HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-07-8693ORDINANCE NO. 2021-07-8693
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 78
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah values the employees and staff members of the City of
Paducah; and
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah wishes to recruit and retain quality employees by
offering competitive benefits; and
WHEREAS, Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday as of June 17, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah now wishes to amend Chapter 78 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paducah, to include Juneteenth as a designated holiday for City
employees, effective January 1, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky, hereby amends Chapter 78 of the
Paducah Code of Ordinances as follows:
Sec. 78-31. Holidays.
(a) The following days during each calendar year are hereby designated as holidays on which
all City employees will be granted a holiday:
(1) New Year's Eve Day;
(2) New Year's Day (January 1);
(3) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day;
(4) Memorial Day;
(5) Juneteenth National Independence Day
(3)& Independence Day (July 4);
(6) (7) Labor Day;
(7) (8) Thanksgiving Day;
(S) (9) The day immediately following Thanksgiving Day;
(9) 1100) Christmas Eve (December 24);
0-0) 11 Christmas Day (December 25);
(M1�2 One personal day;
and other holidays as may from time to time be designated by motion of the Board of
Commissioners. If any of the days mentioned herein as holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday, in
such event, such holiday shall be recognized on a day, Monday through Friday, as determined by
the City Commission.
(b) As soon as possible after any holiday, the Police and Fire Department personnel shall be
granted a leave of one (1) day to be selected by the respective head of the Police
Department and Fire Department.
(c) All other employees will be paid for recognized holidays not worked in an amount
equivalent to eight (8) times the employee's regular hourly rate or the equivalent of one (1)
day's pay. Such other employees who are required to work on a recognized holiday shall be
further compensated at one and one-half (1 '/2) times their straight time hourly rate.
Members of the Police Department will receive double compensatory time for actual
holidays worked.
(d) Members of the Fire Department working as a member of a platoon performing duty in
shifts of twenty-four (24) hours on duty and forty-eight (48) hours off duty shall be given
holiday time as may be scheduled with the Chief of the Fire Department with a credit of two
(2) holidays per twenty-four (24) hour shift, and they shall be compensated for such holiday
at their average earnings including regular and overtime pay for a fifty-six (56) hour work
week.
(e) Holiday pay for employees of 911 Emergency Communication Service.
(1) For the purpose of this subsection, a qualifying quarter of service shall be a quarter in
which a part-time employee of the Emergency Communication Service is paid for a
minimum average of thirty (30) hours of work per week.
(2) All full-time employees of the 911 Emergency Communication Service shall be
entitled to holiday pay in accordance with this section.
(3) After completion of one (1) year of service with the Emergency Communication
Service, part-time employees shall be granted holiday benefits and pay in accordance
with this section for each qualifying quarter of service. For determining an employee's
eligibility for holiday benefits and pay, reference shall be made to the quarter
preceding the holiday in question. If the employee did not complete a qualifying
quarter of service during the preceding quarter, the employee shall not be eligible for
holiday benefits and pay for which the employee would otherwise be entitled.
(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, no part-time employee of
the Emergency Communication Service shall be entitled to accrue holiday benefits
until such employee has completed one (1) year of service.
SECTION 2. Recognition of Juneteenth as a designated holiday of the City of Paducah
shall become effective January 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be read on two separate days and become effective
upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424
George Bray,
ATTEST:
Lindsay Parish, Ci " Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, July 13, 2021
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, July 27, 2021
Recorded by Lindsay Parish, City Clerk, July 27, 2021
Published by The Paducah Sun, July 30, 2021
ORD\78-31— Juneteenth Holiday