(A) The legal holidays observed by the City shall be as follows: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, one-half day Christmas Eve, one-half day New Year's Eve and the employee's birthday.
(B) When any holiday enumerated in subsection (A) hereof falls on Sunday, the following day shall be a holiday for City employees. In such instances, the one-half day holidays before Christmas and New Year's Days shall be taken on the Fridays preceding Christmas and New Year's Day.
(C) When any holiday enumerated in subsection (A) hereof falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday for City employees.
(D) In those years in which Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on Saturdays, the one-half day New Year's Eve, as set forth in subsection (A) hereof, shall not be a holiday, but instead the entire day on the Thursday immediately preceding Christmas Day shall be a legal holiday.
(E) When an employee is required to work on a holiday established by this section, he shall be paid at one and one-half times his regular rate of pay for that day and shall also receive an additional work lay off with pay, such day to be determined by his department head.
(F) An employee's birthday holiday may be used as a personal leave day on a different date, with the approval of the department head, provided that the employee gives notice of his intention to utilize the leave day privilege ten working days in advance of his birthday.
(G) It is the intent of this section to excuse from working, whenever possible, employees who are scheduled to work on days observed as holidays, as specified herein.
(Ord. 200-76. Passed 12-13-76.)
(H) Holidays for members and employees of the Police Department, Fire Department personnel under the platoon system, irregular shift employees in the Public Works Department and personnel of the Water and Sewage Treatment Plants shall be governed by Section 244.05. Holidays for employees of the Municipal Court, and employees in other departments or offices assigned to work with the Municipal Court, shall be governed by statute, or rule of Court.
(Ord. 7-77. Passed 1-3-77.)