A. 
The Town shall observe the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, General Election Day (Presidential election year only), Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. These shall be observed on the same day as the state unless otherwise authorized by the Town Council.
B. 
Holiday leave is paid leave granted to eligible employees who do not have to work on legal holidays observed by the Town. Merit and appointed employees regularly scheduled to work are eligible for holiday leave in accordance with the terms of this Article XIX. Contractual employees are eligible for holiday leave only if such leave is granted by an express term of their employment contract. Holiday leave shall be earned in proportion to the number of hours an employee would normally have been scheduled to work on the holiday. Employees must be in a pay status on their regularly scheduled work day before and after the holiday in order to receive holiday leave. Employees who work according to the normal Town work week schedule (regular hours occur during Monday through Friday) shall observe holidays on the date observed by the Town. Other employees who do not typically work the normal Town work week shall observe holidays on the actual calendar date when they fall on a Saturday or Sunday and on the date observed by the Town when the actual calendar date falls Monday through Friday. An employee may observe only one day for each holiday.
C. 
When a holiday occurs on a full-time employee's normally scheduled day off, the employee shall be granted another day off, at a time chosen by the Town.
An employee who is a member of the National Guard, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Reserve shall be entitled to military leave for military training. Merit and appointed employees are eligible for paid military leave in accordance with the terms of this section. Employees who are called for military training and who are not eligible for military leave are entitled to leave without pay as required by federal law and in accordance with Article XX, Unpaid Leave of Absence, of this Division A. Approved military leave shall be paid at the regular rate of pay for up to 15 calendar days per year. Any employee required to report for military service must give his or her supervisor as much advance notice as possible.
Merit and appointed employees are eligible for court appearance leave in accordance with the terms of this section. Employees not eligible for court appearance leave may be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence under Article XX, Unpaid Leave of Absence, of this Division A. An employee summonsed to appear in court as a witness shall be excused from duty without loss of pay and without charge against leave, except that this leave provision is not extended to an employee initiating or defending against legal action. Any employee summonsed to appear in court as a witness must notify his or her supervisor in advance.
Merit and appointed employees are eligible for jury leave in accordance with the terms of this section. An eligible employee who serves as a member of any jury shall be permitted to be absent from work without loss of pay and without charge against leave. Jurors may retain compensation received for jury service. Any employee called for jury service must present his or her orders to his or her supervisor upon receipt. Any time during the period of jury service at which it is determined that the employee's service is not required as a jury member, or upon completion of service for the day, the employee shall immediately report to his or her supervisor for duty.