14 PAID HOLIDAYS

v The first day of January (New Year’s Day)

v The third Monday in January (M.L.King, Jr., birthday)

v The third Monday in February (President’s Day)

v The Friday prior to Easter Sunday – ½ day (Good Friday)

v The last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

v The fourth day of July (Independence Day)

v The first Monday in September (Labor Day)

v The eleventh day of November (Veterans Day)

v The fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving)

v The Friday after the fourth Thursday in November

v The twenty-fourth day of December (Christmas Eve)

v The twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day)

v The last day of December – ½ day (New Year’s Eve)

v One personal day

Annual vacation leave

1 through 5 years 8 hours per month 96 hours per year

6 through 15 years 10 hours per month 120 hours per year

16 through 20 years 12 hours per month 144 hours per year

21 years and thereafter 14 hours per month 168 hours per year

Sick leave/Sick leave buy back

8 hours sick leave for each completed calendar month of service

Employees may carry 480 hours of sick leave forward. In December of each year employees are compensated for all hours above 480 at 30% of their hourly rate. Employees who retire from the city and go directly into the County Employees Retirement System may use accrued but unused sick leave for retirement purposes.

Funeral Leave: up to 4 hours per month.

Health Insurance: 100% single coverage, effective as of hire date

Life Insurance: $15,000, effective 90 days from date of hire

Retirement: CERS *Employees hired after September1, 2008 will be required to contribute 6% (non-hazardous) or 9% (hazardous) effective date of hire. For fiscal year 08-09 the city will contribute 13.50% (non-hazardous) and 29.50% (hazardous). The city’s contribution changes each year in July.

Uniforms: shirts for non-hazardous, complete uniform for hazardous

The City has an annual picnic and Christmas dinner for employees and their families.