(a) Each full-time police officer shall be entitled to receive compensation at his or her regular rate of pay for eight hours for the following legal holidays (or the day recognized as such): New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Washington-Lincoln Day (Presidents' Day), Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Any day declared to be a holiday by the Mayor and Council during the effective period of this section shall be added to the existing holiday schedule.
Each full-time police officer shall be entitled to three personal days as well as the officer's birthday following one year of employment as a full-time police officer of the Village. An additional personal day shall be allowed for the succeeding year for a police officer who works a full calendar year without taking any sick leave.
A full-time police officer shall have the option of scheduling Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday as a personal day with the approval of the Police Chief. No holidays or personal days may be carried over into the next year without the permission of the Police Chief and the Mayor.
(b) A full-time police officer who works on a holiday shall receive, at the option of the Police Chief, either:
(1) Eight hours of compensatory time off (as scheduled by the Chief); or
(2) Pay at the regular rate, for such number of hours as such officer works on such holiday, in addition to eight hours of holiday pay, except that, a full-time police officer who is scheduled to work on Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day shall receive pay at the time and one-half rate for such number of hours as such officer works on such holiday, in addition to receiving eight hours of holiday pay.
(c) A part-time police officer who works on Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day shall receive pay at the time and one-half rate for such number of hours as such officer works on such holiday.
(Ord. 1998-15. Passed 12-15-98; Ord. 2001-20. Passed 12-18-01; Ord. 2007-26. Passed 7-3-07; Ord. 2012-23. Passed 10-16-12; Ord. 2013-22. Passed 12-17-13.)