HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 21-023 amending Holidays and Vacation Leave for City EmployeesORDINANCE NO.21-023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK,TEXAS,AMENDING
SECTION 9.03.002 AND SECTION 9.03.003 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
PROVIDE FOR HOLIDAYS AND VACATION LEAVE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES;AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK,TEXAS:
Section 1.Chapter 9,Article 9.03,Section 9.03.002 "Holidays",and Chapter 9,Article 9.03,
Section 9.03.003,"Vacation Leave Schedule",of the Code of Ordinances of the City of University
Park are amended to read as follows:
"Sec.9.03.002 Holidays
(a)(1)The following holidays shall be officially observed by the officers and employees of the
city:
(A)The first day of January in each year.
(B)The third Monday of January,designated as Martin Luther King Jr.Day.
(C)The last Monday in May,designated as Memorial Day.
(D)The fourth day of July in each year.
(E)The first Monday in September of each year,designated as Labor Day.
(F)The fourth Thursday in each November,designated as Thanksgiving Day.
(G)The Friday following Thanksgiving Day.
(H)The twenty-fourth day of December,designated as Christmas Eve.
(I)The twenty-fifth day of December,designated as Christmas Day.
(1)Two personal holidays each year,to be used at the choice of the employee.
(2)For payroll purposes,all references to "workday"shall mean eight (8)hours for non-fire
personnel and twelve (12)hours for fire personnel assigned to shifts.
(3)A firefighter is granted the same number of vacation days and holidays as granted to other
municipal employees,provided that one of a firefighter's personal holidays shall hereafter be
designated in remembrance of September 11.
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(b)On official employee holidays,none of the offices and departments ofthe city shall be open
for the transaction of business except the police and fire departments and supporting auxiliary
employees.Employees who are required to work on official employee holidays will be paid at the
regular rate of pay for the number of hours worked,plus they will be paid either:(i)additional pay
for the number of hours worked,at the regular rate of pay,or (ii)compensatory time off for the
number of hours worked during the holiday,provided that such compensatory time off must be
taken within six months after the date of the official employee holiday on which the employee
worked and upon approval thereof by the employee's department head.The city manager or his
designee shall maintain an accurate and comprehensive record about employees who are required
to work on official employee holidays,the hours they work,compensation paid,compensatory
time off credited,etc.
(c)In order to receive compensation for holidays employees must be at work the workdays
before and after the official holiday unless absence is approved by the supervisor.If employees
call in sick on days before or after holidays,they will be required to submit proof of illness prior
to being paid for said holiday.
(d)Upon termination,employees will not receive compensation for their personal holidays when
they have not been taken during the year.
Sec.9.03.003 Vacation leave
(a)All employees shall be granted paid vacation leave according to the following schedule:
Length of Service with City Vacation Hours Vacation HourslW eek
Regular Firefighters Regular Firefighters
6 mos.-5 years 104 156 2.00 3.00
6 -10 years 120 180 2.31 3.47
11 -15 years 136 204 2.62 3.93
16 -20 years 160 240 3.08 4.62
21+years 176 264 3.38 5.07
(b)Additional vacation days may be gained by employees who do not use their sick leave.
Vacation time may be added according to the following schedule:
(1)Regular employees.
Sick Leave Hours Used in a Year Vacation Hours Added
Regular
Regular
o hours 24
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Up to 8 hours 16
Over 8 up to 16 hours 8
Over 16 hours 0
(2)Non-firefighters,10 hour/day personnel.
Sick Leave Hours Used in a Fiscal Year Vacation Hours Added
Non-Firefighters -10 Hr.lDay
Personnel
o hours 24
Up to 10 hours 16
Over 10 up to 20 hours 8
Over 20 hours 0
(3)Firefighters.
Sick Leave Hours Used ID a Year Vacation Hours Added
Firefighters Firefighters
o hours 36
Up to 12 hours 24
Over 12 up to 24 hours 12
Over 24 hours 0
(c)All vacation leave shall be approved by the department supervisor prior to its use.
(d)If a holiday occurs during vacation,the employee will be permitted additional hours off with
pay (as per section 9.03.002)(a)of this chapter)if taken in conjunction with the vacation.
(e)If an employee has worked for one (1)year prior to resigning and gives notice two (2)weeks
before termination,he/she will be paid accumulated vacation leave as part of compensation to the
employee.Employees will not be paid for accumulated vacation leave if notice of at least two (2)
weeks has not been given.
(f)The city manager shall see that complete records of vacation leave accrued and used are kept.
Under no circumstances will an employee be allowed to accumulate more than two (2)times his
or her annual accumulation allowance as described in subsection (a)above.
(g)The city manager and the finance director shall use the latest anniversary date of each
employee since January 1,1980,to figure the accumulated leave.
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Section 2.This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage,as the law and Charter in
such cases provide.
Duly passed by the City Council of the City of University Park,Texas,on the 21st day
of September 2021.
APPROVED:
TOMMY STEWART,MAYOR
ATTEST:
CHRISTINE GREEN,CITY SECRETARY
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