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of service, employees shall accrue vacation at a rate (10.769 hours per pay period) that yields two hundred eighty (280) hours of vacation per year. In the event an employee ofthe Fire Department regularly assigned to a twenty- four (24) hour duty shift is temporarily assigned by the Fire Chief with the approval of the City Manager to a forty (40) hour workweek, vacation leave for such employee shall continue to be credited at the fifty-six (56) hour rate. Such appointments and accrual credit shall not exceed ninety (90) calendar days, except by mutual agreement between the Union and the City. This provision does not apply to those employees who are assigned to a light duty assignment due to a non-industrial injury or illness. 9.6 Vacation leave shall not be accumulated in excess of two (2) years accrued vacation leave computed to the 31st of December, except upon written authorization of the Human Resources Director or hislher designee. 9.7 Upon termination of employment, an employee shall be paid the cash value of any unused vacation leave which has been credited to said employee pursuant to MOU Section 9.3. 9.8 Vacation Scheduling Sign up will commence on November I st of each year for the following year. Sign up shall be according to seniority in rank on each shift. The senior Captain and the senior Fire Fighter will make their pick, then the second senior Captain and the second senior Fire Fighter will make their pick, etc., until all personnel on that shift have made their first pick. The second round pick is made in the same fashion. These first two rounds of vacation picks shall be in four (4) shift increments at a minimum. Upon completion ofthe first two (2) rounds of vacation picks employees will be permitted to schedule the balance ofthe earned vacation benefit in twelve (12) hour increments, providing that the twelve (12) hour increments start at 0800 hours or 2000 hours. Vacation may be used in shorter than twelve (12) hour increments, with a minimum of one (1) hour, except, during the hours of 0800 and 1600 vacation must be taken in a four (4) hour minimum, starting at 0800 or 1200 hours, provided that an employee fulfills the training requirements. Ifa four (4) hour vacation through a twelve (12) hour vacation is requested and approved, the leave requested by the employee will be used by the employee. Ifa vacation of less than twelve (12) hours is requested and approved, and the department will be in an overtime situation, the employee requesting the short leave will be required to find hislher own reliefup to the completion ofhislher last shift prior to the approved leave. If the overtime situation occurs after the 21