01-370 Holidays ChangeRESOLUTION NO. ~/'''' 37~
EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION, COMPENSATION, AND BENEFITS
SUBSECTION C. 3. - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
SUBJECT: REVISIONS
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
REPEALING SECTION IV, EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION, COMPENSATION
AND BENEFITS, SUBSECTION C. 3 HOLIDAYS OF THE PERSONNEL
POLICY MANUAL TO DELETE COLUMBUS DAY AND ADDING THE DAY
AFTER THANKSGIVING AS A RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY.
WHEREAS, the City of Meridian has written policies governing the
recognized paid holidays for City employees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Meridian has determined that it is in the best interest
of the City, and its employees, that Columbus Day shall be deleted from the City's
recognized holidays and that the day after Thanksgiving shall be a recognized City
holiday.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That sub-paragraph 3 of subsection C of Section IV of the
Personnel Policy Manual is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That sub-paragraph 3 of subsection C of Section IV of the
Personnel Policy Manual shall hereby now read as follows:
3. Holidays.
Ten official holidays are provided for full-time employees.
Employees who have full-time active status on the date of any holiday
shall receive compensation for that day even though they do not work.
Holidays which fall on Saturdays shall be observed on the preceding
Friday. Those which fall on Sunday shall be observed on the succeeding
Monday. The holiday schedule may be changed at any time by the
Mayor and City Council. (Fire Department will remain at 80 hours per
fiscal year.)
Employees who must be scheduled to work on holidays shall be
scheduled to receive a substitute holiday with pay within sixty days of
the date of the holiday for they were scheduled to work. Unscheduled
emergency work on holidays shall be compensated at a rate of one and a
half times the employee's regular rate of pay.
Recognized Holidays:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther ICdng, IrdHuman Rights Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
SECTION 3: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
passage and approval.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO
this ff__r~_~ day of tS)(_~c- ,2001.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
day of O~'~L.- ,2001.
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