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RESOLUTION NO. 1693
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO,
TEXAS AMENDING THE PERSONNEL POLICIES TO INCLUDE THE
REGULATION OF PAID HOLIDAYS FOR REGULAR, FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 4.06 of the Cibolo City Charter provides that the City Council shall, by ordinance
or resolution, establish Personnel Policies; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide paid Holiday Leave for regular, full-time employees to
celebrate specific holidays and to include a Floating Holiday; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Personnel Policies by Resolution on December 11, 2018;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council amended the Personnel Policies on September 13, 2022, to specify the
holidays the City will celebrate and to provide rules regarding Holiday Leave and Floating Holidays;
and
WHEREAS, the City finds that it is necessary to amend the Personnel Policies to specify the holidays
the City will celebrate and to adjust the number of Floating Holidays.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CIBOLO, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
The City Council approves the recitals hereto as true and correct and incorporates them herein
as findings of fact as if recited verbatim.
SECTION 2
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in compliance with the
Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
SECTION 3
The City of Cibolo Personnel Policies are amended by deleting section 1.04.09 of Policy 1.4 thereof
and substituting a new section 1.04.09 of Policy 1.4 to provide as follows:
Policy 1.4 Leave Benefits
1.4.09 City Holidays
A. Purpose: The City of Cibolo (City) grants time off from work with pay for each holiday for
regular, full-time employees. The holiday calendar will be included in the budget process each
year and will be distributed to employees by Human Resources no later than September 15
each year.
B. Thirteen holidays are normally designated each year and include:
New Year's Day
MLK Day
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Good Friday
Juneteenth
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
C. Floating Holiday: In addition to the above holidays, all regular, full-time employees will have
one (1) Floating Holiday loaded to their leave account on October 1st each year. Employees
hired after October 1st will receive one (1) Floating Holiday on October 1st of the following
year.
This Floating Holiday can be used by employees at any time during the year, using the same
time -off approval process that is already in place. The Floating Holiday not used by September
30th of each year will be removed. The Floating Holiday will not be paid out if unused, nor if
the employee terminates from the City.
D. Provisions: The City may add, change, or delete the City's observed holidays. The following
provisions shall apply at holidays:
• As many employees as reasonably possible, at the discretion of the City Manager, shall be
given each observed holiday off consistent with the maintenance of essential municipal
functions.
• Regular, full-time employees, whose normal work week is 40 hours per week or 80 hours
per pay period, will be allowed a paid holiday equal to eight (8) hours at the employee's
regular rate of pay. No "hours worked" will be reflected on the employee's timesheet for
holidays for which the employee is paid and does not work.
• Regular, full-time uniformed Fire Department personnel will be allowed a paid holiday
equal to 11.2 hours at the employee's regular rate of pay. No "hours worked" will be
reflected on the employee's timesheet for holidays for which the employee is paid and does
not work.
• Employees who are scheduled for and who actually work on the actual holiday that is not
the observed holiday shall receive a holiday premium of $2.00 per hour to their regular
rates of pay.
• Employees who are scheduled for and who actually work on the observed holiday shall
receive holiday pay for such holiday and shall also be paid their regular pay for the time
worked.
• Regular, part-time, and temporary/seasonal employees will be given a holiday off without
pay.
• Actual holidays which fall on a Saturday, will normally be observed on Friday or the
business day before the holiday and actual holidays which fall on a Sunday, will normally
be observed on Monday or the business day after the holiday.
• A non-exempt employee with an unauthorized absence on the workday immediately
preceding or immediately following an observed or actual holiday shall forfeit holiday pay.
• An observed holiday falling within an employee's approved time off (vacation, sick leave,
etc.) shall not have the holiday leave charged against their vacation or sick leave.
• The Fire Chief has designated that Fire Department employees will observe Patriot Day,
September 11th, on the first Monday in September as a holiday in lieu of Labor Day.
SECTION 4
CUMULATIVE AND REPEAL CLAUSE
The Amendment outlined in Section 3 of this Resolution is the only change to the Personnel Policies
and the remainder of the Personnel Policies shall stay as written. That this Resolution shall be
cumulative of all other resolutions of the City of Cibolo, Texas, except where the provisions of this
Resolution are in direct conflict with the provisions of such other resolutions, in which event the
conflicting provisions of such resolutions are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5
SEVERABILITY
That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Cibolo that the phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Resolution are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this Resolution should be declared unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any
of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of the Resolution, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without incorporation in this Resolution of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 6
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Resolution shall take effect and shall be in full force upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THISJ.)" DAY OF AUGUST 2024.
APPROVED:
Mark Allen, Mayor /
ATTEST:
Peggy Cimics, City Secretary