(a) City Holidays. The following days are hereby designated as City holidays for the purposes of setting work schedules for the various City Departments and Divisions, and such days shall be deemed as paid holidays, to be paid as regular hours, for all full-time City employees, and may be deemed as paid holidays for all part-time City employees on a pro-rated basis, in the discretion of the appropriate appointed official or the Municipal Court Judge, except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in the employee's applicable collective bargaining agreement:
New Year's Day | January 1st (all day) |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Third Monday in January (all day) |
Presidents Day | Third Monday in February (all day) |
Memorial Day | Last Monday in May (all day) |
Juneteenth National Independence Day | June 19th (all day) |
Independence Day | July 4th (all day) |
Labor Day | First Monday in September (all day) |
Veterans Day | November 11th (all day) |
Thanksgiving Day | Fourth Thursday in November (all day) |
Day after Thanksgiving | Fourth Friday in November (all day) |
Christmas Eve | December 24th (half day) |
Christmas Day | December 25th (all day) |
New Year's Eve | December 31st (half day) |
(b) Observance. If June 19th, July 4th or Veterans Day falls on a Saturday, the holiday will be observed on the preceding day. If June 19th, July 4th or Veterans Day falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the next succeeding day. If Christmas Eve/New Year's Eve and Christmas Day/New Year's Day fall on Friday and Saturday, respectively, the Eve will be observed on Thursday and the Day observed on Friday. If Christmas Eve/New Year's Eve and Christmas Day/New Year's Day fall on a Saturday and Sunday, respectively, the Eve will be observed on Friday and the Day observed on Monday. If Christmas Eve/New Year's Eve and Christmas Day/New Year's Day fall on a Sunday and Monday, respectively, the Eve will be observed on Friday and the Day observed on Monday.
(c) Flex Holiday Time. In addition to the above-listed City holidays, each appointed official, consisting of the City Manager, the Finance Director and the Law Director, and the Judge of the Xenia Municipal Court, without order of the Court, may set and grant an additional eight (8) hours of holiday pay per year to their respective full-time employees, and may be deemed as paid holidays for all part-time City employees on a pro-rated basis, in the discretion of the appropriate appointed official or the Municipal Court Judge, to be paid as regular hours, for the Departments and Divisions under their control, except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in the employee's applicable collective bargaining agreement. Such holiday time shall be set in the discretion of the appointed official or the Xenia Municipal Court Judge, but such time shall be scheduled and published for the various Departments and Divisions no later than January 15th of each year.
(d) Pay. An employee who is not scheduled to work on a holiday shall be paid at the employee's regular rate of pay, up to a maximum of eight (8) hours, for the holiday. An employee who works on a holiday shall be paid at one and one-half (1.5) times the employee's regular rate of pay for actual hours worked on the holiday and at the employee's regular rate of pay for any remaining hours, up to eight (8) hours total.
(e) Xenia Municipal Court. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect or limit the authority of the Xenia Municipal Court Judge, in his sole discretion, to set the Court's yearly work and holiday schedule, upon an order from the Court.
(f) Personnel Policy. The Administrative Steering Committee shall establish and maintain a policy or policies in the City's Personnel Policy Manual regarding eligibility for holiday pay and other related matters.
(Ord. 2020-13. Adopted 05/28/20; Ord. 2022-05. Adopted 03/10/22; Ord. 2022-13. Adopted 05/26/22)