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City Holidays

City offices and facilities are closed on holidays. On reduced service days, certain non-essential services are closed as a cost-savings measure.

Please call before visiting city offices on reduced service days. Use our Report & Pay tool to be guided to over 40 key transactions.

Holidays and reduced service days
DateReason
August 14, 2026Reduced Service Day
September 7, 2026Labor Day
September 11, 2026Reduced Service Day
October 9, 2026Reduced Service Day
October 12, 2026Indigenous People's Day
November 3, 2026Reduced Service Day (Election Day)
November 11, 2026Veteran's Day
November 23-25, 2026Reduced Service Days
November 26-27, 2026Thanksgiving Holiday
December 11, 2026Reduced Service Day
December 21-24, 2026Reduced Service Days
December 25, 2026Christmas Day
December 28-31, 2026Reduced Service Days
January 1, 2027New Year's Day
January 8, 2027Reduced Service Day
January 18, 2027Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observed
February 11, 2027Reduced Service Day
February 12, 2027Lincoln's Birthday
February 15, 2027Washington's Birthday Observed
March 12, 2027Reduced Service Day
March 29, 2027Farmer Workers Day Observed
March 30-April 2, 2027Reduced Service Days
April 9, 2027Reduced Service Day
May 14, 2027Reduced Service Day
May 17, 2027Malcolm X's Birthday Observed
May 31, 2027Memorial Day
June 11, 2027Reduced Service Day
June 18, 2027Juneteenth Observed
July 5, 2027Independence Day Observed
September 6, 2027Labor Day
October 11, 2027Indigenous People's Day
November 11, 2027Veteran's Day
November 25, 2027Thanksgiving Day
November 26, 2027Thanksgiving Holiday
December 24, 2027Christmas Observed

 

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