AGENDA REQUEST
GENERAL DISCUSSION ITEM
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Discussion to reschedule the Finance Committee’s June 19, 2024 meeting date.
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Background:
Juneteenth: Independence Day, Freedom Day “The Emancipation Proclamation” was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
In 2021 President Joe Biden signed a bill passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19th, as a federal holiday.
On May 27, 2022 Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 22-128 <https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Public+Act&which_year=2022&bill_num=128>, which established a new legal state holiday on June 19 known as Juneteenth Independence Day, which was scheduled to be legally recognized in 2023.
With Connecticut being a state declaring Juneteenth as a state holiday, State and Municipal Employees have the day off. Because Town Offices will be closed for the Federal Holiday Committees cannot meet; and therefore, the meeting will need to be rescheduled.
Department Comment/Recommendation:
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