Leitchfield staff to keep rule that employees must work day before and after holiday to receive holiday pay; draft wording to be circulated

City staff in Leitchfield discussed reaffirming an existing personnel rule that employees must work the last full scheduled day before and the first full scheduled day after a holiday to be paid for that holiday, and agreed to draft revised wording for presentation at the next city meeting.

Staff member 2, a city staff member, said, "in order for an employee to be paid for a holiday, the employee must work the last full schedule day before and the first full schedule day after the holiday." Staff member 2 said the language was taken from an "old book" and that the intention is to keep the policy in place so it is not accidentally removed from the draft personnel document.

The staff discussion clarified that vacation time will count as being present for those qualifying days, and staff proposed rewording to capture both sick and vacation accruals. "I like when you said accrued," Staff member 1 said, noting that accrual language would cover both sick and vacation time. Staff member 2 said vacation eligibility remains tied to existing rules (one comment noted employees do not have vacation time until after 90 days of employment).

No formal vote was recorded during the discussion. Staff member 2 said they would draft the revision and circulate it "before we do anything there," and that the matter will be on the city agenda Monday night for city consideration but not yet approved.

The city staff emphasized preserving the historical policy language to prevent misuse while allowing vacation hours to qualify for the holiday-pay requirement. The next step is for staff to circulate the drafted revision to the group ahead of the Monday city meeting for review.