The ordinance codified in this chapter is adopted pursuant to Article X, Section 1002 of the Charter of the City of Stockton to prescribe the qualifications and conditions of employment applicable to the employment and reemployment by the City of employees of OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc., the functions of which the City is reassuming by court order.
(Prior code § 14-1101; Ord. 027-07 C.S. § 1)
A. 
Unclassified Service. The City Manager may employ or reemploy any OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. employee in any position excluded from the classified service by Section 2.36.060 of this title or by any resolution of the City Council. The/City Manager shall determine the number and types of OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. employees needed to provide adequate staffing in the unclassified service. Such employees shall be employed under the same terms and conditions as other similarly situated City employees.
B. 
Classified Service. The City Manager may employ OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. employees in positions included in the classified service, without the necessity of examination; provided the positions are determined by the Director of Human Resources to be substantially equivalent to positions the employees formerly held with OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc., and provided the City Manager, in his or her capacity as the Personnel Officer, is satisfied that the employees have satisfactory records of performance in such positions with the OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. The City Manager shall determine the number and types of OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. employees needed to provide adequate staffing in the classified service. OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. employees placed into the classified service under this subsection shall be required to complete the probationary period set forth in the relevant bargaining unit agreement or Civil Service Rules.
C. 
Reemployment of Former City Employees. The City Manager may reemploy in the classified service, without the necessity of further examination, any former City employee who transferred to OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc., in accordance with the special agreement between each of the Stockton City Employees Associations, the mid-management/supervisory level unit, and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 regarding the transfer of wastewater, water, and stormwater services to OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. All former employees of the City of Stockton (defined as designated employees in the special agreement), shall be reemployed in the grade and position such employees would have attained had they remained in the employ of the City or reemployed in positions that are most comparable to their current OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc. position. Designated employees shall not be required to complete an additional probationary period.
D. 
The Director of Human Resources shall certify to the City Manager that all persons employed and/or reemployed under the provisions of this section meet the qualifications for and conditions of employment, comply with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, and meet the minimum requirements for the classes and positions for which employed.
(Prior code § 14-1102; Ord. 027-07 C.S. § 1)
Designated employees, as defined in the special agreement between each of the Stockton City Employees Associations, the Mid-management/supervisory level unit, and the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 regarding the transfer of wastewater, water, and stormwater services to OMI/Thames Water Stockton, Inc., shall be designated as "employees" for the sole purpose of participating in promotional examinations for the Municipal Utilities Department, in accordance with the resolution of the Civil Service Commission adopted on December 5, 2007.
(Prior code § 14-1103; Ord. 027-07 C.S. § 1)
The Director of Human Resources shall designate the appropriate step in the City salary schedule for each person employed pursuant to this chapter.
(Prior code § 14-1104; Ord. 027-07 C.S. § 1)
Prior to the execution of the contract by the City or the completion of the transfer, as the case may be, the Director of Human Resources shall certify to the City Council that all the requirements of this chapter have been complied with and completed.
(Prior code § 14-1105; Ord. 027-07 C.S. § 1)
Based upon the operational needs of the Municipal Utilities Department, OMI/Thames Stockton Water, Inc. employees shall commence employment with the City of Stockton on the dates determined by the City Manager, but no later than March 1, 2008.
(Prior code § 14-1106; Ord. 027-07 C.S. § 1)