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ORDINANCE NO. 102
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.55.010
OF THE LA QUINTA MUNICIPAL CODE, DESIGNATING
HOLIDAYS OBSERVED BY THE CITY.
The city council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2.55.010 of the La Quinta Municipal Code
hereby is amended to read as follows:
2.55,010 Holidays observed by the City. (a) Excluding
those offices which must remain open for the continuation of
essential public services such as police and fire protection,
the public offices of the city shall be closed on Saturdays and
Sundays, and on the following holidays:
(1) New Year's Day (January 1)
(2) Martin Luther King's Birthday (3rd Monday in
January)
(3) Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday in February)
(4) Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
(5) Independence Day (July 4)
(6) Labor Day (lst Monday in September)
(7) Veteran's Day (November 11)
(8) Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November)
(9) Friday following Thanksgiving Day
(10) Christmas Day (December 25)
(11) Any day declared to be a holiday by proclamation
of the Mayor.
(b) Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed on the
following Monday. Holidays falling on Saturday shall be observed on
the preceding Friday.
(c) Other holidays may be designated by resolution or ordinance
of the city council.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
the city manager shall be authorized, by administrative regulation or
otherwise, to direct that all or a portion of the public offices of
the city shall remain open for business, on a full or reduced staff
basis, on any of the days or holidays prescribed above, when he
determines it to be necessary in the public interest to do so.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 3. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days
after the passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at
least the three public places designated by resolution of the city
council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance;
and shall cause this ordinance and its certification, together with
proof of posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this
City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of
the City Council held on the 4th day of November ,
1986, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Bohnenberger, Cox, Wolff and Mayor Pena.
NOES: N on e.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ATTEST:
CITY MANAGER/CLERK
CIfT~ ATTO~CI
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the
City Council of the City of La Quinta, california, at a meeting held
N0vember4 ,1986, andthatOrdinance102wasposted
in at least the three public places specified for such postings by
the City Council.
CITY CLERK