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01/10/2011 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 of the 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. 9.4 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 his /her designee. 9.5 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. 9.6 Vacation Scheduling Sign up will normally commence on November 1st of each year for the following year Sign up shall be according to seniority in rank on each shift. The senior Fire Captain and the senior Fire Fighter /Engineer will make their pick, then the second senior Fire Captain and the second senior Fire Fighter /Engineer will make their pick, etc., until all personnel on that shift have made their first pick. Subsequent rounds will be made in the same fashion. Each round must be completed before moving on to the next round. Vacation selection will be allowed in increments of one (1) hour. If a vacation of Tess than twelve (12) hours is requested and approved, the employee requesting the short leave may be required to find his /her own relief depending on relief staffing available. The relief person will be paid the appropriate overtime, with approval. Forty -eight (48) hours advance notice is required for vacation requests. One hundred twenty (120) hours advance notice is required for cancellations except in an emergency. Any requests made less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance for leave, or one - hundred twenty (120) hours in advance for cancellations, will be approved only at the discretion of the Battalion Chief. No more than four (4) employees per shift, irrespective of rank, may be on vacation leave at the same time. During annual vacation picks and thereafter, if applicable, Fire Captains and Fire Fighter /Engineers may select the following Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas. However, the employee(s) requesting the 23 Page 29 #15077 MUFF #905