Exh 8FAGENDA ITEM #8F
NOVEMBER 12, 2001
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSIONER MEETING
STAFF REPORT
SUBJECT: Day Before Christmas.
SUBMITTED BY: George Foster, Human Resource Manager
DATE: November 5, 200T
ACTION REQUESTED: In order to provide employees and supervisors with as much notice
as possible, it is requested Ghat the City Commission advise as to
the closing of City government functions for all nonessential
employees on the day before Christmas, i.e., Monday, December
24, 2001. Essential employees that are required to work will be
provided with additional pay, at straight time, or a day off at a later
date.
SUBMITTED BY: George Foster, Human Resource Manager
BACKGROUND: Normally, the Christmas week is the City's slowest time of year.
hi the past, when Christmas was preceded, or followed, by a
workday, non-essential employees were provided with a day off to
provide them with a longer Christmas period to spend with their
family. Employees required to work have been provided additional
pay or provided with a day off to take at a later date.
This request is to "close" the City for a day, not the establishment
of an additional City Holiday. Therefore, it will not result in an
additional holiday or payment of holiday pay at 2'/z times normal
pay. To ensure equitable treatment, those employees not scheduled
to work. on December 24th will receive compensatory time to take
at a later date.
The unions have been contacted and have concurred with this
request.
FUNDING: The budgeted cost for all City employee's salary, taxes, benefits,
etc., is approximately $23,000 per workday. Closing the day
before Christmas is estimated to cost from $0.00 to $2,800 based
upon the additional pay for essential employees that work on
December 24th. However, as this cost depends on the scheduling
of time off, versus paying these employees, the exact cost cannot
be determined. Such funds should be currently available within the
Departmental budgets.
CITY MANAGER: