RES-11489 WINTER HOLIDAY CLOSURE - YEAR 2023, 2024 & 2025RESOLUTION NO. 11489
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE REGARDING THE 2023, 2024,
AND 2025 WINTER HOLIDAY CLOSURE
WHEREAS, most benefited, full-time City employees are provided with one-half day of
paid holiday leave on Christmas Eve if it falls on a Monday through Thursday(December 24,2024
and 2025), one full day of paid holiday leave on Christmas Day (December 25, 2023, 2024, and
2025), and one full day of paid holiday leave on New Year's Day (January 1, 2024, 2025, and
2026)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 has met and conferred with all affected bargaining groups; 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 closing at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2023 through Monday,
January 1, 2024. The City will return to full service on Tuesday, January 2, 2024;
and
Notwithstanding public safety and other emergency call-out services,City facilities
will be closing at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 through Thursday,
January 2, 2025. The City will return to full service on Monday, January 6, 2025;
and
Notwithstanding public safety and other emergency call-out services, City facilities
will be closing at 12:00 p.m.on Wednesday,December 24,2025 through Thursday,
January 1, 2026. The City will return to full service on Monday, January 5, 2026.
The Orange Public Library & History Center (Main Library) will be closing
effective 6:00 p.m. on Saturday,December 23,2023 and will re-open at 10:00 a.m.
on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The Taft and El Modena branch libraries will be
closing effective 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 23, 2023, and will re-open at
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2,2024; and
The Main Library will be closing effective 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24,
2024 and will re-open at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2025. The Taft and
El Modena branch libraries will be closing effective 6:00 p.m. on Monday,
December 23, 2024, and will re-open at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 2025;
and b
The Main Library will be closing effective 2:00 p.m.on Wednesday,December 24,
2025 and will re-open at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026. The Taft and El
Modena branch libraries will be closing effective 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday,December
23,2025,and will re-open at 10:00 a.m. on Friday,January 2,2026.
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) (35 hours for 2023,44 hours for 2024, and 35 hours for 2025), or unpaid time if elected,
to cover the holiday closures.
ADOPTED this 22nd of August 2023.
Dan . Slater,Mayor, City of Orange
AT EST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ORANGE
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, 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 22nd day of August 2023,by the following vote:
AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS: Barrios,Dumitru,Tavoularis,Bilodeau, Gutierrez,
Gyllenhammer, and Slater
NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS-
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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