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14.17.2 The time during the calendar year at which a COA unit member shall take vacation shall be <br /> determined by the Fire Chief with due regard to the wishes of the unit member and with <br /> particular regard to the needs of the service. Preference of vacation date shall be given to <br /> employees according to their length of service in as reasonable manner as possible. <br /> 14.17.3 Full-time employees shall be entitled to annual vacation leave as follows: <br /> Employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (3.077 hours per pay period) that yields eighty (80) <br /> hours of vacation at the end of each year of service from the first year through the fourth year. <br /> After completion of the fourth year of service, employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (4.615 <br /> hours per pay period) that yields one hundred twenty (120) hours of vacation at the end of each <br /> year through the ninth year of service. After completion of the ninth year of service, employees <br /> shall accrue vacation at a rate (6.154 hours per pay period) that yields one hundred sixty (160) <br /> hours of vacation per year through the fourteenth year of service. After completion of the <br /> fourteenth year of service, employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (6.923 hours per pay <br /> period) that yields one hundred eighty (180) hours of vacation per year through the nineteenth <br /> year of service. After completion of the nineteenth year of service, employees shall accrue <br /> vacation at a rate (7.692 hours per pay period) that yields two hundred (200) hours of vacation <br /> per year. <br /> Battalion Chiefs assigned to twenty-four(24) hour duty shifts shall be entitled to annual vacation <br /> leave as follows: <br /> Employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (4.615 hours per pay period) that yields one hundred <br /> twenty (120) hours of vacation at the end of each year of service from the first year through the <br /> fourth year of service. After completion of the fourth year of service, employees shall accrue <br /> vacation at a rate(7.385 hours per pay period)that yields one hundred ninety-two(192) hours of <br /> vacation at the end of each year through the ninth year of service. After completion of the ninth <br /> year of service, employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (8.615 hours per pay period) that <br /> yields two hundred twenty-four (224) hours of vacation per year through the fourteenth year of <br /> service. After completion of the fourteenth year of service, employees shall accrue vacation at a <br /> rate (9.692 hours per pay period) that yields two hundred fifty-two (252) hours of vacation per <br /> year through the nineteenth year of service. After completion of the nineteenth year of service, <br /> employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (10.769 hours per pay period) that yields two hundred <br /> eighty(280) hours of vacation per year. <br /> 14.17.4 Vacation leave shall not be accumulated in excess of two (2) years accrued vacation leave <br /> computed through the pay period that includes the 31st of December, except upon written <br /> authorization of the Personnel Officer. <br /> 14.17.5 Upon termination of employment an employee shall be paid cash value of his or her accrued <br /> vacation leave at the time of the termination, in accordance with the above schedule. <br /> 14.18 Illness During Vacation <br /> 14.18.1 An employee who commences a scheduled vacation period and subsequently becomes ill before <br /> his or her vacation period has been completed shall be placed on sick leave under the following <br /> conditions: <br /> 14.18.1.1 The employee otherwise has the requisite amount of accrued, unused sick leave <br /> and otherwise qualifies for sick leave as provided by this Agreement; and, <br /> 15 <br />