[Ord. No. 320 §23.180, 8-9-1990; Ord. No. 14-009 §1, 4-8-2014]
A. 
All regular employees of the City shall receive normal compensation for the 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. All regular part-time employees shall receive compensation in proportion to the average number of hours normally scheduled to work. Probationary employees shall be considered for purposes of this Section to be regular employees. Legal holidays to be observed are:
[Ord. No. 555 § 1, 5-9-2017]
January 1
New Year's Day
Third Monday in January
Martin Luther King Day
Third Monday in February
Presidents' Day
Last Monday in May
Memorial Day
July 4
Independence Day
First Monday in September
Labor Day
Second Monday in October
Columbus Day
November 11
Veterans Day
Fourth Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Day
The day after
Thanksgiving Day
December 24
Christmas Eve
December 25
Christmas Day
B. 
It shall be the policy of the City to insure that all regular employees enjoy the same number of holidays each year. 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 this group when a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the holiday. When a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as the holiday. For regular employees whose workweek is other than Monday through Friday, the department head shall designate the workday that shall be observed.
1. 
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.
2. 
Any regular employee in the City service who shall be required to perform work or render services on a regular 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.