Paid Leave:

The Village of Ruidoso is our parent entity. The Village offers excellent benefits to all it's employees. The Village of Ruidoso uses a Progressive Vacation Accrual scale, based upon time with the Village, to determine how much paid leave an employee receives. The scale breaks down as follows:

1 to 12 months:           3.39 vacation hours per pay period
13 to 24 months:         3.70 vacation hours per pay period
25 to 36 months:         4.00 vacation hours per pay period
37 to 48 months:         4.31 vacation hours per pay period
49 to 168 months:       4.62 vacation hours per pay period
169 + months:             6.16 vacation hours per pay period

The maximum amount of vacation which can be accrued is 240 hours.

Paid sick leave is accrued at 3.00 hours per pay period, regardless of time with the Village. There is no maximum amount of sick leave which can be accrued.

Dispatchers can  earn compensatory time with the department in lieu of overtime. There is a maximum of 96 hours which can be accrued.

The Village of Ruidoso will buy back all time accrued, at your current pay rate, if you retire from the Village. If an employee decides to separate from the Village, either voluntarily or involuntarily, they will buy back the time at a lower percentage, based upon time employed.