SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN FPTE LOCAL 21 EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT AND CITY OF RICHMOND
(2025 HOLIDAY CLOSURE)
All City offices, except for the Fire Department, Police Department, or any other City Office that is authorized by the City Manager to remain open, will be closed December 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, and January 1s' (please note that Thursday, December 25, 2025, and Thursday, January 1, 2026, are existing holidays for City employees and as such, all City offices are closed). Employees will be required to use any available vacation, floating holiday, or administrative leave accruals for December 26, 29, and 30 (a total of three (3) days). If an employee does not have enough available vacation, floating holiday, or CTO accruals, the employee will be allowed to go into the negative in their floating holiday balance. The negative will be cleared using their January 2026 floating holiday accrual.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Wednesday, December 31, 2025, will be paid by the City (this is not an existing paid holiday for City employees and will be provided to employees solely as part of this agreement after approval by City Council).
All employees in the Fire Department, Police Department, or any other City Office that is authorized by the City Manager to remain open, who are required to work on any of the above days as part of their regularly scheduled shift, are exempt from the above paragraph.
If an employee, as part of their regular work schedule, is required to work on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 (the additional paid day that will be provided by the City pursuant to this agreement), the employee will be allowed to take an additional floating holiday in the next calendar year. If an employee, as part of their regular work schedule, is required to work on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 (the additional paid day that will be provided by the City pursuant to this agreement), the employee will be allowed to take an additional floating holiday in the next calendar year. Note: The floating holidays) must be taken within the next calendar year and will not be carried over. All requirements for the scheduling of the floating holiday, as outlined in the IFPTE Local 21 Executive Management MOU, must be adhered to when scheduling this floating holiday.
11/22 / 25
Date:
For IFPTE Local 21: For the City:
Seum Stallam
Nate Mote