(a) All full time employees of the Municipality shall be entitled to the holidays provided herein and shall receive pay for such holidays. Full time employees means all salaried employees and all hourly employees working forty hours per week on a regular basis. Legal holidays as used in this section means the following days:
(1) The first day of January, known as New Year's Day;
(2) The third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day;
(3) The third Monday in February, known as Washington - Lincoln Day;
(4) Good Friday;
(5) The last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;
(6) The fourth of July, known as Independence Day;
(7) The first Monday in September, known as Labor Day;
(8) November 11th, known as the traditional Veterans Day;
(9) The fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving Day;
(10) The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November. (Friday after Thanksgiving);
(11) The 25th day of December, known as Christmas Day.
(b) If any day designated in this section as a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be taken. Holidays falling on a Sunday will be taken on the following Monday.
(c) In the event any hourly rated employee is required to perform work on any of the above holidays, such employee shall receive for the hours worked on such holidays his regular rate of pay to which shall be added his normal corresponding holiday pay.
(d) The police force and dispatchers shall be entitled to the holidays or equal time off as soon as possible after the holidays providing arrangements can be made within the department with the approval of the Mayor or Village Administrator.
(e) An option is established permitting all employees to determine by a majority vote an alternative holiday in lieu of the third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. In order for employees to make said election, the vote on the same must be taken by January 1 of the following year, otherwise, Martin Luther King Jr. Day shall remain the holiday for that year. The election shall be conducted under the supervision and direction of the Village Administrator.
(Ord. 97-13. Passed 12-1-97.)