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CREDITABLE SERVICE. The term" ' - credltobte service" shall be taken to mean for any member of the most recent period of continuous service as an employee rendered by t~he member plus membership service for which credit is allowed under this Chapter; provided however, that periods before and after periods of unpaid authorized leave shall be included as credit- able service but the period of leave itself shall not be credited as creditable service. In addition, under regular service retirement and excluding deferred or vested retirement, one-third (1/3) of unused sick leave as of the effective date of retirement shall be added to creditable service. In no event shall a member's creditable service include any period of service after his attainment of normal retirement age. E~4PLOYEE. The word "employee" shall be taken to mean any person regularly employed in the service of the City on a full time permanent basis and whose compensation is wholly paid by the City, and persons holding offices in the City re- quired by the Constitution of this State and their deputies, assistants and employees employed on a full time permanent basis and whose compensation is paid partly by the City and partly by the State; but shall not include any person who is eligible for membership in theV'lrglnla' ' Supplemental Retire- ment System, the Portsmouth Fire and Police Retirement System or who enters into an agreement with the City for inclusion in a deferred compensation retirement plan which agreement speci- fically prohibits inclusion in other retirement systems established by the City. An employee shall also be taken to mean any person employed under a grant program who has been regularly employed in the service of the City on a full time basis for a period such that he will have b~come vested under the con- ditions as stated in Section 31-262, and whereby such grant program has participated in making the necessary ~contributions to the system for the full period of the employee's service to be credited. In case of doubt, the Board shall decide who is an employee within the meaning of this Article. EMPLOYER. The word "employer" shall be taken %o mean the City or the authority of the City having the power to appoint an employee to office or e~pLoyment. EXAMINER. The word "examiner" shall be taken to mean the medical examiners provided for in Section 31-223. MEMBER. The word "member" shall be taken to mean any employee who has been included in the membership of the system as provided in Sect±on 31-229, and whose membership has not terminated under the provisions of Section 31-230.