Pursuant to the authority granted under provisions of the Government Code of the state, and in order to establish an equitable procedure for dealing with personnel matters, to attract to municipal service the most competent persons available, to assure that appointments and promotions of employees will be based on merit and fitness and to provide a reasonable degree of employment security for qualified employees, the personnel system contained in this chapter and Chapter 2.72 is hereby adopted for the city.
(Ord. 4646 § 2, 2000)
The director of human resources shall:
A. 
Attend meetings of the personnel commission;
B. 
Administer all provisions of this chapter and of the personnel rules not specifically reserved to the city council or personnel commission;
C. 
Prepare and recommend revisions and amendments to this chapter and to the personnel rules. If such recommendations are not made to the personnel commission, a copy shall be forwarded to them for information purposes;
D. 
Provide for the publishing or posting of tests for positions in the classified service, the receiving of applications therefor, the conducting and grading of tests and the certifications of a list of all persons eligible for appointment to the appropriate positions in the classified service. Hear any appeals allowed by the personnel rules related to testing for positions in the classified service and certified to lists of and eligible for appointment to the appropriate positions in the classified service;
E. 
Prepare or cause to be prepared a position classification plan, including class specifications, and revision of the plan. The plan, and any revisions thereof, shall become effective upon approval by the city council;
F. 
Serve as advisor to the city council in matters of affirmative action and assist with appeals as needed in this area;
G. 
Prepare a compensation plan which shall become effective upon recommendation of the city manager and upon approval by the city council.
(Ord. 5112 § 4, 2021)
The provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2.72 shall apply to all appointive officers and employees of the city on regular duty, except as enumerated in this chapter. All such officers and employees shall be deemed to be in the classified service of the city.
(Ord. 4646 § 2, 2000)
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the following appointive officers and employees of the city are excepted from the provisions of this personnel system and shall be considered non-classified employees:
1. 
Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees;
2. 
Persons engaged under contract to supply expert, professional, technical or other services;
3. 
Volunteer personnel;
4. 
Emergency employees who are hired to meet requirements of an emergency condition;
5. 
Persons in classifications hired on a seasonal, temporary, limited-term, on-call, emergency, intermittent, substitute, internship or other irregular basis generally working less than one thousand five hundred sixty hours in any fiscal or calendar year;
6. 
Assistant city attorney;
7. 
Assistant city manager;
8. 
Assistant to the city manager;
9. 
Building official/Fire marshal;
10. 
Confidential secretary (city manager, human resources and police administration);
11. 
City attorney;
12. 
City clerk;
13. 
City engineer;
14. 
City manager;
15. 
Deputy city attorney;
16. 
Deputy city clerk;
17. 
Deputy director;
18. 
Director of community development;
19. 
Director of finance;
20. 
Director of human resources;
21. 
Director of information technology;
22. 
Director of parks and recreation;
23. 
Director of public works;
24. 
Director of redevelopment and housing;
25. 
Executive assistant to city attorney;
26. 
Executive assistant to city manager;
27. 
Executive assistant to the police chief;
28. 
Financial operations manager;
29. 
Fire chief;
30. 
Fire division chief;
31. 
Human resources analyst;
32. 
Information technology analyst;
33. 
Information technologies manager;
34. 
Information technology specialist;
35. 
Management analyst (city manager and human resources only);
36. 
Network administrator;
37. 
Parks and recreation manager;
38. 
Police chief;
39. 
Police recruit;
40. 
Planning manager;
41. 
Public information officer;
42. 
Public works superintendent;
43. 
Senior accounting technician;
44. 
Senior human resources analyst;
45. 
Senior management analyst (city manager and finance);
46. 
Senior risk management analyst;
47. 
Staff attorney; and
48. 
All other management positions added to the classification plan and so designated by city council action as exempt.
(Ord. 5112 § 5, 2021)
The city manager shall consider and make recommendations to the city council regarding the extent to which the city should contract for the performance of technical or administrative services in connection with the operation of the personnel system. The city council may contract with any qualified person or agency for the performance of any technical or administrative service.
(Ord. 5112 § 6, 2021)
Appointments to vacant positions in the classified service shall be made by the city manager or delegated representative and shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2.72 and with the personnel rules. Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination and shall consist of selection techniques which will fairly test the qualifications of candidates, such as achievement and aptitude tests, written tests, personal interviews, performance tests, physical agility tests, assessment centers, evaluation of daily work performance, work samples or any combination of these or other tests deemed job-related.
(Ord. 4646 § 2, 2000)
Whenever in the judgment of the city council it becomes necessary in the interests of economy or because the necessity for a particular position involved no longer exists, the city council may abolish any position or employment in the classified employment. Whenever any reduction in the interests of economy is made, the city shall observe appropriate procedures prescribed by the personnel rules or applicable memorandum of understanding and notify employee representatives as required.
(Ord. 4646 § 2, 2000)