ORDINANCE NO. 2023-018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019 -014, SECTION
2.52.020, OF THE CHINO MUNICIPAL CODE DESIGNATING
SPECIFIC HOLIDAYS UPON WHICH NON- SAFETY PUBLIC
OFFICES AND BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF CHINO SHALL BE
CLOSED
WHEREAS, the City of Chino has adopted an ordinance designating specific holidays upon which non-safety public offices and buildings of the City of Chino will be closed; and
WHEREAS, by this ordinance, the City Council authorized a change to the designated holiday schedule to include Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and the closure of City facilities, to become effective in Fiscal Year 23/24 as part of the labor negotiations agreements; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. Section 2.52.020 of the Chino Municipal Code shall read as follows:
A. Non-safety public offices and buildings of the City of Chino shall not be open on the following holidays:
(a) New Year's Day
(b) Martin Luther King Day
(c) Presidents' Day
(d) Memorial Day
(e) Independence Day
(f) Labor Day
(g) Veterans' Day
(h) Thanksgiving Day
(i) Day after Thanksgiving
(j) Christmas Eve
(k) Christmas Day
(l) New Year’s Eve
B. If one of the above- designated holidays falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday will be observed as a holiday.
C. If one of the above-designated holidays falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as a holiday.
D. The City Council reserves the right to close non-safety public offices and buildings of the Ordinance No. 2023-018
City of Chino between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day in any given year. Such action may be taken by the City Council before the applicable period without the need to amend this section.
E. Non-safety public offices and buildings of the City of Chino will be open on all other workdays not described in Section 2.A., and all other workdays will not be deemed holidays for which employees of the City of Chino shall be compensated. Any other workday, whether such day is designated as a holiday in the Government Code or elsewhere, will not be a compensable day for the employees of the City of Chino, except that special holidays, if proclaimed by the President of the United States and the Governor of California, may be declared by the City Council at a public meeting without the need to
amend this section. If said special holiday is proclaimed by the Mayor, compensation of employees shall be treated as other holidays.
Section 2. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the Chino Champion, a newspaper of general circulation in the City, in accordance with the provisions of the California Government Code.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof irrespective of any such determination of invalidity.
ADOPTED THIS 19th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2023.
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EUNICE M. ULLOA, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
Ordinance No. 2023-018
City of Chino )
County of San Bernardino ) §
State of California )
I, Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk of the City of Chino, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance 2023-018 was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of September 2023, by the following votes:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK