USE AND ADJUSTMENT OF VACATION TIME. Upon approval of the Fire Chief or his designee, Members working an average 56 hour work week may take vacation time in either six (6), twelve (12) hour or twenty-four (24) increments, unless otherwise approved by the Fire Chief. Twelve (12) hour requests shall be for either the first half of a standard twenty-four (24) hour shift, or for the second half of a standard twenty-four (24) hour shift. Any Member may take vacation time in hourly increments from one (1) to five (5) hours if, at the time the request is approved, it would not result in another Member working overtime to cover the requested time. A Member may not use any vacation time until completion of one (1) year of continuous active service. When vacation time is used, it shall be deducted from the Member's credit on the basis of one hour for every one hour of absence from previously scheduled work. In the event a Member working a forty-four (44) hour work week is permanently reassigned and is working an average fifty-six (56) hour work week, then the remaining unused vacation time credited to a Member in the calendar year in which such reassignment occurs shall be recalculated and re-credited in the following manner: a qualifying Member having less than four (4) years continuous active service shall be credited with 1.636 vacation hours for each remaining and unused vacation hour credited to such Member during that calendar year, a qualifying Member having more than four (4) of continuous active service would be credited with 1.455 of such vacation hours, and so forth, with all adjustments becoming effective on the date designated by the Board. For example 88 hours of unused vacation time would become 144 hours of unused vacation time and 132 hours of unused vacation time would become 192 hours of unused vacation time, and so forth.
