In order to establish and maintain
an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters;
to attract to municipal service the best and most competent persons
available; to facilitate efficient and economical services to the
public; to assure that appointments and promotion of employees will
be based on merit and fitness; to provide a reasonable degree of security
for qualified employees, defining the obligations, rights privileges,
benefits and prohibitions which are placed upon all employees in the
competitive service of the city, to recognize at the same time, within
the limits of administrative feasibility, the fact that individuals
differ, that no two individuals react alike to reward and discipline
or to motivation and encouragement and for this reason to give considerable
latitude to the personnel officer in the interpretation of this system,
the personnel system set forth in this chapter is adopted.
(Prior code § 1-3.34)
The city manager shall be the personnel
officer. The city manager may delegate any of the powers and duties
conferred upon him as personnel officer under this chapter to any
other officer or employee of the city or may recommend that such powers
and duties be performed under contract. The personnel officer shall
have full responsibility for all personnel matters not otherwise delegated
in this chapter. These duties shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
A. Attend all meetings of the personnel committee
as an ex-officio member and act as its secretary;
B. Prepare or cause to be prepared a position
classification plan, including class specifications. The plan shall
become effective upon approval by the city council by resolution;
C. Prepare or cause to be prepared a plan
of compensation, covering all classifications in the competitive service.
The plan shall become effective upon approval by the city council
and shall be revised as necessary annually during preparation and
approval of the municipal budget;
D. Prepare and recommend to the city council
personnel rules and amendments thereto as necessary;
E. Provide for publication or posting of notices
of tests for positions in the competitive service, the reception of
applications therefor, the conduct and grading of tests, the certification
to the appointing authority of a list of persons eligible for appointment
to the appropriate position in the competitive service, and the transfer,
promotion, demotion, reinstatement, discipline, and layoff of employees
in the competitive service.
(Prior code § 1-3.35)
The committee shall determine the
order of business for the conduct of its meetings and shall meet monthly
unless called more frequently by the chairman or a majority of its
members. The functions of the committee shall be:
A. To conduct the fact-finding hearings and
any other investigations as are necessary to determine the facts and
make recommendations in all matters brought before the committee under
the formal grievance procedure, as provided in Chapter 15 of the Personnel
Rules;
B. Upon its own motion, or when requested
by the city council or city manager, to investigate and make recommendations
on any matter of personnel policy, including revisions of the personnel
rules except as they relate to wages, hours and working conditions;
C. To assume the responsibility for the creation,
implementation and oversight of a city employees' safety program.
(Prior code § 1-3.36a)
With respect to wages, salaries and
working conditions, employees and employee representative of the city
shall be governed by the provisions of Section 3500 et seq., of the
Government Code and by rules adopted pursuant thereto by the city
council.
(Prior code § 1-3.37)
An employee shall have the right
of appeal in such circumstances and pursuant to the procedures provided
for by rules adopted pursuant hereto.
(Prior code § 1-3.37a)
The provisions of this chapter and
rules pursuant hereto shall apply to all officers and employees in
the service of the city with the exception of those spelled out in
the rules as members of the exempt service.
(Prior code § 1-3.38)
Personnel rules shall be adopted
by a resolution of the city council. Amendments thereof may be suggested
by any person. Proposed amendments shall be considered by the personnel
committee and the city manager and may be presented to city council
with the recommendations and findings of the committee and the city
manager. Such amendments and revisions shall be processed as provided
in the personnel rules. These rules shall establish regulations governing
the personnel system, including, but not limited to:
A. Preparation, installation, revision and
maintenance of a position classification plan covering all positions
in the competitive service, including employment standards and qualifications
for each class;
B. Preparation, installation, revision and
maintenance of a plan of compensation directly correlated with the
position classification plan providing a rate or range of pay for
each class;
C. Public announcement of all tests and acceptance
of applications for employment;
D. Preparation and conduct of tests and the
establishment and use of resulting employment lists containing names
of persons eligible for appointment;
E. Certification for appointment of persons
from employment lists, and the making of provisional and emergency
appointments;
F. Probationary periods and the administration
thereof;
G. Transfer, promotion, demotion, reinstatement,
discipline and layoff of employees in the competitive service;
H. Standardization of hours of work, attendance
and leaves, regulations, working conditions and the development of
employee morale, welfare and training;
I. The establishment of adequate personnel
records;
J. The establishment of a grievance procedure.
(Prior code § 1-3.39)
All original appointments shall be
for a probationary period of 12 months' actual service, as provided
in the personnel rules. All promotional appointments shall be for
a probationary period of six months' actual service, as provided in
the personnel rules.
(Prior code § 1-3.40a)
Whenever, in the judgment of the
city council it becomes necessary, the city council may abolish any
position or employment in the competitive service.
(Prior code § 1-3.43)
The political activities of the city
officers and employees shall conform to pertinent provisions of the
state law which include, but are not necessarily limited to provisions
against:
A. Soliciting or knowingly receiving from
other officers or employees political funds or contributions;
B. Participation in political activities of
any kind while in uniform;
C. Directly or indirectly using official authority
or influence to secure for any person or to prevent from securing
by any person any position or nomination within the city.
(Prior code § 1-3.44)
No person in the competitive service
or seeking admission thereto shall be appointed, promoted, demoted
or discharged, or in any way favored or discriminated against because
of political opinions or affiliations, or because of race, color,
ancestry, nationality, origin, or religious belief.
(Prior code § 1-3.45)
The purpose of the staff safety committee
shall be to assume overall responsibility for the city's safety program.
The staff safety committee shall also serve as a task force for the
implementation of the California Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1973.
(Prior code § 1-3.46)
The staff safety committee is responsible
for overseeing a city-wide safety program. The committee shall undertake
such projects which will carry out its responsibility, including,
but not limited to:
A. Inventory existing hazards either mechanical
or procedural which violate the Occupational Safety and Health Act;
B. Based upon said inventory, develop a work
program to eliminate safety deficiencies;
C. Review and bring current the city's safety
manual;
D. Develop a more comprehensive safety education
program for city employees.
(Prior code § 1-3.47)
The position of safety officer shall
be held by the chairman of the staff safety committee. The safety
officer shall have line authority to impose compliance by all city
departments and personnel with the safety procedures and practices
of the city.
(Prior code § 1-3.49)