(a) Each full-time employee of the Municipality shall receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Day After, Christmas Day, and Five Personal Days. Said Personal Days can be taken at the discretion of the employee with prior approval of the employee's Department Head or City Manager, but may not be carried over into the next calendar year. In the event any of the above holidays fall on a Sunday, the day after shall be observed as the holiday. In the event any of the above holidays fall on a Saturday, the day before shall be observed as the holiday.
(b) Any full-time employee whose scheduled day off falls on one of the holidays observed by the City, shall receive either an amount equal to the employee’s regular day's salary or be given compensatory time off at some future date at the discretion of the Department Head. An employee shall not be eligible to receive holiday pay if they do not work the shifts immediately prior to and after the holiday unless some other type of paid leave has been granted for those shifts.
(c) All full-time employees and all part-time employees, with the exception of the City Manager, Deputy City Manager, Deputy Director, Assistant Directors, and all Directors who are scheduled on duty or who are called in to duty on the day on which a holiday is observed shall receive, in addition to their holiday pay, compensation for such time worked on the holiday at a rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee's regular rate of pay or at the discretion of the Department Head, receive in lieu of their holiday pay compensatory time off at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times worked on the holiday, or in accordance with applicable State and/or Federal legislation.
(Ord. 08-24. Passed 6-3-24.)