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Brentwood commissioners favor adding Good Friday and Veterans Day to city holidays
Summary
After staff comparisons with peer cities, commissioners favored adding Good Friday and Veterans Day (or Good Friday plus a second holiday) to the municipal holiday schedule; directors preferred Good Friday as the top choice and Veterans Day second; staff will prepare the formal holiday list for a regular meeting.
Staff reviewed municipal holiday options and comparisons with peer cities, noting Brentwood currently recognizes 10 paid holidays and many peers recognize more. The staff presenter suggested looking across the calendar to identify holidays that spread time-off evenly; staff observed Good Friday fits well between Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Memorial Day and is commonly observed by other municipalities.
Department directors and commissioners discussed alternatives including Veterans Day, Presidents Day and the day after Christmas. Department heads preferred Good Friday and ranked Veterans Day second. One council member noted that if the city closed on Veterans Day, it makes it easier for staff who run Veterans Day recognition events to participate.
Commissioners reached consensus to add Good Friday and Veterans Day to the holiday schedule and directed staff to prepare formal holiday language and place it on the next regular meeting agenda for approval. Staff noted minimal direct financial impact because employees required to work on a holiday are compensated with alternate vacation time under existing policy.
Next steps: staff will draft the formal holiday list and return it as an action item at a regular meeting for adoption.
