RESOLUTION NO._____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY, A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, TO BE AN OFFICIALLY OBSERVED HOLIDAY FOR THE CITY OF RIALTO WHEREAS, That on June 17, 2021, President Biden signed Juneteenth National Independence Day Act legislation (“Juneteenth”) to establish June 19th as a Federal Holiday; and WHEREAS, That more than two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Union General Gordon Granger and his troops landed in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, with news that the Civil War and slavery had ended; and WHEREAS, That June 19th was coined “Juneteenth”, and is a holiday that acknowledges the catastrophic legacy of slavery for generations of Black/African Americans and became a time of unity and celebration for Black/African Americans which recognizes the courageous struggles in their fight for equality; WHEREAS, Juneteenth provides an opportunity for all people to unite, celebrate diversity, and pursue freedom and should be acknowledged by all Americans; WHEREAS, In order to recognize Juneteenth as an official City holiday, the City Council desires to amend any previous Resolutions that omit this day from their holiday schedule; and WHEREAS, the City has appropriately completed all required meeting with affected bargaining units.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
The City of Rialto will honor every nineteenth day of June as Juneteenth.
City Offices and facilities will be closed and paid time off will be granted to employees in accordance with current employee agreements, as well as unrepresented management and executive management rules or agreements.
If Juneteenth falls on a weekend, the City shall follow its established policies and procedures or memoranda of understanding for designating the appropriate applicable workday as the observed holiday.
This Resolution does not affect any floating holidays or other paid days off provided by the City.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a proclamation will be placed on the City Council agenda prior to the Holiday each year.
PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of June, 2023. _______________________________
Deborah Robertson, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
BARBARA McGEE, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
ERIC VAIL, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RIALTO )
I, Barbara McGee, City Clerk of the City of Rialto, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.____ was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rialto held on the 13th day of June, 2023.
Upon motion of Council Member ____________, seconded by Council Member ____________, the foregoing Resolution No. ____ was duly passed and adopted.
Vote on the motion:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Official Seal of the City of Rialto this _____ day of _________________, 2023. ____________________________________
BARBARA McGEE, CITY CLERK
-3-
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272812345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728 1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
25 26
27 28
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
25 26
27 28