HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-082 (Juneteenth as a Paid Holiday)City of Stillwater
Washington County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 2023-082
APPROVING JUNETEENTH AS A PAID HOLIDAY
WHEREAS, the Employer and the Union are parties to a collective bargaining
agreement in effect January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Governor signed Senate File 13 amending Minnesota Statute
§§645.44, subdivision 5, establishing June 19 ("Juneteenth") as an official state holiday
effective August 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, a provision in HF1830, the state and local government omnibus bill,
changed the effective date to June of 2023, requiring that Juneteenth be observed in
2023.
WHEREAS, the Employer wishes to provide Juneteenth as a paid holiday to all
employees effective in 2023.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the parties agree as follows:
1. Effective in 2023, Juneteenth will be added to the list of paid holidays found in
each of the City's collective bargaining agreements, and to the list of paid
holidays found in the City's Employment Policy Manual.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Stillwater City Council authorizes the City
Administrator to sign the agreement.
Adopted by the Stillwater City Council this 6th day of June, 2023
CITY OF &TILLWATER,
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Ted Kozlowski, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beth Wolf, City C r(