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6.1 F Page 21 for beginning his/her work duties of the impending absence. At the same time, the employee shall provide the immediate supervisor with a telephone number where he/she can be reached du;-ing the term of the absence. The burden of proof of extreme emergency or exceptionat unforeseen circumstances shall be upon the unit member. 9.1.4 Sick teave with pay shalt nat be granted or accrued when the disability arises from any illness, sickness or injury purposely self-infticted or caused by any willful misconduct or when disability is sustained while engaged in a �ainfut occupation {other than City service) either as an employee, officer, executive or as a business or professionat proprietar or partner. 9.1.5 1n the event an employee has accumutated the maximum sick leave credits of one-thousand two-hundred (1200} hours and the empEoyee becomes so severely ill that he or she exhausts his or her sick leave, the Personnel Officer may, upon written recommendation of the employee's department head, authorize additional sick leave to inctude any sick leave in excess of the one-thousand two-hundred (120�) haurs maximum which may have been lost due to the maximum limitation: provided, however, that sick leave credits were not accumulated for a period �f six {6) months or ton�er. 9.1.6 An emptoyee may etect to receive compensation in tieu of sick teave credits for any calendar year (based on the preceding 26 pay periods) by requesting payment of unused sick leave in writing to the Director of Finance on or before December 1 of that year. Payment shatl be rrzade at twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the unused sick leave {50% when no more than 12.5 hours of srck leave have been usecf) for the preceding 26 pay periods. The City will endeavor to make payment on the non-payroll Friday immediatety following the first payroll Friday in January, however the payment will be made no later than the first pay period in February and shatt be paid using the sa(ary in effect December 31. There shall be no payment in tieu of accumulated sick leave benefits for years prior to such calendar year. Accumutated sick teave credits shatt be reduced by the value of the sick leave compensated as provided in the above paragraph and the remaining balance shall be accumulated to a maximum of one- thousand two-hundred (1240j hours in accordance with Section 9.1.1. If a unit member terminates for reasons other than death, retirement or dischar�e, compensation in tieu of unused sick leave shall be paid in accordance with the terms provided for an employee wha may elect to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits, prorated to the date of termination of service. Unit members with twenty (20) years l.8