For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this article are defined as follows:
"Administrative authority"
shall mean the administrative officer of the City designated for such purpose by the Charter of the City.
"Employee"
shall mean and include appointive officers as well as employees.
(§ 13, Ord. 1259)
Pursuant to the authority granted to the legislative body of any city within the State under the provisions of Sections 45000 through 45210 of the Government Code of the State, a civil service system, as set forth in this article, is hereby adopted for the City.
(§ 1, Ord. 1259)
The positions in the City's service shall be divided into the unclassified and classified service. The provisions of this article and of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article for the classified service shall not apply to the unclassified service insofar as they relate to selection, appointment, compensation, tenure, and removal, except as may be provided for by resolution or Memorandum of Understanding. Members of the unclassified service may be removed from office and employment without cause or hearing.
(a) 
The unclassified service shall consist of such offices, positions, and classifications as may be designated by ordinance or resolution.
(b) 
Incumbents of the unclassified service shall be subject to removal from office by the appointing authority.
(c) 
The classified service shall comprise all other positions in the City service which are compensated from the funds of the City.
(§ 2, Ord. 1259, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1827 c.s., eff. March 25, 1964, § 1, Ord. 1920 c.s., eff. December 14, 1966, § 1, Ord. 1942 c.s., eff. August 5, 1967, § 1, Ord. 2077 c.s., eff. September 6, 1972, § 1, Ord. 2101 c.s., eff. August 22, 1973, § 1, Ord. 2156 c.s., eff. October 29, 1975, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 2190 c.s., eff. September 29, 1976, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 2194 c.s., eff. November 3, 1976, § 1, Ord. 2283 c.s., eff. November 8, 1979, § 1, Ord. 2299 c.s., eff. August 13, 1980, § 1, Ord. 2300 c.s., eff. September 3, 1980, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 2302 c.s., eff. December 17, 1980, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 2324 c.s., eff. March 31, 1982, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 2340 c.s., eff. September 8, 1982, §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 2342 c.s., eff. September 15, 1982, and § 1, Ord. 2347 c.s., eff. November 3, 1982)
The Appointing Authority may appoint a Personnel Officer who shall serve as the administrative officer for the civil service system. In addition to the other duties set forth in this article and in the rules and regulations adopted hereunder, the Personnel Officer shall be the custodian of all personnel records and shall be the official upon or with whom all notices, requests for leaves, complaints, and other official documents shall be served or filed.
The Personnel Officer shall establish and maintain a roster of officers and employees in the Classified Service showing the length of service of each employee in the Classified Service, the classification held by each employee, the salary being paid, the service record of each employee, and such other information as the Personnel Officer deems appropriate.
The duties of the office of Personnel Officer may be combined with those of any other office in the event the work involved does not warrant, in the discretion of the Appointing Authority, the creation of a special position.
(§ 4, Ord. 1259)
The Council shall contract with the legislative body or governing board of a municipality or county within the State or with any State department for the performance by such other governmental agency of such technical services in connection with personnel selection and administration as may be desired. Among the services which may be made the subject of such contract to be performed by such governmental agency are the following:
(a) 
Rules and regulations. The preparation of rules and regulations for the administration of the civil service system for recommendation and adoption by the Council. Any amendments to the rules and regulations not originating with the agency contracted with shall be referred to the agency for recommendation prior to adoption by the Council. All rules and regulations adopted shall be consistent with the provisions of this article. Such rules shall provide for the following matters, in addition to such other matters as may be necessary and proper in carrying out the intent and purposes of this article:
(1) 
The classification of all persons in the Classified Service;
(2) 
The selection, employment, advancement, suspension, demotion, discharge, and retirement of all persons in the Classified Service;
(3) 
The holding of open, free, competitive examinations and the administering of other suitable tests to fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be appointed. When appropriate and deemed necessary, such tests shall include physical examinations and qualifications and manual skills. The establishing of a lateral entry process;
(4) 
The public advertisement of all examinations; and
(5) 
A period of probation, as established by resolution of the Council, before an appointment or promotion is made complete during which period a probationer may be discharged, if on appointment probation, or reduced, if on promotion probation, by the appointing power without the right of appeal if during the performance test the appointing officer deems the probationer unfit or unsatisfactory for service.
