[CC 1996 §130.510; Ord. No. 1030 §1, 12-8-1997; Ord. No. 1078 §I, 2-9-1999; Ord.
No. 1086 §I, 4-5-1999]
A. All
regular full-time employees of the City shall receive normal compensation
for the twelve (12) legal holidays listed below and any other days
or part of a day during which the public offices of the City shall
be closed by special proclamation of the Mayor with approval of the
Board. Probationary employees shall be considered for purposes of
this Section to be regular employees. Legal holidays to be observed
are:
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New Year's Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Martin Luther King Day
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Friday after Thanksgiving
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Memorial Day
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Christmas Day
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Independence Day
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Presidents' Day
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Labor Day
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Columbus Day
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Veterans Day
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Truman's Birthday
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B. It
shall be the policy of the City to insure that all regular employees
enjoy the same number of holidays each year. If a holiday falls on
a Saturday, the preceding Friday will be granted as the holiday. If
the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will be granted
as the holiday. The standard shall be the number of holidays in a
particular year which will be celebrated by employees working a forty
(40) hour week, Monday through Friday. For regular employees whose
workweek is other than Monday through Friday, the department head
shall designate the workday that shall be observed or may permit the
employee to select a day within thirty (30) days after the holiday.
C. An
employee absent without authorized leave on the day preceding and/or
the day following a holiday shall not receive regular compensation
for the holiday.
D. Any
regular employee in the City service who shall be required to perform
work or render services on a regularly scheduled holiday shall receive
a day off at his/her regular pay rate in lieu of the holiday missed
or, at the option of the City, he/she may be compensated at the City's
approved overtime rate for his/her service on the regularly scheduled
holiday.
E. For
Police Officers and other employees required to work on the holiday,
the department supervisor shall designate the substitute day to be
taken in lieu of the holiday, but no more than one substitute day
shall be allowed during any calendar month.
[Ord. No. 1930, 9-20-2021]
F. Employees
shall be allowed to take the day after Thanksgiving as a holiday by
using their available vacation time, compensatory time, or personal
time.
[Ord. No. 1930, 9-20-2021]