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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
REGARDING THE DECEMBER 31, 2018 CITY HALL HOLIDAY •
WHEREAS, full-time City employees are provided with one full day • paid holiday leave
for New Year's Day (January 1, 2019) per their respective Memoranda of Understanding, when
City facilities are
• closed • business; and
WHEREAS, this year, December 31, 2018 falls • a Monday and January 1, 2019 falls
on a Tuesday; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to effectively accommodate time -off requests by
City employees during the holidays; 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 savings in utility costs and 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
•. THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL • THE CITY • r•- r•
HEREBY
• AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding public safety and other emergency call -out services, City
facilities will be closed Monday, December 31, 2018 and Tuesday, January 1, 2019. The City
will return to full service on Wednesday, January 2, 2019; and
SECTION 2. City employees will be required to utilize their own accrued paid leave
hours (i.e., vacation, compensatory time, administrative leave, sick leave) or unpaid time, to
cover the December 31, 2018 holiday closure.
• 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption • this Resolution,
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27 th day of November, 2018.
SEAN ASHTON, Mayor
ATTEST:
4ARt'A�LICIA DUARTE, C
City Clerk
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a Regular Meeting held on the 271" day of November, 2018 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members: Pacheco, Saab, Vasquez, Rodriguez, Mayor Ashton
NOES: Council Member: None.
ABSENT: Council Member: None.
ABSTAIN: Council Member: None.
ARI ALICIA DUA, 6MC
City Clerk