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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-091 <br /> Page 4 of'10 <br /> entitled to receive compensation for 80 hours of unused vacation time per year, resulting in a <br /> maximum permitted payment of $3,180 per year. Accordingly, Ms. Rush received amounts of <br /> $795 in 2019 and $795 in 2020, totaling $1,590, which exceeded the Accrued Vacation Cash-Out <br /> Policy limits. <br /> 7. <br /> On May 19, 2020, HANR paid Ms. Rush$4,770 for overtime worked in May 2020. At the <br /> September 8,2020 meeting of the Authority Board,the Authority Board, in response to the Covid- <br /> 19 pandemic, approved the Executive Director being on-call 24 hours per day. This action by the <br /> Authority Board was taken after the overtime payments were made to Ms. Rush, and did not <br /> explicitly approve for any additional hourly or overtime compensation for Ms. Rush. <br /> 8. <br /> If called to testify, Ms. Rush would state that she believed she accrued vacation time as <br /> compensation for her services rendered as Executive Director of HANR and was entitled to the <br /> cash value of the accrued unused vacation time as an exercise of her property rights in such accrued <br /> unused vacation time. Further, she would testify that she believed her receipt of compensation for <br /> overtime hours worked was within the guidelines established by the United States Department of <br /> Housing and Urban Development. For these reasons, Ms. Rush would testify that payment to her <br /> of the aforementioned accrued,unused vacation time and overtime hours worked was not intended <br /> to violate the Ethics Code. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 1. <br /> Section 1111A of the Ethics Code prohibits a public servant from receiving anything of <br />