RES-10960 Christmas Holiday Closure 2016RESOLUTION NO. 10960
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE REGARDING THE 2016
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CLOSURE.
WHEREAS, in the calendar year 2016, the holidays of Christmas and New Year's
Day fall on Sundays and are currently provided to City employees as paid holidays; and
WHEREAS, most benefited, full -time City employees are provided with a full day of
pay on Christmas Day (December 25, 2016), and one day of paid holiday leave on New
Year's Day (January 1, 2017) 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 5:30 p.m. Friday, December 23, 2016 through
Monday, January 2, 2017. The City will return to full service on Tuesday,
January 3, 2017; and
The Orange Public Library & History Center will be closing effective 2:00
p.m. on Saturday, December 24, 2016 and will re -open at 10:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, January 3, 2017; and
The Taft and El Modena branch libraries will be closing effective 6:00 p.m. on
Friday, December 23, 2016, and will re -open to regular operating hours
effective 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2017; 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 Tuesday,
December 27, Wednesday, December 28, and Thursday, December 29, 2016.
ADOPTED the l lth day of October 2016.
I
Teresa Smith, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Mary E. Mu rt Clerk, Cit nrYY eg
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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 1 1 th day of October 2016, by the
following vote:
AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez, Whitaker, Smith, Murphy, Nichols
NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Mary E. rp ity Clerk, City f' Orange
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