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Section 4. Fire Inspectors shall select vacation and holiday time off separately and <br /> such selection shall not diminish the scheduling opportunities of fire suppression <br /> employees. <br /> Section 5. Effective July 3, 2014, payment for any and all vacation time for which <br /> the employee is eligible at the time of his/her separation from employment with the City <br /> of Decatur shall be made into the employee's Section 501(c)(9) Post Employment Health <br /> Plan (PEHP) account as established in Exhibit G of this agreement. The costs for <br /> establishing the PEHP and ongoing administrative costs shall be borne exclusively by the <br /> Union and/or employee. <br /> ARTICLE 10 HOLIDAYS <br /> Section 1. In lieu of holiday pay, 24-hour shift employees in the classified fire <br /> fighting service shall receive one working day leave each year in accordance with <br /> departmental rules. Such days of leave may be taken at any time during the year at the <br /> selection of the employee with the approval of the Battalion Chief on the respective <br /> employee's shift and subject to the other applicable provisions of this Memorandum. <br /> Section 2. A 24-hour shift employee may divide the holiday into two 12- hour paid <br /> leaves. A request for a full holiday by one employee shall have priority over a request for <br /> a divided day, as herein provided, by another employee only if such request for a full <br /> holiday is submitted prior to 6:00 P.M. on the duty day preceding the duty day so <br /> requested. All requests to divide a holiday must be submitted prior to mandatory sign-up. <br /> Section 3. Fire Inspectors shall have time off with pay on the following holidays: <br /> New Year's Day Memorial Day Veterans Day <br /> Martin Luther King Day Juneteenth Thanksgiving Day <br /> Presidents' Day Independence Day Friday after Thanksgiving <br /> Good Friday Labor Day Christmas Day <br /> Effective May 1, 2009, Fire Inspectors shall no longer have National Election Day <br /> or one Unscheduled Holiday off with pay, and in lieu thereof, twelve (12) hours of holiday <br /> compensation shall be added to the employee's base pay. Effective May 1, 2009. $300 <br /> per year of the 12 hours of holiday compensation shall be contributed in equal monthly <br /> installments directly into the employee's Post Employment Health Plan (PEHP) account. <br /> Fire Inspectors will be eligible for 20 hours of holiday time each year, regardless of <br /> the work schedule assigned to him or her; and one (1) hour of holiday credit with pay shall <br /> be deducted from the total amount available for each Fire Inspector for each hour of leave <br /> taken for a holiday. <br /> Section 4. 24-hour shift employees in the classified fire service shall receive <br /> "Holiday Pay" equal to seventy-two (72) hours pay, prorated biweekly during the ensuing <br /> 12 months, at the applicable hourly rate, applied to their base pay for their respective <br /> ranks. <br /> 19 <br />