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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING
ORDINANCE 2543, PERTAINING TO SECTION 2.64.030, TO REMEDY
A DRAVFING ERROR REGARDING VACATION ACCRUAL FOR PART-
WHEREAS, in Ordinance No. 2543 at the City Council's regularly scheduled meeting
August 19, 1996, the City Council amended relevant city code sections governing employee leave
rights and policies consistent with City labor agreements; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2543 contained a drafting error regarding vacation acc~ai for
part-time employees,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. Ordinance 2543, pertaining to Section 2.64.030, Vacation accrual - Annual
leave, of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.64.030 Vacation accrual - Annual leave.
A. Each employee shall be entitled to accrue vacation leave up to 240 hours if working
a 40-hour per week schedule, up to 210 hours if working a 35-hour per week schedule, and up
to 336 hours if working a 24-hours-on 4g-hours-off schedule.
B. Each employee's anniversary date for calculation of vacation accrual shall be 12
months after entering the full-time service of the city.
C. All accumulated annual leave is allowed when employee leaves employer's
employment for any reason. Accumulated leave means vacation due and unused after completion
of the first year of eligible employment.
D. Regular part-time employees, except temporary and seasonal employees, shall
accumulate vacation time at the same rate as regular employees, calculated as follows:
1. After the first year of service, eight six and one-half (6.5) hours of vacation
time for each 173 hours worked during the first year;
2. Ten hours for each 173 hours worked in each year of service after 12
months of service until employed by the city for nine years;
3. Fourteen hours for each 173 hours worked in each year of service after nine
years of Service until employed by the city for 19 years;
years of service.
Seventeen hours for each 173 hours worked in each year of service after 19
E. An employee must complete one year in status eligible for annual leave accrual
prior to being eligible to take annual leave.
F. No probationary employee shall receive vacation pay if his or her employment
expires before the completion of one full year of continuous employment.
(Ord. ~ § 1, 1996; Ord. 2543 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2362 § 2, 1993; Ord. 1998 § 1, 1984; Ord.
1673 § 3, 1973).
~. ~. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the provision
to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
This ordinance is effective retroactive from August 19, 1996.
Read for the first, second, and third times and passed by the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 3rd day of September 1996.
Attest:
008/28/96 [FMLA 96-034] Ord\{Ch264030.doc}
Julie ~Culloch, Mayor
Approved as to
Fit rm~~an, &ity Attorney
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