(a) The following 13 days are hereby declared holidays for full-time employees of Avon Police Department:
(1) New Year's Day;
(2) Martin Luther King Day;
(3) Easter Sunday;
(4) Memorial Day (the last Monday of May);
(5) Fourth of July;
(6) Labor Day;
(7) Columbus Day;
(8) Thanksgiving Day;
(9) Police Memorial Day (May 15);
(10) Christmas Day; and
(11) Three floating holidays.
The provisions herein do not apply to employees within the Department of Fire as they are addressed under Chapter 246.
(b) The floating holiday will be given to each full-time non-probationary (initial probation) employee. The date of such holiday will be at the discretion of the employee, with the consent of the appropriate supervisor.
(c) The birthday of each employee will be given to the particular employee. When a birthday falls on one of the preceding holidays or on a non-working day, the employee shall take a day within the applicable pay period as the holiday with the approval of the appropriate supervisor.
(d) If a full-time employee is required to work on any of the holidays listed in division (a) of this section, excluding the floating holidays, he or she shall be entitled to pay for such time worked at one and one-half times his or her regular base rate of pay, plus he or she shall receive 8 hours of holiday pay. Hours worked in excess of 8 on a holiday will be compensated at double time and one-half. The selection of holiday pay or holiday compensatory time shall be at the discretion of the employee and such notice shall be given to the City within the pay period such holiday is worked. An employee who is not required to work on a designated holiday will receive 8 hours of holiday pay.
(e) (1) All holiday compensatory time shall be scheduled and taken with the approval of the appropriate supervisor. Holiday compensatory time not used shall be paid in the first pay of December of the applicable calendar year, except that 40 hours of holiday compensatory time maybe carried over into the next calendar year. Floating holidays must be used in the year earned and may not be carried over into the new year.
(2) If the holiday is not taken within the 30-day period, the full-time employee will receive 8 hours pay at his or her current hourly rate in the next scheduled pay period.
(f) Each full-time employee shall have the option of converting any one of the holidays listed in division (a) of this section to an additional floating holiday. Selection of this holiday shall be made in accordance with the guidelines established in division (b) of this section.
(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85.)
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, effective July 1, 2024, the following days are hereby declared to be holidays for the permanent part-time and intermittent employees of the Avon Police Department:
(1) New Years Day
(2) Easter Sunday
(3) Memorial Day
(4) Fourth of July
(5) Thanksgiving Day
(6) Christmas Eve
(7) Christmas Day
If a permanent part time or intermittent employee is required to work on any of the holidays listed in this division, he or she shall be entitled to premium pay for such time worked at two times his or her base rate of pay for the total hours worked.
(Ord. 13-89. Passed 6-26-89; Ord. 113-03. Passed 7-14-03; Ord. 76-24. Passed 7-8-24.)