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NON - DISCIPLINARY SEPARATION <br />Resignation <br />A. Any employee wishing to leave the City service in good <br />standing shall file with his department head at least <br />fourteen (14) calendar days before leaving a written <br />resignation stating the effective date of this resignation. <br />Failure to comply with this procedure may be considered <br />cause for denying such employee future employment by the <br />City. <br />B. Unauthorized absence from work for a period of three (3) <br />days may be considered by the department head as a <br />resignation. <br />Retirement <br />Retirement is mandatory at age seventy (70). Employees who are <br />anticipating retirement should notify their supervisor in writing <br />six months previous to the date of retirement so adequate plans <br />can be made. <br />Severance Pay <br />All permanent employees who leave the employ of the City by <br />resignation, retirement, or death shall receive pay for unused <br />accrued vacation and compensatory time subject to maximum <br />accruals. The City does not pay other forms of severance pay, <br />including pay for years worked or conversion of sick days to <br />cash. <br />Lay -Offs <br />A. A department head may lay -off any employee whenever such <br />action is made necessary as provided in the annual budget by <br />reason of shortage of work or funds, the abolition of a <br />position or because of changes in organization. Two (2) <br />weeks advance written notice of the lay -off shall be given. <br />Regular employees shall not be laid off while there are <br />temporary, seasonal or probationary employees serving in the <br />same positions for which regular employees are qualified, <br />eligible, and available. The City Administrator may lay off <br />or terminate temporary and seasonal employees with no prior <br />notice and without City Council approval. An employee may <br />be transferred to another position if such employee is <br />qualified. Qualifications shall be the determining factor <br />for lay -offs. Length of service in the same position <br />classification will be given consideration, only when all <br />other qualifications are equal. <br />34 <br />