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In the event an employee requests payment pursuant to this Section 18.1.5, the City shall perform the necessary computation steps in the following order: (1) Compute the number of hours of unused sick leave for that calendar year; and (2) Compute a dollar amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the unused sick leave computed in step 1, compensated at the rate of pay for the calendar year during which the sick leave was earned; and (3) Pay the dollar amount computed in step 2 to the employee by the first pay period in February immediately following the calendar year during which the sick leave was earned; and (4) Add the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the unused sick leave computed in step 1 to the employee's accumulated sick leave credits; and (5) Drop any accumulated sick leave credits in excess of one thousand nine hundred twenty (1,920) hours. 18.1.5.1 Unused accumulated sick leave at the time of retirement, for which the employee receives no compensation, shall be converted to additional service credit at the rate of 0.004 years of service for each day, i.e., 250 days of sick leave for one additional year of service credit. Local safety member benefits subject to a maximum of75% of the average final compensation will not be increased beyond that limit for unused sick leave credit. 18.1.5.2 Upon retirement or death, an employee or an employee's dependents shall be paid twenty-five percent (25%) of all of the employee's accumulated sick leave. Payment of unused sick leave hours shall be made at the employee's current hourly rate. 18.1.6 Procedures for Requesting and Approving Sick Leave Employees are responsible for notifying the Battalion Chiefs office of any inability to report to duty prior to the commencement of their work shift. Shift employees shall notify the Battalion Chiefs office prior to 0700 hours of the day the employee is to be absent. Non- shift employees shall notify their immediate supervisor by 0815 31