agreements which shall be limited by budgetary authorization intended for such purposes. The city shall make deductions from the Special Employee's pay as required by law, such as federal, state and local tax withholdings and any contributions to FICA/Medicare or the applicable State of Ohio Retirement System, that may apply.

HOLIDAYS. The City Manager may substitute holidays listed under this section, however, no additional holidays shall be granted to the personnel positions listed in this schedule. The holidays currently recognized are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and the employee's birthday. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, if a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday will instead be observed as a holiday; and where a holiday would fall on a Sunday, the following Monday will instead be observed as a holiday.

PERSONAL LEAVE. Employees in the positions covered by this Personnel Schedule shall receive three (3) days of paid personal leave annually.

SICK LEAVE. Sick leave for all personnel positions covered by this Personnel Schedule shall be accrued at a day and a quarter per month, per year, with a maximum accumulation of one hundred fifty (150) days. This provision, and no other provision in this ordinance, shall also apply retroactively for calendar years 2018 and 2019 as a limited amendment of Ordinances No. 4853 and 4873.

VACATIONS. Employees in the positions covered by the Personnel Schedule receive the following annual vacations with pay:

  1. Employees who have completed a minimum of one year service, but less than six work years, shall receive twelve (12) working days of vacation.
  2. Employees who have completed six work years, but less than eleven work years, shall receive fourteen (14) working days of vacation.
  3. Employees who have completed eleven work years, but less than sixteen work years, shall receive eighteen (18) working days of vacation.
  4. Employees who have completed sixteen work years, but less than twenty work years, shall receive twenty (20) working days of vacation.
  5. Employees who have completed twenty work years, but less than twenty-five work years, shall receive twenty-two (22) working days of vacation.
  6. Employees who have completed twenty-five work years or more shall receive twenty-five (25) working days of vacation.
  7. Every employee shall be entitled to one additional day of vacation for each three days of unused sick leave that employee may have accumulated in excess of ninety days. This exchange of sick leave for vacation leave shall be limited to a maximum of five additional vacation days for any work year. The additional vacation leave obtained through this type of exchange must be used during the work year in which the exchange is made, except that up to two such additional vacation days may be accumulated so as to be carried forward to a succeeding year.

VACATION ACCUMULATION. The City Manager is hereby authorized to establish a regulation limiting the amount of vacation time an employee may accumulate. In so doing, the City Manager may distinguish between various employee classifications.

VACATION CONVERSION. Prior to September 30th of each year, the City Manager shall be permitted to convert to cash up to twenty-two (22) but not less than five (5) days of accumulated vacation. Department heads may be permitted to convert up to fourteen (14) but not less than five (5) days of accumulated vacation upon written approval of the City Manager. The classifications of Assistant Finance Director, Income Tax Administrator, and Captain may be permitted to convert up to eight (8) but not less than five (5) days of accumulated vacation upon written approval of the City Manager. In order to be eligible to convert vacation, the employee must meet certain performance standards which are to include, as a minimum, but not exclusively, better than satisfactory work toward completion of organization work goals and objectives and the discrete and conservative use