25-2021 - Establish Juneteenth Holiday

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to Rules & Ordinances 7/6/21 Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader ORDINANCE NO.25-2021 AN ORDINANCE to take effect June 19, 2021 provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 149.10, Holidays, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, to establish Juneteenth as a City holiday and observe such holiday on July 2, 2021 and on June 19 of each subsequent year. WHEREAS, June 19 has been established as a Federal holiday; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood recognizes the history and the struggle to end Slavery and the hurt, anguish and oppression endured by African Americans; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to honor and pay respect to such plight endured by the African American community and to recognize the achievement of the end to this injustice; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to establish Juneteenth as a City holiday to honor and respect the official end of slavery on June 19, 1865; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this, Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that delay could impair the City's ability to recognize Juneteenth in 2021; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 149.10, Holidays for Employees, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 149.10 HOLIDAYS. (a) Effective January 1, 2002, 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 Day after Thanksgiving Memorial Day Christmas Day Independence Day Good Friday Labor Day Employee's Birthday Presidents Day Three Days Personally Requested Thanksgiving Day Martin Luther King 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).