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Docusign Envelope ID: 5BEB38E3-9A4C-4D19-9586-A17352C599AA <br />7.2 Observed Holidays <br />The following holidays are observed for the Battalion Chiefs unit. Battalion Chiefs who work a <br />40 hour per week schedule are permitted to be off work on observed holidays without the loss of <br />pay and do not qualify for the holiday in lieu pay provided per Section 9.1 of this MOU. <br />1. New Year's Day <br />2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday of January) <br />3. President's Day (third Monday of February) <br />4. Memorial Day (last Monday of May) <br />5. independence Day <br />6. Labor Day (first Monday of September) <br />7. Veterans' Day <br />8. Thanksgiving Day <br />9. Day following Thanksgiving <br />10. Christmas Eve Day <br />11. Christmas Day <br />7.3 Floating Holiday <br />Represented employees working a 40 -hour schedule shall be credited with seven floating holidays <br />(56 hours) on January 1 of each year. Employees hired January 1 through June 30 shall be credited <br />with seven floating holidays (56 hours) upon hire. New employees hired July 1 through December <br />31 shall be credited with three floating holidays (24 hours) upon hire. <br />Employees will need to use all Floating Holiday hours by the last payroll period for the calendar <br />year (instead of December 31) otherwise they will be lost. Battalion Chiefs will be provided and <br />may use the next calendar year's allotment of Floating Holiday hours in the same payroll period. <br />Section 8. Documentation Regarding Organized Mess <br />In order that all members of each fire company are available at all times to respond to emergencies <br />as quickly and efficiently as possible, and in order to provide for harmony and fellowship among <br />the members of fire companies, there shall be a common organized mess at each fire station to <br />which all bargaining unit employees assigned to that station shall be required to contribute on a <br />daily basis. The Captain on each shift at each station shall normally make all assignments as to <br />the duties to be performed by those employees in regard to the common mess. The Employer <br />shall not be responsible for financially supporting or otherwise paying the cost of any on duty <br />meal. Employees may be exempted from the common mess only for valid medical or religious <br />reasons that have been verified to the City's satisfaction. <br />