HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1780ORDINANCE NO. 1780
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1510
KNOWN AS THE PERSONNEL RULES, POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY
OF FAIRHOPE, FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, as follows:
Section 1. The ordinance known as the Personnel Rules, Policies, and Procedures
Ordinance (No. 1510), adopted 14 April 2014, together with the Personnel Handbook of the
City of Fairhope, be and the same hereby is changed and altered in respect to the certain
sections below:
Amend the following to:
SECTION 7 -TIME OFF FROM WORK
7.01 PAID HOLIDAYS
The City observes the following as paid holidays for regular full-time employees
and appointed officials:
New Year's Day: January 1st
Martin Luther King's Birthday: Third Monday in January
Mardi Gras Day
Memorial Day: Last Monday in May
Juneteenth Day: June 19th
Independence Day: July 4th
Labor Day: First Monday in September
Veteran's Day: November 11th
Thanksgiving Day: Fourth Thursday in November
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve: December 24th
Christmas Day: December 25th
The City Council may grant additional days off.
Paid holidays that fall on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday; paid
holidays falling on a Sunday will be observed on the following Monday. To receive
holiday pay, the employee must work the last scheduled workday before and the first
scheduled workday after the holiday unless the employee's Department Head has
approved the scheduled work day off in advance as paid vacation under Personnel
Rules Section 7.03 .
Work On Holidays
Because many essential City services must be provided on holidays, employees,
including part-time and temporary employees, may be scheduled to work on a
holiday. If so, the employee will be paid one and one-half times his /her regular rate
of pay for all hours worked on the holiday .
In addition, to prepare for certain holidays as determined by the Mayor, emplo yees
may be paid at their overtime rate for set-up activities even if the work is not
performed on the holiday and regardles s of whether the employee works in excess of
40 hours during the workweek.
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7.02 BIRTHDAY
Regular full-time employee s with at lea st one year of service may take their birthday
as a paid day off. With prior permission of the Department Head , the birthday paid
leave may be taken at any time during the calendar year, but may not be carried to
the next calendar year.
Section 2. The sections , paragraphs , sentences , clauses and phrases of this ordinance
are severable , and if any phrase , clause , sentence , paragraph or section of this ordinance
shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such ruling shall
not affect any other paragraphs and sections , since the same would have been enacted by the
municipality council without the incorporation of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section .
Section 3 . This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its due adoption and
publication as required by law .
Adopted this 14th Day of August , 2023
Attest:
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City Clerk