(a) The following days during the calendar year are hereby declared to be the official paid holidays of all full-time employees of the Municipality:
(1) January 1 (New Year’s Day)
(2) Third Monday of January (Martin Luther King Day)
(3) Third Monday of February (President’s Day)
(4) Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)
(5) July 4 (Independence Day)
(6) First Monday in September (Labor Day)
(7) Second Monday in October (Columbus Day)
(8) November 11 (Veteran’s Day)
(9) Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)
(10) Fourth Friday in November (The Day After Thanksgiving)
(11) December 24 (Christmas Eve)
(12) Christmas Day
(13) December 31 (New Year’s Eve Day).
(b) Whenever any of the above holidays occur on Saturday, the Friday preceding such date shall be observed. Whenever a holiday falls on Sunday, it shall be observed the following day.
(c) Any employee who calls in sick on the regular work day immediately prior to or following a scheduled holiday must present a doctor’s excuse upon returning to work. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action.
(d) Full time employees shall receive their thirteen holidays as the first day of each year and shall use all holidays by the end of the calendar year. Failure to use said holidays by the end of the year will result in the forfeiture of any unused holidays.
(e) Any full time, part time, or auxiliary police officer who works on any of the Village Holidays set forth in subsection (a) shall be paid time and half for the hours worked on that Holiday. (Ord. 26-2020. Passed 11-9-20.)