City of Milwaukee - File #: 220475

• File #: 220475
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/28/2022
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/20/2022
• Effective date: 10/8/2022
• Title: An ordinance relating to the change of Juneteenth Day from an optional city holiday to an official city holiday.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. DODD, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. SPIKER
• Indexes: HOLIDAY BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/7/2022	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
9/28/2022	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/20/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: Ald. Spiker added as a cosponsor.	Pass	11:0
9/14/2022	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Ald. Dodd, Stamper, Rainey, Perez, Zamarripa, and Murphy added as cosponsors.	Pass	5:0
7/28/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

220475

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

131794

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS, DIMITRIJEVIC, DODD, STAMPER, RAINEY, PEREZ, ZAMARRIPA, MURPHY AND SPIKER

Title

An ordinance relating to the change of Juneteenth Day from an optional city holiday to an official city holiday.

Sections

350-1-3-L                                          cr

350-2-1                                          am

350-2-1.5-a-2                     rp

Analysis

This ordinance changes Juneteenth Day from an optional city holiday to an official city holiday.   

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 350-1-3-L of the code is created to read:

350-1 Definitions.

3.                     HOLIDAY, except as specifically covered by other provisions of the code, means:

L. Juneteenth Day - June 19.

Part 2. Section 350-2-1 of the code is amended to read:

350-2. Holidays, General Provisions

1.                     WEEKEND HOLIDAY.  >>Whenever Juneteenth Day (June 19) falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.<<  Whenever Independence Day (July 4) falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.  Whenever New Year’s Day (January 1) and Christmas Day (December 25) fall on a Saturday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. When New Year’s Day, >>Juneteenth Day,<< Independence Day or Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday.

Part 3. Section 350-2-1.5-a-2 is repealed.

LRB

APPROVED AS TO FORM

____________________________

Legislative Reference Bureau

Date:  ______________________

Attorney

IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE

IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE

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Office of the City Attorney

Date:  ______________________

Requester

Drafter

LRB177473-1

Kathleen Brengosz

June 21, 2022