Chapter 2.36
PERSONNEL SYSTEM*

Sections:

2.36.660    Holidays.

2.36.772    Credit cards.

*    Prior ordinance history: Ords. 260, 316, 354, 386, 442, 465, 509, 541, 546, 557, 560, 594, 640, 93-698, 93-705, 94-722, 95-775, 95-784, 96-824, 96-830, 98-021, 98-023 and 00-008.

2.36.660 Holidays.

A.    Legal holidays to be observed by the city government are as follows:

1.    First day of January (New Year’s Day);

2.    Third Monday of January (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day);

3.    Third Monday of February (President’s Day);

4.    Last Monday of May (Memorial Day);

5.    Fourth day of July (Independence Day);

6.    First Monday of September (Labor Day);

7.    Eleventh day of November (Veteran’s Day);

8.    Fourth Thursday of November (Thanksgiving Day);

9.    Fourth Friday of November (day after Thanksgiving);

10.    Twenty-fourth day of December (Christmas Eve).

11.    Twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day).

B.    Each city employee shall enjoy, as a special day, one holiday per calendar year, in addition to those specified above. Each employee may select the day upon which he or she desires to take this holiday; however, consultation with and approval of the day to be taken by the employee’s immediate supervisor is necessary to payment of such holiday.

C.    Any employee of the city who is on vacation or medically authorized sick leave when a holiday occurs will not be charged for that day.

D.    Part-time or temporary employees are not entitled to holiday benefits. (Ord. 07-026 § 1, 2007: Ord. 01-012 § 1 (part), 2001)

2.36.772 Credit cards.

A.    The city manager, city clerk, treasurer/finance director, director of public works/city engineer, planning director, police chief and police lieutenant are authorized to apply for and obtain a major credit card in the name of the city of Battle Ground which card shall be issued to the city manager, city clerk, treasurer/finance director, director of public works/city engineer, planning director, police chief and police lieutenant, and such other department heads and employees as the city manager may appoint with the concurrence of the city council; provided, however, that said credit cards shall be limited as follows: city manager credit limit of five thousand dollars, all other credit limits of three thousand dollars. The use of said credit cards is authorized for the purpose of payment of travel expenses and for government-related supplies, purchases of office supplies and general supplies.

B.    Upon billing or no later than ten days from the billing date, the officer or employee using a charge card issued under this section shall submit a fully itemized travel expense voucher. Any charges against the charge card not properly identified on the travel expense voucher or not allowed following an audit by the finance director or in the case of the city finance director, by the city manager, shall be paid by the official or employee by check in United States currency or salary deduction.

C.    If for any reason disallowed charges are not repaid before the charge card billing is due and payable, the city of Battle Ground shall have a lien against and right to withhold any and all funds payable or to become payable to the official up to the amount of the disallowed charges and interest at the same rate as charged by the company which issued the charge card. Any official who has been issued a charge card by the city shall not use the card if any disallowed charges are outstanding and shall surrender the card upon demand of the city finance director or city manager. (Ord. 02-009 § 7, 2002: Ord. 02-002 § 1, 2002: Ord. 01-012 § 1 (part), 2001)