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Floating holidays will be accrued May 1, June 1, July 1, and August 1. Upon initial hire, new regular and temporary fulltime and regular part-time employees will receive the appropriate pro rata share of that fiscal year’s floating holiday time, which will be front-loaded into their holiday bank and available for immediate use. 

 

Floating holidays must be used within the fiscal year in which they are earned. Time remaining on May 1 of the following year will be deleted from the employee’s accruals unless special arrangements are made in advance with the employee’s department head. Should special arrangements be made, the department head will complete a personnel action form noting the exception. Police and Fire personnel must use these days within the fiscal year.

4.2.0 Holiday Falling on Weekend, Working Days

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When any of the above holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is considered the holiday; if any falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday is celebrated as the holiday. For employees who maintain essential City services or who work on shift assignments, or for regular employees on vacation, the policy shall be followed that when a holiday falls on one of their regular days off or during their vacation period, they receive another day off as scheduled by their department head. 

For those who receive another day off in lieu of the holiday, the time must be used within the fiscal year in which it is earned. Time remaining on May 1 of the following fiscal year will be deleted from the employee’s accruals unless special arrangements are made in advance with the employee’s department head. Should special arrangements be made, the department head will complete a personnel action form noting the exception. 

Whenever Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the preceding Friday and following Monday will be observed as the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holidays unless otherwise designated by the City Manager.


4.3.0 Holiday Bonus

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When a probationary, regular and temporary fulltime and regular part-time employee is scheduled to work a minimum eight-hour shift on a City holiday, that employee will receive a holiday bonus of $160. Employees “swapping” days with a regularly scheduled employee will be eligible to receive this holiday bonus in lieu of the person with whom they “swapped”. For employees working shifts in 24-hour/7-days-a-week departments, the employee who works the official holiday is paid the bonus, not the employee who works the “celebrated” holiday (i.e., if July 4 falls on a Saturday and is celebrated by the City on Friday, July 3, the employee who works on July 4 receives the bonus). This bonus is subject to all normal withholding.  It does not apply to employees who are called back for emergency work, but only those scheduled to work as part of their normal shift in order to maintain appropriate coverage. Employees called back for emergency situations or coverage will be covered under Section 3.5.0 of these policies.  Executive Classification employees are exempt from this holiday bonus. Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be compensated as determined by their agreement.