The Personnel Ordinance adopted for the City is enumerated in
the following sections.
This chapter shall be applicable to all regular status employees
of the City. Responsibility and authority for the implementation and
administration of this chapter is vested in the City Manager.
Subject to applicable ordinances and resolutions for regulations
and policies of the City Council, the City Manager has and retains
all rights to administer the affairs of the City, including but not
limited to the exclusive right to:
A.
Reprimand, suspend, terminate, or otherwise discipline employees.
B.
Hire, promote, demote, reclassify, transfer, retire, reassign, assign,
lay off, and recall employees to work.
C.
Judge the employee's skill, ability, efficiency, and general performance.
D.
Determine the starting and quitting times and number of hours to
be worked.
E.
Determine the assignment of work and the size and composition of
the work force.
F.
Revise, eliminate, combine, or establish new jobs and classifications.
G.
Establish, close down or expand the operation of any facility, department
or division, and reduce, increase, alter, combine, transfer, or cease
any department's operation, equipment or service.
H.
Subcontract and determine the services to be rendered, bought, or
sold.
I.
Introduce technological changes, new, improved or modified services,
methods, techniques and equipment and otherwise generally manage the
operation and direct the work force.
J.
The City Manager reserves the right to postpone all paid leave, except
authorized sick leave, injury, and temporary disability leave, and
to call back an employee in the event of an emergency.
Amendments to this chapter may be proposed by the City Manager
to the City Council as deemed necessary. All amendments shall be adopted
by ordinance and shall become effective upon adoption by the City
Council or on such date as the City Council shall designate.
The City Manager, at any time deemed necessary for the purpose
of enforcement or implementation may, by his authorization and through
the Human Resource Director, adopt, amend or rescind written administrative
regulations consistent with this chapter. Such administrative regulations
shall be effective on the dates specified by the City Manager and
shall be disseminated to department directors and supervisors, posted
for general viewing by employees and be in the Human Resource Office,
together with this chapter, to be open to the public for inspection
during normal business hours.
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Editor's Note: Administrative regulations are available from
the City offices.
