Oakland City Offices Shut Their Doors Friday for Business Closure Day

From a City of Oakland press release:

The City of Oakland administrative offices will be closed on Friday, June 14, for a mandatory business closure day.

While the City’s administrative employees are out of the office, if a situation arises that requires more staffing, the City has a plan in place to call in additional resources. Police, fire and emergency services are not affected during holidays or business closures.

Business closures — and the unpaid time off taken by City employees on such days — were agreed to by employee labor unions as part of the package of employee concessions to balance the City’s $58 million budget deficit. Every City employee agreed to contribute nine (9) percent of their compensation to minimize the reduction of vital City services to the public.

Parking Enforcement

● Normal parking enforcement throughout the City for all violations will occur on Friday, June 14.

Public Works

● No street sweeping will occur.

● Serious emergencies—such as sewer overflows, traffic signal outages, objects completely blocking the street to vehicle traffic and major flooding conditions—will be responded to.

Oakland Public Library

● The Main Library will be closed Friday, June 14, but all Branch Libraries will be open.

● All branch libraries will be closed Tuesday, June 18, but the Main Library will be open.                                       

Oakland Animal Shelter

● The shelter will be closed on Friday, June 14, 2013.

● The shelter will be open on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

● People who find stray animals and cannot hold them when the shelter is closed, should call (510) 535-5602and leave a voicemail. Staff will check voicemail from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and return calls. For urgent animal related needs, please call (510) 777-3333.

Oakland Parks and Recreation

● Visitors will have access to parks; however gates and restrooms will be closed and staff will not be on site.

● Fee-based programs will continue at participating sites.

● Call your local recreation site to confirm schedules. For phone numbers, visit www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/opr/a/contact/index.htm

Human Services

Senior Centers

● All Senior Centers will be closed on Friday, June 14.

Head Start/Early Head Start Programs

● Part-day Head Start sites will be closed on Friday, June 14.

● Full-day Head Start and all Early Head Start Sites will be open on Friday, June 14

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