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ORDINANCE NO. 4811
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE BY CREATING SECTION 2.105.245
“CITY MANAGER DISCRETIONARY DAY OFF”.
WHEREAS the City of Pasco recognizes the importance of supporting employee well-
being, retention, and organizational morale; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to authorize the City Manager to provide, at their
discretion, an additional day off for full-time regular employees each calendar year; and
WHEREAS, employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall continue to be
governed exclusively by the terms of their respective agreements, and no discretionary day off
shall apply to represented employees unless negotiated; and
WHEREAS, the discretionary day off is intended to be an optional tool that may be granted
or withheld depending on operational needs and financial conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it in the best interest of the City to establish a clear
policy and codify the City Manager’s authority to designate such a day.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 2.105.245 of the Pasco Municipal Code entitled “City
Manager Discretionary Day Off” is hereby created and shall read as follows:
2.105.245 City Manager Discretionary Day Off
(1) Authorization. Each calendar year, the City Manager may, at their sole
discretion, authorize one City Manager Discretionary Day Off for all full-time
regular employees. The City Manager may choose to grant or not grant a
discretionary day off in any given year.
(2) Designation and Notice. If a discretionary day off is authorized, the City
Manager shall select the date and provide notice to the City Council at least three
weeks prior to the designated day. City Hall shall be closed on the designated
discretionary day off.
(3) Eligibility. To be eligible for the discretionary day off, an employee must have
been continuously employed by the City for more than six months as of the
designated date.
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(4) Use and Limitations. A City Manager Discretionary Day Off shall be treated
as a paid day off for eligible employees. The discretionary day off may not be
carried over, cashed out, banked, or substituted for any other form of leave.
(a) This discretionary day off applies only to full-time, regular, non-
represented employees.
(b) Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are not
eligible for the City Manager Discretionary Day Off unless expressly
provided for in their respective collective bargaining agreement. Any
application to bargaining unit employees must be negotiated in
accordance with applicable labor laws.
(5) Public facing Offices shall be closed on the scheduled Day Off.
(a) The public facing Offices will include written notice on the doors at
least 24 hours prior to the scheduled closure.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this ordinance should be held to the invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause phrase or word of this ordinance.
Section 3. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code
reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including scrivener’s errors
or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take full force and effect five (5) days
after approval, passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, on this 1st day of
December, 2025.
_____________________________
David Milne
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Debra Barham, MMC Kerr Ferguson Law, PLLC
City Clerk City Attorneys
Published: December 7, 2025