RES-10823 Christmas Holiday Closure 2014RESOLUTION NO. 10823
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE REGARDING THE 2014
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CLOSURE.
WHEREAS, in the calendar year 2014, the holidays of Christmas and New Year's
Day fall on Thursdays and are currently provided to City employees as paid holidays; and,
WHEREAS, most benefited, full -time City employees are provided with one -half
day of paid holiday leave on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2014), a full day of pay on
Christmas Day (December 25, 2014), and one day of paid holiday leave on New Year's Day
January 1, 2015) per their respective Memoranda of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to express its sincere appreciation to City
employees for their dedicated service to the City and its citizens throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the value of time spent with families during
the holiday season; and
WHEREAS, the City will experience a slight reduction in its unfunded paid leave
accrued liability by requiring employees to use their own accrued paid leave times to cover
these proposed days off, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to effectively accommodate time -off requests
by City employees during the holidays
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Orange does hereby grant the following:
Notwithstanding public safety and other emergency call -out services, City
facilities will be closed at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 24, 2014 through
Sunday, January 4, 2015. The City will return to full service on Monday,
January 5, 2015; and
The Orange Public Library & History Center will be closing effective 12:00
p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 and will re -open at 10:00 a.m. on
Monday, January 5, 2015; and
The Taft and El Modena branch libraries will be closing effective 7:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, December 23, 2014, and will reopen to regular operating hours
effective 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2015; and
City employees will be required to utilize their own accrued paid leave hours
i.e., vacation, compensatory time, holiday compensatory time, administrative
leave, TRP, and /or floating holiday) to cover the holiday closures on Friday,
December 26, Monday, December 29, Tuesday, December 30, and
Wednesday, December 31, 2014.
ADOPTED this 25" day of November, 2014.
A'T'TEST:
Mary E. City 'fOrange
es . Smith, Mayor, City of Orange
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 25 day of November, 2014 by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Alvarez, Whitaker, Smith, Murphy, Bilodeau
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Mary E. , 5 Cit yClerk, i of Orange
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