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HomeMy WebLinkAbout031977 ORD - 01/14/2020 One reading ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 39-324 to designate Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Day of Service as an official City Holiday BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: Section 1. The Corpus Christi Code of Ordinance, Chapter 39, Section 324 is amended by adding the following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken (deleted) as delineated below: Sec. 39-324. -Holidays. (a) The city has seven-(7)eight official holidays for city employees eligible for benefits: New Year's Day January 1 Martin Luther King,Jr. Third Monday of January Civil Rights Day of Service Memorial Day Last Monday of May Independence Day July 4 Labor Day First Monday of September Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday of November Day After Thanksgiving Day Friday After Fourth Thursday of November Christmas Day December 25 (b) When a holiday listed above falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a holiday. When any holiday listed above falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a holiday. In addition to the above, any day may be designated as a holiday by proclamation of the mayor, upon approval of the city council. (c) Part-time and temporary employees shall not be compensated for holidays, except for time actually worked which will be paid at the straight time rate. (d) Holiday pay is defined as equivalent to eight (8) hours of work, except for airport public safety officers who work shifts of twenty-four (24) hours on and forty-eight (48) hours off. Holiday pay and holiday compensatory time for these airport public safety officers will be counted as twelve (12) hours per day with a shift equal to twenty-four(24) hours. Further exceptions to a holiday defined as equivalent to eight (8) hours of work may be granted by the city manager or designee for employees who are assigned to a work schedule that exceeds eight(8) hours per day. 031971 D SCANNE (e) Employees on leave of absence without pay status on a scheduled workday immediately preceding or following a holiday shall not receive pay for the holiday. (f) No sick leave the scheduled workday before, the day of, or the day after a city designated holiday will be granted to any person without a certification from a health care provider that verifies the leave is or was necessary for medical reasons. This certification must be provided by the close of the pay period in which the holiday occurred. (Ord. No. 24968, § 1, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 026899, § 6, 7-25-2006; Ord. No. 027778, § 10, 7-22- 2008; Ord. No. 028468, § 3, 1-26-2010) SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance. For it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. Upon written request of the Mayor or five City Council members, copy attached, the City Council: (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs and (2) suspends the Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect upon first reading as an emergency measure on this 14th day of January, 2020. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the City Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, r)r - Council Members The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Joe McComb Roland Barrera /41 Rudy Garza 4-f Paulette M. Guajardo Gil Hernandez Michael Hunter fig_ Ben Molina Everett Roya- Greg Smith /'I,� PASSED AND APPROVED this day of Ja.kvary , 2020. ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 02 Re cca Huerta J cComb City Secretary M r 031977 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS (City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8) I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council. City Council Action Date: January 14, 2020 Legistar Number: 20-0047 Agenda Item: One reading ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 39-324 to designate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official City Holiday Amount Required: Funding is fund specific and estimated at $167,495 Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount General Fund 1020 510200 $150,116 State HOT Fund 1032 510200 $372 Police Grant Fund 1061 510200 $1,162 Water Fund 4010 510200 $2,984 Gas Fund 4130 510200 $942 Wastewater Fund 4200 510200 $3,282 StormWater Fund 4300 510200 $293 Airport Fund 4610 510200 $1,778 Marina Fund 4700 510200 $514 Visitor Facility Fund 4710 510200 $204 Fleet Maintenance 5110 510200 $1,726 Services Fund Information Technology 5210 510200 $14 Fund CC Crime Control 9010 510200 $4,108 District Fund Total $167,495 ❑ Certification Not Required 011/1A-f,j51;^ >s(V/, Director of Fin ncial Services Date: l /41-� a� 1