VII(F) Set Christmas Holidays For 2000 : • • • Agenda 11-07-2000 ,.
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• "CENTER OF GOOD LIVING-•PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE" - MAYOR•COMMISSIONER •
'0� Ocoee '. •••S.-SCOTT VANDERGRIFT• .
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FROM THE OFFICE OF JEAN GRAFTON, CITY CLERK CITY MANAGER
ELLIS SHAPIRO .
MEMORANDUM -.
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To: - ' The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners ` '
From Jean Grafton, City Clerk
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• Date: October 30, 2000
Re Set Official Christmas Holidays for 2000 • .
Background ..
• - Ordinance No. 97-32, adopted November 4, 1997, changed the days to be.observed by-City
employees for the Christmas Holidays from Christmas Eve and Christmas.Day to Christmas Day,
:and either the day before or the day after, as determined by City Commission. '' Ordinance No.'
. '. 99-12, adopted March.2, 1999, amended the Personnel Rules and Regulations but did not change
this provision:` ,
. Section 8 of Article 8 of the City of Ocoee Personnel Rules and Regulations provides that when a '
holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the Friday preceding or Monday following shall be
designated a substitute holiday and observed as the official holiday. (See attached page.) , . '
' In 2000 Christmas Day falls on Monday. Observing either Monday,.December 25 and Tuesday, ; . ' ' .
December 26 or Friday, December 22 and Monday, December 25.would accommodate'the rules. .
(The City of Ocoee Calendar for 2000 as distributed throughout the City shows City Hall closed :
• for Christmas Holidays 'on December 25 and December 26:• Other governments in the area• : ' • .
whose employees receive Christmas Eve as a holiday will be closed on Tuesday, December 26) , '
The Christmas Holidays for 2001, 2002; and 2003 fall on week days so will not require
Commission action.
Recommendation r -
Staff respectfully recommends that the Honorable Mayor and City.Commissioners'set Monday, -
• . December 25 along with Tuesday, December 26 as the days to be observed by City employees as ' -
.. official Christmas Holidays for the year 2000:
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: Attachment ; "
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SECTION 8
HOLIDAYS
8.01 pays Observed
A. When a holiday falls on Saturday or Sunday, the Friday preceding or Monday
following shall be designated a substitute holiday and observed as the official
holiday.
B. The observed holidays are:
January 1 New Year's Day
January- Third Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
May-Last Monday Memorial Day
July 4 Independence Day
September-First Monday Labor Day
November-Fourth Thursday Thanksgiving Day
November-Fourth Friday Day after Thanksgiving
December Day Before or After Christmas Day,
as Determined by City Commission
December 25 Christmas Day
Two (2)Personal Days/
One(1) Shift for Fire Department Section 7(k) Schedule Employees
C. The City Manager will determine which departments or operations will be closed
in observance of the holiday.
8.02 Eligibility for Holiday Pay
A. All holidays earned must be taken as time off or paid on the same day that it is
earned.
B.' An employee must be on an approved leave for or work the normal schedule of
hours, on the regularly scheduled working day immediately prior to and
immediately following a holiday, in order to qualify for the holiday time or pay.
Absences not approved in advance, including sick call in's may not be approved
depending on whether the employee's excuse and verification of the reason for the
absence are acceptable to management, which, may at its option, require a
doctor's excuse as well as any other evidence it deems necessary.
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