(b) 
Hearings. Such governmental agency with which the City has contracted shall hear all appeals or complaints, except in the matter of suspensions, either through its duly qualified Civil Service Commission acting as a Board of Review or through a special Board of Review under the direction of such Commission. Upon the conclusion of any such hearing, such governmental agency shall certify its findings to the Council and make such recommendations as it may deem warranted. In any investigation or hearing conducted by such governmental agency pursuant to such contract, such agency, or its duly authorized Commission or Board of Review, shall have the power to examine witnesses under oath and compel their attendance and the production of evidence before it by subpoenas issued in the name of the City and attested by the City Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to cause all such subpoenas to be served, and refusal of a person to attend or to testify in answer to such a subpoena shall subject such person to prosecution in the same manner set forth by law for failure to appear before the Council in response to a subpoena issued by the Council. Each member of a Board of Review shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses.
(c) 
Study of compensation. Such governmental agency shall, upon the request of the Administrative Authority, make a study of compensation being paid for each class of position under the Classified Service and of the hours of labor, sick leave, and vacation leave applicable to each such class, and shall report the results of such study to the Administrative Authority with such recommendations as such agency deems warranted. Such studies may include comparisons with rates of pay for comparable service in commercial and industrial establishments and in other public employments; surveys of prevailing market rates, costs, and standards of living; and the City's policies, finances, and means with respect to the Classified Service.
(§ 5, Ord. 1259, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2038 c.s., eff. December 16, 1970)
The officer vested with appointive power by the Charter of the City is hereby designated as the appointing officer for the purposes of this article. Such appointing officer shall make all appointments to positions or employments in the Classified Service from certified persons on eligible lists, which lists have been established pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted under the authority of this article or from lateral entry eligible lists.
(§ 7, Ord. 1259, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2038 c.s., eff. December 16, 1970)
Temporary appointments may be made by the appointing officer of persons not on an eligible list, in the event no eligible list has been prepared for the position or those on the eligible list are not immediately available, during the suspension of an employee or officer or pending final action or proceedings to review a suspension, demotion, or dismissal of an employee or officer. Such temporary appointments shall not continue for a longer period than six months, and no person shall be eligible to serve as a temporary appointee in any one or more positions for more than an aggregate period of six months in any one fiscal year. No credit shall be allowed in the giving of examinations for service rendered under temporary appointments.
(§ 8, Ord. 1259 c.s.)
(§ 11, Ord. 1259 c.s., as amended by § 1, Ord. 1838 c.s., eff. July 15, 1964, as renumbered by § 1, Ord. 2115 c.s., eff. January 16, 1974, as repealed by § 1(10), Ord. 2844 c.s., eff. November 4, 1999)[1]
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Former Section 2-3.109 entitled "Removal and suspension of employees and officers", codified from Section 9, Ordinance No. 1259, as amended by Sections 1 and 2, Ordinance No. 1875 c.s., effective May 26, 1965, repealed by Section 1, Ordinance No. 2115 c.s., effective January 16, 1974.
Limits of residency shall apply to all sworn police personnel, fire safety personnel, electricians, traffic painters, mechanics, general services crew leads, pump plant servicemen, sewer maintenance men, and public safety officers, and all such employees shall be required to live within the following described area:
That area lying southwesterly of the following described line: Beginning at a point, which point is the intersection of the westerly prolongation of the Santa Monica Freeway with the Pacific Ocean, thence easterly along said westerly prolongation and the Santa Monica Freeway to its intersection with the San Diego Freeway, thence along a circular arc of a 20-mile radius, concave to the southwest and tangent to the Long Beach Freeway to its intersection with the Long Beach Freeway, thence southerly along the Long Beach Freeway and its southerly prolongation to the Pacific Ocean.
(§ 1, Ord. 2053 c.s., eff. September 15, 1971, as renumbered by § 1, Ord. 2115 c.s., eff. January 16, 1974)
The benefits, conditions, procedures, and other provisions set forth in Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 of this chapter may be superseded as follows:
(a) 
For positions represented by a recognized employee organization, by express provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) approved by the particular recognized employee organization and by the Council; and
(b) 
For positions not in a unit represented by a recognized employee organization, by a resolution of the Council after compliance with the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and applicable City employee-employer relations policies and resolutions.
(§ 1, Ord. 2405 c.s., eff. November 14, 1984)