (4 %) of their base annual salary thereafter as longevity increments until completion
<br />of their tenth (10th) year of full -time service; after completion of their tenth (10th) year of full -time service, such
<br />personnel shall receive five percent (5 %) of their base annual salary thereafter as longevity increments until
<br />completion of their fifteenth (15th) year of full -time service; after completion of their fifteenth (15th) year of full -
<br />time service, such personnel shall receive six percent (6 %) of their base annual salary thereafter as longevity
<br />increments until completion of their twentieth (20th) year of full -time service; and after completion of their
<br />twentieth (20th) year of full -time service, such personnel shall receive seven percent (7 %) of their base annual
<br />salary thereafter as longevity increments for so long as they continue to be full -time employees of the City.
<br />All full -time personnel listed within this Ordinance, who are hired by the City on or after January 1, 2005,
<br />having completed five (5) years of full -time service as an employee of the City shall be paid an additional six
<br />hundred dollars ($600.00) as annual longevity increments thereafter until completion of their tenth (10th) year
<br />of full -time service; after completion of their tenth (10th) year of full -time service, such personnel shall receive
<br />one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) as annual longevity increments thereafter until completion of their fifteenth
<br />(15th) year of full -time service; after completion of their fifteenth (15th) year of full -time service, such
<br />personnel shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300.00) as annual longevity increments
<br />thereafter until completion of their twentieth (20th) year of full -time service; after completion of their twentieth
<br />(20th) year of full -time service, such personnel shall receive one thousand seven hundred dollars ($1,700.00)
<br />as annual longevity increments thereafter for so long as they continue to be full -time employees of the City.
<br />Section 20: That all full -time personnel listed within this Ordinance shall receive the following holidays off,
<br />unless required to work by their supervisor or the Mayor in emergencies, and shall receive their regular rate of
<br />pay: New Year's Day; Presidents' Day; one -half (1/2) day on Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
<br />Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; one -half (1/2) day on Christmas Eve; Christmas Day; one -half (1/2) day on New
<br />Year's Eve Day; employee's birthday; and three floating holidays. These holidays are not eligible for buy back
<br />and if not taken after 12 months they can no longer be used.
<br />Section 21: That all full -time personnel listed within this Ordinance shall be entitled to an annual vacation in
<br />accordance with the Vacation Ordinance. All previous service as an elected city public official within the city
<br />shall be considered full -time for the purpose of calculating vacation and sick leave upon retirement.
<br />Section 22: Prior to January 1, 2005, all full -time personnel listed within this Ordinance shall receive three (3)
<br />eight hour days off with pay, or may elect to be paid for three (3) eight (8) hours days, for each six (6)
<br />continuous month period of unused sick leave. No month shall be counted in more than one period.
<br />Effective January 1, 2005, each such full -time personnel who does not use sick leave time for any calendar
<br />quarter (i.e., Jan -Mar, Apr -Jun, Jul -Sep, or Oct -Dec), shall receive eight (8) hours off or at his or her option the
<br />cash equivalent of eight (8) hours, for each such calendar quarter. In addition, if such employee does not use
<br />sick leave time for any calendar half (i.e., Jan -Jun, or Jul -Dec), he or she shall receive an additional eight (8)
<br />hours off or at his or her option the cash equivalent of eight (8) hours, for each such calendar half. (This
<br />provision shall be construed so that employees may receive no more than a maximum of forty -eight (48) hours
<br />each calendar year.) Such bonus days may be taken at a time mutually agreeable to the City and the
<br />employee. Such bonus days must be taken within one year of accrual. Up to one absence per year for
<br />attending a funeral may be used without affecting eligibility for bonus days.
<br />In order to transition from the pre- January 1, 2005, perfect attendance program to the January 1, 2005 perfect
<br />attendance program, employees who, on December 31, 2004 were in the process of earning a perfect
<br />attendance bonus under the pre- January 1, 2005 program, shall receive a pro -rated bonus under the first
<br />sentence of this section, calculated on months of perfect attendance between July 1, 2004 and December 31,
<br />2004, rounded down to the nearest month, e.g., four and one -half (4'/2) months as of December 31, 2004
<br />equals four (4) months of bonus earned.
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