Municipal holiday in legal jeopardy Most local governments give today off, but court ruling bringing changes; Many city, village offices closed today

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: April 5, 1996| Author: Compiled by Kristine Kierzek Will your city hall, village hall or local library be open today? Are the city workers in your community going to get a paid holiday? Here's a look at how Milwaukee County municipalities are handling Good Friday. In all cases, the police and fire departments are staffed, but in most communities firefighters and police officers earn holiday pay while on duty. Bayside: Village offices and the Public Works Department are closed all day. All employees get paid for a full holiday. Brown Deer: Village Hall, Public Works Department and library closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Cudahy: City Hall, Public Works Department and library are closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Fox Point: Village Hall is open from 8 a.m. to noon. Today is a paid half-day holiday for all village employees. Franklin: City Hall and other departments are closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Glendale: City Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. North Shore Library is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greendale: Village Hall closes at noon today. All village employees receive a paid half-day holiday. Library is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greenfield: City Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Hales Corners: Village offices closed all day. Paid holiday for village employees. Milwaukee: City offices and libraries are closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Oak Creek: City Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Library is closed all day today, Saturday and Sunday. River Hills: Public works Department is open today, but Village Hall is closed. Employees do not get Good Friday as a specific paid holiday, but have the option of taking it as part of a floating holiday system. St. Francis: City Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Shorewood: Village Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. South Milwaukee: City Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. Wauwatosa: City Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees. West Allis: All city offices and library are open normal hours. A regular work day for all city employees. West Milwaukee: Village offices are open and clerical staff is working. Public works employees are only ones who receive paid holiday. Whitefish Bay: Village Hall and other departments closed all day. Paid holiday for all employees.; TOM HELD, Paul Gores, Amy Rabideau Silvers and John Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report | Copyright information

Good Friday may soon become another day of toil for municipal workers who have traditionally enjoyed a paid holiday on the observance of Christ's death.

Municipal officials throughout the state plan to review their practices of closing their offices on Good Friday. The action is in response to a federal judge's ruling that found the state's law covering the religious holiday was unconstitutional.

That law had given all state employees a four-hour paid holiday on Good Friday for ...

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