HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 699ORDINANCE NO. 699
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING SECTION
2.52.230 OF THE PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE,
RELATING TO OBSERVED CITY HOLIDAYS AND ADDING
SECTION 2.52.230 RELATED TO OBSERVED CITY
HOLIDAYS.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 2.52.230 which constitutes a
portion of the City of Palm Desert Personnel System Rules and
Regulations, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That Section 2.52.230 is hereby added to the
City of Palm Desert Personnel System Rules and Regulations as set
forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part thereof,
effective immediately.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage
and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated within the City of
Palm Desert, and the same shall be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Palm Desert City Council
this 14th day of January, 1993, by the following vote:
AYES: Crites, Kelly, Snyder, Wilson, Benson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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JEA M. BENSON, MAYOR
SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert,,/California
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ORDINANCE NO.
EXHIBIT "A"
SECTION 2.52.230 HOLIDAYS.
A. All permanent full-time employees of the city shall
receive eight hours pay for each holiday. All permanent part-
time personnel employed on a half-time basis or more, but less
than full-time, shall receive four hours pay for each holiday.
B. Designated holidays include:
1. January 1st, known as New Year's Day;
2. The third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther
King Day;
3. The third Monday in February, known as Washington's
birthday;
4. The last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;
5. July 4th, known as Independence Day;
6. The first Monday in September, known as Labor Day;
7. November 11th, known as Veteran's Day;
8. The fourth Thursday in November, known as
Thanksgiving Day;
9. The Friday after Thanksgiving Day;
10. December 25th, known as Christmas Day;
11. One "floating holiday." The employee shall be
granted an additional holiday, the actual day to be
decided between the employee and the department
head with consideration given to the efficient
operation of the department.
C. Any day declared to be a holiday by proclamation of the
Mayor may also be observed. With the exceptions cited above,
holidays falling on Sunday shall be observed on the following
Monday. Holidays falling on Saturday shall be observed on the
preceding Friday.