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Ogdensburg council approves 2026 holiday schedule and one-time police vacation carryover
Summary
The council adopted Resolution 106-2025 setting the 2026 holiday schedule and approved Resolution 107-2025 allowing a one-time carryover of police officers' unused vacation days into 2026; council later amended the carryover deadline after executive session to allow use during calendar year 2026.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ogdensburg approved the 2026 holiday schedule (Resolution 106-2025) and a one-time exception allowing police officers to carry over accrued unused vacation days into 2026 (Resolution 107-2025) during the Dec. 8 meeting.
Resolution 107-2025, introduced as part of the consent agenda, said officers were unable to take allotted vacation in 2025 because of retirements, transfers and training. The resolution authorizes a one-time exception to the collective bargaining agreement’s usual five-day carryover limit and initially required any excess days to be used within the first quarter of 2026. Following executive session, Councilman DeMeo moved to amend that requirement; the council voted to allow the carried-over days to be used during the calendar year 2026 rather than limited to the first quarter.
The holiday schedule lists standard federal and municipal observances for 2026, including New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas recess dates. The council adopted a separate transfer resolution (Resolution 109-2025) the same night for a $10,000 budget transfer explained as supporting police department needs.
