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5, 1 ~ CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 80-91 PAGE 3. I. That all full-time employees of the Fire Department shall be entitled to an annual vacation in accordance with the following schedule: 1 to 5 years inclusive of full-time service - two (2) weeks 6 to 11 years inclusive of full-time service - three (3) weeks 12 to 19 years inclusive of full-time service. - four (4) weeks 20 years and over of full-time service - five (5) weeks For the purpose of a vacation week, a week shall be defined as seven (7) consecutive days off. All vacation time shall be paid at the regular salary rate. If due to scheduling, vacations cannot be taken in the year earned and are accumulated and taken in the next subsequent year, the rate of vacation pay shall be the rate of pay during the year taken provided the same is first approved by the Safety Director. J. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following provisions apply with respect to hours worked and conditions of employment: WORK SCHEDULE AND OVERTIME 1. The regular work schedule for Fire Prevention personnel shall consist of five (5) consecutive eight (8) hour days, T~onday through Friday. Firefighting platoon personnel shall have an average of fifty-six (56) hour duty week consisting of twenty-four (24) hour shifts on a three (3) platoon basis. 2. Normal hours for employees working a forty (40) hour week shall be from 8:00 a.m, until 4:00 p.m. These schedules are subject to adjustment by the Chief. 3. Any time worked in excess of eight (8) hours a day and any time worked in excess of forty (40) hours a week, or in the case of firefighting platoon personnel, any time worked in excess of twenty-four (24) hours in a seventy-two (72) hour period shall be considered over- time. All employees, except the Chief of the Department, shall be compensated for authorized overtime work at a rate of time and one half of the regular rate of pay calculated by dividing yearly salary by 2080 hours. The Chief will be the determining authority on the necessity for overtime. When compensatory time is desired, the employee will determine, subject to the approval of the Chief, when time will be taken. The minimum time to callback shall be for two (2) hours. 4. Compensatory time cannot be transferred from one employee to another employee. K. In the event that a member of the Fire Department of the City of North Olmsted should be injured while in the line of duty due to a sudden and accidental occurrence and such injury has so incapacitated said member of the Fire Department that he is temporarily unable to work, then the Director of Public Safety, after determining that said injury is work related and is of a temporary nature, may authorize full payment of the employee's regular salary for a period of not more than ninety (90) days. If after said ninety (90) day period, said employee is still temporarily incapacitated, then the Director of Public Safety shall recommend to Council whether or not to continue said salary. Council shall forthwith review the matter and by majority vote determine whether the employee shall continue to receive his full salary during recuperation.