RES-10238 Christmas Holiday Closure 2007RESOLUTION NO. 10238
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE REGARDING THE 2007
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CLOSURE.
WHEREAS, in the calendar year 2007, the holidays of Christmas and New Year's
Day fall on Tuesdays and are currently provided to City employees as paid holidays; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with current Resolutions and Memoranda of
Understanding between the City of Orange and all recognized employee organizations,
including Top Management employees, exclusive of the City of Orange Police and Police
Management Associations, and the Orange City Firefighters, Local 2384, City employees
are entitled to one-half (12) day of paid holiday leave on Christmas Eve (December
24,2007);
and WHEREAS, all benefited, full-time City employees are provided with one
day of paid holiday leave on Christmas Day (December 25, 2007), and one day of
paid holiday leave on New Year's Day (January 1,
2008); 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, City services, except public safety and library services, are
closed for a half-day on Monday, December 24, 2007 (Christmas Eve), and full
days on Tuesday,December 25, 2007 (Christmas Day), Friday, December 28, 2007 (
regular closed Friday),and Tuesday, January 1,2008 (New Year'
s Day); 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:An additional one-half (1/2) day of paid
holiday leave on Monday, December 24,2007 (Christmas Eve) to
each full-time employee as follows:40-hour employees shall accrue
a total of
one-half day for said holiday benefits, and 24-hour shift
employees shall accrue a total of 6 hours, and
Regular part-time employees' paid holiday
This Resolution shall be applicable only to calendar year 2007; and
Notwithstanding public safety and other emergency call-out services,
City facilities will be closed at the end of the business day on Friday,
December 21, 2007 through Tuesday, January 1, 2008. The City will return to
full service on Wednesday, January 2,2008;
and The City's public libraries' operating hours will also be reduced as
follows:regular operating hours will be held on Friday, December 21 and
Saturday,December 22; all Library facilities will be closed on Monday, December
24 and Tuesday, December 25; only the Main Library will be
open Wednesday, December 26, Thursday, December 27, and Friday,
December 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; all library facilities will be closed
on Saturday, December 29, 2007 through Tuesday, January 1, 2008, and
will reopen to regular hours effective Wednesday, January 2,2008;
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 leave, and/or floating holiday) to cover
the holiday closures on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, Thursday,
December 27,2007, and Monday, December 31,
2007;BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those members of the Police and
Fire Departments described in Resolution Nos. 9999 (City of Orange Police
Association),10000 (City of Orange Police Management Association), and 10007 (Orange City
Fire Fighters, Local 2384), respectively shall receive an additional one-half day
of holiday leave which can be utilized by such personnel upon approval of appropriate Police
and
Fire supervIsors.ADOPTED this 27 th day of
November,
2007.
ATTEST:
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 27th day of November, 2007 by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: Murphy
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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