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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3284 Regarding Holidays and Amending Section 2.20.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code Ordinance 3284 Page 1 of 3 ORDINANCE NO. 3284 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, REGARDING HOLIDAYS AND AMENDING SECTION 2.20.020 HOLIDAYS OF THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE RECITALS: The City Council of Port Townsend finds as follows: 1, Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved persons. It is the anniversary of General Order No. 3 by General Gordan Granger that was issued on June 19, 1865 and proclaimed the freedom of the enslaved persons in Texas, the last state in the Confederacy with institutionalized slavery. (See Gates Jr., Henry Louis, "What is Juneteenth?"https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african- americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is juneteenth/, Retrieved December 23, 2021) 2, During the 2021 legislative session, the Washington State legislature approved Juneteenth as a paid holiday for Washington State employees. 1 On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed Public Law 117-17 that made Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday. 4, The Port Townsend Municipal Code 2.20.020 lists the holidays observed by the City of Port Townsend. Nonemergency City offices are closed on these days. 5. The City Personnel Policy Manual lists Christmas Eve as a paid holiday for staff provided that it falls on a weekday. The General Government Collective Bargaining Agreement has Christmas Eve as a paid holiday regardless of the day of the week. Adding Christmas Eve as a City holiday avoids having part of the staff working when part of the City staff is not. 6. RCW 1.16.050 lists the Washington state legal holidays. This includes the Friday following Thanksgiving which is known as Native American Heritage Day. NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Port Townsends hereby ordains as follows: Section 1. Port Townsend Municipal Code 2.20.020 Holidays is amended as set forth below: 2.20.020 Holidays. The following days shall be observed as city holidays and nonemergency offices shall be closed: Ordinance 3284 Page 2 of 3 New Year's Day January 1 st Martin Luther King Third Monday in Day January Presidents' Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Juneteenth June 19th Independence Day July 4th Labor Day First Monday in September Veterans' Day November 11th Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Day aftef T4it+nksgiving Native American Day after Llerit.t ,e Da Thanksgiving Christmas Eve December 24 Christmas Day December 25 Section 2. Direction. The City Manager is directed to modify all City policies, including the City of Port Townsend Personnel Policies Manual, to incorporate Juneteenth and Christmas Eve as a paid City holidays as well as renaming the Day after Thanksgiving with the appropriate name of Native American Heritage Day. Section . Severability. If any sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase or work of this ordinance. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its publication in the manner provided by law. Publication of this ordinance shall be by summary thereof consisting of the title. Ordinance 3284 Page 3 of 3 ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 181h day of January 2022. avid;i". b r Mayor Attest: Approved as to form: Joanna Sanders, MMC Hick i jreejiwoo�. City Clerk City Attorney