25-2021 - Establish Juneteenth Holiday

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(b) Whenever any such holiday falls Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be regarded as the holiday and when any such holiday falls on Sunday, the Monday following shall be regarded as the holiday, for all purposes of Sections 149.01 through 149.13. (c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the City as employer from requiring any employee to report for work or to work on any holiday if necessary, by reason of emergency or to carry on essential municipal functions. is hereby repealed. Section 2. That new Section 149.10 Holidays, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is hereby enacted to read as follows: 149.10 HOLIDAYS. (a) Effective June 19, 2021, full-time permanent hourly employees and annual salaried employees, not covered -by a collective bargaining agreement, shall be granted holidays with regular time pay, as follows: New Year's Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Day Thanksgiving Day Presidents Day Day after Thanksgiving Good Friday Christmas Day Memorial Day Three Days Personally Requested Juneteenth Employee's Birthday Independence Day However, no employee shall be compensated for holiday pay unless he works or is available for work on his full regularly scheduled work day next preceding and next following the holiday. (Day after Thanksgiving shall not apply to individuals working in the Refuse Department or Wastewater Treatment Plant, who shall receive an extra personal day). (b) Whenever any such holiday falls Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be regarded as the holiday and when any such holiday falls on Sunday, the Monday following shall be regarded as the holiday, for all purposes of Sections 149.01 through 149.13. (c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the City as employer from requiring any employee to report for work or to work on any holiday if necessary, by reason of emergency or to carry on essential municipal functions. Section 3. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with each collective bargaining unit to grant Juneteenth as an additional holiday to be recognized July 2, 2021 and on June 19 of each year thereafter. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements.