HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-1217 ORDINANCE NO. /0
AN ORDINANCE relating to city employees; specifying vacations and
holidays for firemen and Fire Department employees;
and amending Subsection 2.22.030 A of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 2.22.030 A of the City of Yakima Municipal
• Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.22.030 Time -Off Privileges.
(1) Vacation Leave:
(a) After one years service each member
of the Fire Department shall be eligible for
five days of vacation leave per year with pay.
The term "day" wherever used in regard to fire-
men shall mean one twenty -four hour working day
as the same is used with respect to the employees
of the Fire Department; it being understood that
all firemen work for a period of twenty -four
hours and are then off for a period of forty-
eight hours;
(b) After ten years of continuous service,
each member of the Fire Department shall be
eligible to seven days vacation leave with pay
for each year worked thereafter;
(c) Vacation leave shall accrue from the
date of employment but shall not be available
until the completion of one year of service. The
same regulations shall apply to the scheduling
and granting of vacation leave as established in
Section 2.40.020 (d) of this code for other city
employees insofar as the same are applicable.
(2) Holidays. Each member of the Fire Depart-
ment shall be entitled to four days off with pay per
year in lieu of holidays. Such time off with pay in
lieu of holidays shall be scheduled so as to meet the
operating requirements of the Fire Department, and,
insofar as the same may be practicable, the preference
of the members . "
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
i PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 6th day of
April, 1970.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk