(A) The following days are declared paid holidays at the regular rate of pay for full-time and permanent part-time employees:
(1) New Year's Day.
(2) Good Friday.
(3) Memorial Day.
(4) Independence Day.
(5) Labor Day.
(6) Thanksgiving Day.
(7) Friday following Thanksgiving.
(8) Christmas Eve.
(9) Christmas Day.
(10) New Year's Eve.
(11) Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, which shall be observed by the city on the second Friday of each January.
(B) When any holiday listed falls on Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a holiday. When any holiday listed above falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a holiday. In addition to the above, any day may be designated as a holiday by the Mayor or City Council.
(C) All employees occupying full-time and regular part-time positions shall receive holiday pay. Employees who work on a holiday shall be compensated for actual hours worked at the regular rate of pay in addition to holiday pay, or receive another working day off with pay.
(D) In order to be eligible for a holiday with pay, an employee must work the day before, the day of (if scheduled), and the day after, with the following exceptions:
(1) If an employee is on vacation, he or she will be paid for the holiday and have his or her vacation extended one day.
(2) If an employee is absent because of a verified illness on the day before or after a holiday, the employee will receive his or her holiday pay.
(Ord. 01-03, passed 1-15-01)