161.05   HOLIDAYS.
   (a)   All eligible employees, as referred to in Section 161.01(e), shall receive eight (8) hours of compensation at base rate for the following holidays:
New Year’s Day
January 1
Martin Luther King Day
3rd Monday in January
President’s Day
3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day
Last Monday in May
Juneteenth
June 19
Independence Day
July 4
Labor Day
1st Monday in September
Columbus Day
2nd Monday in October
Veteran’s Day
November 11
Thanksgiving Day
4th Thursday in November
Friday after Thanksgiving Day
4th Friday in November
Christmas Eve Day
December 24
Christmas Day
December 25
Employee’s birthday
 
 
   (b)   All other eligible employees whose regularly scheduled days off are Saturday and Sunday shall observe holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday on the day on which such holiday is nationally observed. All employees shall be excused from work on the day provided herein for observation of the holiday with the exception of the employee’s birthday, if feasible. If any of the above holidays fall on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday; if it falls on Saturday, it is observed on the preceding Friday. If a recognized holiday occurs during a member’s vacation, that day is not charged as vacation used. Members required to work on a recognized holiday shall receive one and a half (1-1/2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in addition to their regular compensation.
   (c)   The employee birthday holiday shall be observed on a day mutually advantageous to the employee and the City within the calendar year. This holiday cannot be carried forward to the next calendar year. (Ord. C25-13. Passed 5-6-13.)
(Ord. C10-87. Passed 3-16-87; Ord. C86-00. Passed 10-16-00; Ord. C47-01. Passed 8-6-01; Ord. C7-03. Passed 2-18-03; Ord. C10-09. Passed 2-17-09; Ord. C23-15. Passed 4-20-15; Ord. C06-24. Passed 2-20-24.)