Sec. 116.101. - Official holidays.

(a) The City shall observe the following days as legal holidays: (1) January 1 (New Year's Day); (2) Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King's birthday) provided that this legal holiday shall not apply to officers or employees of any independent agency of the City unless and until the board of the respective independent agency formally adopts this legal holiday as a legal holiday of that independent agency; (3) Third Monday in February (George Washington's birthday); (4) Last Monday in May (Memorial Day); (5) June 19 (Juneteenth); (6) July 4 (Independence Day); (7) First Monday in September (Labor Day); (8) November 11 (Veterans Day); (9) Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving); (10) Fourth Friday in November (the day after Thanksgiving); (11) December 24 (Christmas Eve); (12) December 25 (Christmas Day); (13) Personal leave day. (b) Whenever a holiday occurs on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the official holiday; and whenever a holiday occurs on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as the official holiday; provided, that when Christmas Eve falls on Sunday, the following Tuesday shall be observed as the Christmas Eve holiday and when Christmas Day falls on Saturday, the following Monday shall be observed as the Christmas Day holiday. (c) If the date of observance of a City holiday conflicts with the date of observance of the same holiday under federal law, the Mayor is authorized and directed to change, by executive order, the date of observance of the holiday by the City to conform with federal law. (d) The personal leave day provided for in subsection (a) of this Section shall be taken, if desired by the employee, at a time mutually convenient to both the employee and the head of the department in which he is employed. Only one personal leave day shall be available to an employee during each fiscal year and personal leave days shall not cumulate from year to year. Personal leave day shall be a holiday and shall not be charged against vacation or sick leave, but shall be noted on the City's time and attendance reports. (e) Whenever, in any collective bargaining agreement approved by the Council and in force and effect, a schedule, enumeration or list of holidays is established or appended and the terms of the agreement provide that the scheduled, enumerated or listed holidays are the holidays to be observed by the bargaining unit covered by the agreement, then the scheduled, enumerated or listed holidays shall be the official holidays for the bargaining unit instead of the holidays established in subsection (a) of this Section. If a collective bargaining agreement provides that one or more days mentioned or described therein are in lieu of one or more holidays established in subsection (a) of this Section, then the day or days provided for in the agreement shall be the official holiday or holidays; but the other holidays established in subsection (a) of this Section, not being affected by the terms of the agreement, shall continue to be the official holidays for the bargaining unit. (Ord. 68-10-6, §§ 1, 2; Ord. 71-320-116, § 1; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 72-1137-545, § 1; Ord. 73-680-354, § 1; Ord. 77-1111-598, § 1; Ord. 78-1202-571, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-839-694, § 1; Ord. 86-1459-758, § 1; Ord. 95-843-460, § 1; Ord. 2021-544-E , § 1) Editor's note— Section 2 of Ord. 86-1459-758 provides as follows: "The additional legal holiday authorized in this ordinance shall not apply to officers or employees of any independent agency of the City unless and until the Board of the respective independent agency formally adopts this holiday as a legal holiday of that independent agency." Note— Former § 102.101 .