In order to keep in force, as amended, the personnel system
presently existing for the city, and 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 assure that appointments and promotions of employees
will be based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive test;
and to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees,
the following personnel system is adopted.
(Ord. 449 § 2, 1960)
The city manager shall be ex officio personnel officer. The city manager may delegate any of the powers and duties conferred as personnel officer under this chapter and Chapters 3.12 through 3.36 to any other officer or employee of the city, or may recommend that certain powers and duties be performed under contract as hereinafter provided. The city manager as personnel officer shall:
(a)
Attend
all meetings of the personnel board and serve as its secretary or
delegate to an employee of the city the responsibility to attend all
meetings of the personnel board and serve as its secretary;
(c)
Prepare
and recommend to the council revisions and amendments to the personnel
rules;
(d)
Prepare
a position classification plan, including class specifications, and
revisions of the plan. The plan and any revisions thereof shall become
effective upon approval of the council;
(e)
Prepare
a plan of compensation, and revisions thereof, covering all classifications
in the competitive service. The plan and any revisions thereof shall
become effective upon approval by the city council.
(Ord. 449 § 3, 1960; Ord. 1011 § 3, 1987)
The council may contract with any qualified person or agency for the performance of such technical service as may be desired in the establishment or operation of the personnel system. The contract may include delegation to the person or agency so retained of all or a part of the responsibilities and duties imposed in this chapter and Chapters 3.12 through 3.36 upon the personnel officer, including his duties under Section 3.04.040(C), but shall not include the delegation of powers and duties vested in the council or personnel board.
(Ord. 449 § 23, 1960)
