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retirement, then and only then shall he/she be entitled to payment for accumulated sick leave. Such payment shall be <br />computed as described above. <br />A regular salaried employee who has worked for the City at least five years and has accumulated sick leave who <br />terminates his/her employment for any reason shall be paid as full compensation for such sick leave as computed <br />above. <br />The City shall provide members of the unit who are granted a service retirement (rather than disability retirement), a <br />sum equal to the cash value of 75% of the employee's accumulated sick leave after 20 cumulative years of service <br />with the City. The cash value shall be computed at the employee's hourly rate in existence at the time the monies are <br />disbursed. <br />E. Buv Back Program <br />Each represented employee shall be allowed to buy back up to 96 hours of sick leave per fiscal year. The <br />requirements for the buy back are as follows: <br />1. Employee must have a minimum of 1,000 hours to participate in the program; and <br />2. A minimum of 10 years service; and <br />3. Employee can only buy back the amount of unused hours accumulated in any one fiscal year; and <br />4. The employee shall be compensated at their current salary at the time of request; and <br />5. This item shall be considered on a fiscal year basis. <br />6. One time each fiscal year, second payroll period in November, the buy-back requests will be submitted by the <br />CPOA President to payroll. <br />Section 4: Bereavement Leave <br />Up to 40 hours per occurrence, two occurrences each fiscal year, may be taken by full-time employees with pay as <br />bereavement leave in the case of the death of the eligible employee's father, step father, father-in-law, mother, step <br />mother, mother-in-law, brother, sister, wife, husband, child, step child, grandchild, grandparent or grandparent of <br />spouse. These hours shall not be eligible to be carried forward beyond the fiscal year. The City reserves the right to <br />require reasonable verification of the need for such leave. <br />Section 5: Leave Usage <br />A. An employee, who is granted paid leave time off, other than sick leave, may choose which leave bank to take <br />such leave from, namely vacation, holiday or compensatory time. Paid leave shall be scheduled off in <br />accordance with procedures established by the Police Chief. <br />B. School Resource Officer (SRO <br />Generally shall schedule to be off during the year while school is not in session. This typically will <br />include Winter Holidays (two weeks), Spring Break (one week), Summer Break (two weeks). <br />Additionally, SRO's shall schedule to be off during school recognized holidays and "In Service" days <br />when students are not attending school (approximately 15 days) unless previously arranged with their <br />Supervisor for specialized training or other needs beneficial to the City. <br />It is agreed that compensation for the days off outlined in this section shall be compensated via the use <br />of compensatory time accrued as a result of the nine -hour workdays or their Holiday Leave bank. <br />o School Resource Officer's acknowledge that additional vacation time of 1-4 weeks should be <br />scheduled during summer break and will need to be coordinated with one another so that at least <br />one SRO is working while summer school is in session. <br />Page 18 of 21 <br />CPOA (Police) MOU 2006-2009 (2) <br />