Leave accruals may vary between General, Fire and Police personnel. Please contact Human Resources-Benefits Division at 361-826-3300 option 2 with any questions you may have concerning your employee benefit options.
VACATION LEAVE ACCRUAL
Years of Service Hours per Year
Less than 6 years of service 88 Hours
Beginning the 6th year 104 Hours
Beginning the 11th year 120 Hours
Beginning the 16th year 144 Hours
Beginning the 21st Year 168 Hours
Beginning the 26th year 200 Hours
Beginning the 31st year 240 Hours
Annual carryover limited to 240 hours
Up to maximum of 30 days paid at termination, retirement, or death
12 months of service with City required before vacation is paid at termination
Probationary Period must be completed before vacation accrual is used
SICK LEAVE
12 days per calendar year (based on 8-hour shift)
960 hours carried over year to year
Payment of 50% of accrued hours not greater than 360 hours at disability/service retirement or upon death
PERSONAL LEAVE
Effective August 1st of each year, each full-time employee shall receive forty (40) hours of personal leave.
Full-time employees hired on or between August 2nd to April 30th shall receive personal leave hours as follows in the first year they are employed:
- Hired on or between August 2nd through October 31st shall receive 30 hours;
- Hired on or between November 1st through January 31st shall receive 20 hours;
- Hired on or between February 1st through April 30th shall receive 10 hours;
- Any employee hired on or between May 1st through July 31st shall not receive personal leave hours until personal leave hours are awarded on August 1st.
Airport public safety officers who work shifts of twenty-four (24) hours on and forty- eight (48) hours off, who shall receive sixty (60) hours of personal leave.
- Hired on or between August 2nd through October 31st shall receive 45 hours;
- Hired on or between November 1st through January 31st shall receive 30 hours;
- Hired on or between and February 1st through April 30th shall receive 15 hours;
- Any employee hired on or between May 1st through July 31st shall not receive personal leave hours until personal leave hours are awarded on August 1st.
Days scheduled and used like vacation leave
Personal leave must be taken by July 31st of each year
Personal leave may be used within the first six (6) months of employment with the city
Personal leave hours are not paid out at termination
HOLIDAY LEAVE
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
- One Floating Holiday
If any provision(s) of this summary of benefits conflicts with the provisions of the City’s personnel Ordinance, the provisions of that ordinance will control.