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Employees must request time off for vacation as far in advance as feasible. When possible, employees will be granted vacation time of their choice. However, scheduling of vacation time is subject to the operating needs of the Utilities. Unused vacation days may be carried over from year-to-year, but only to a limited extent, as follows. Unused vacation carryover will be limited to the number of hours accrued during the previous year. Accrued vacation days beyond the canyover limit are lost. For example, if an employee with 2 years of service has accrued but not used 15 vacation days by the end of the pay period containing their anniversary date, they will only be permitted to carryover 13 days to the next year. Paid vacation may not be used for the purpose of extending an employee's active employment with the Utilities or for retaining a full-time equivalency percentage that is not based on an employee's actual planned and scheduled working time. Employees who voluntarily end their employment and who give the Utilities proper (generally at least two -weeks) notice, and employees terminated involuntarily by the Utilities for reasons other than an ethics violation, fraud, theft, or other egregious misconduct, shall be paid out for the amount of earned but unused vacation time in their account as of the date of separation, provided they sign and do not rescind an agreement releasing claims arising out of their employment, in a form prescribed by the Utilities. Employees involuntarily terminated by the Utilities for an ethics violation, fraud, theft, or other egregious misconduct shall not be paid out any unused vacation time. Employees who retire immediately eligible to claim their pension and who give the Utilities proper notice (generally at least two -weeks) shall have 100% of unused vacation time converted into cash and deposited into their Post Employment Health Care Savings account, but only on the condition that they sign and do not rescind an agreement releasing claims arising out of their employment, in a form prescribed by the Utilities. The Operations Director, Electric Superintendent and Water Superintendent accrue paid vacation at the rate set forth above and are generally subject to this Vacation policy; but they each shall also receive an additional 40 hours of paid vacation per year, the balance of which will be paid out at their respective then -current base rates of pay if not used by the end of the year. No such balance may be carried over from year to year. 41. PURCHASED VACATION TIME (PVT) Upon starting employment and during each annual open enrollment period, an employee may purchase up to 40 hours of additional paid vacation time. If an employee decides to purchase vacation time, the employee pays for the hours on a pre-tax basis. The cost of the purchased vacation time will be deducted equally from each paycheck over the course of the year and paid out at the rate in effect upon payout. Vacation is purchased in one -hour increments with a minimum purchase of eight hours and a maximum purchase of 40 hours. Per IRS regulations, the purchased vacation time 45 July 2024 2313900 110