[1961 Code, § 2.40; Ord. 503]
In order to establish an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters; to attract to municipal service the best and most competent persons available; to assure appointments and promotions of employees will be based on merit and fitness and to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees, the following personnel system is hereby adopted.
[1961 Code, § 2.41; Ord. 503; Ord. 1146, 11-3-1993]
The City Manager shall be the Personnel Officer and shall be the appointing authority for all positions in the city service, except elective offices and those appointed by the City Council. The City Manager may delegate any of the powers and duties conferred upon him or her as personnel officer under this subchapter to any other officer or employee of the city or may recommend that the powers and duties be performed under contract. The Personnel Officer shall:
(A) 
Administer all the provisions of this subchapter and of the personnel rules not specifically reserved to the City Council or the Personnel Board.
(B) 
Prepare and recommend to the City Council personnel rules and revisions and amendments to those rules. The City Attorney shall approve the legality of those rules and amendments prior to their submission to the City Council.
(C) 
Prepare or cause to be prepared a position classification plan, including class specifications and revisions of the plan. The plan, and any revisions thereof, shall become effective upon approval by the City Council.
(D) 
Prepare or cause to be prepared 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.
(E) 
Provide for the publishing or posting notices of tests for positions in the competitive service; the receiving of applications therefor; the conducting and grading of tests; the certification to the appointing power of a list of all persons eligible for appointment to the appropriate position in the competitive service.
[1961 Code, § 2.44; Ord. 503]
The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to all offices, positions and employments in the service of the city, except:
(A) 
The following are fully excluded from this subchapter:
(1) 
Elective officers;
(2) 
Members of appointive boards, commissions, committees and agencies;
(3) 
Contract employees;
(4) 
Reserve and\or volunteer personnel, such as firefighters and police officers;
(5) 
The City Attorney;
(6) 
Emergency employees; and
(7) 
Part-time employees.
(B) 
The City Manager shall be a member of the public employees' retirement system and shall receive benefits accrued under this subchapter and the rules that are not specifically prohibited by law.
[1961 Code, § 2.45; Ord. 503]
Personnel rules shall be adopted by resolution of the City Council after notice of the action has been publicly posted at least five days prior to City Council consideration. Amendments and revisions may be suggested by any interested party and shall be processed as provided in the personnel rules. The rules shall establish regulations governing the personnel system.
[1961 Code, § 2.46; Ord. 503]
Appointments to vacant positions in the competitive service shall be made in accordance with the personnel rules. Appointments, demotions, dismissal, reduction in pay, suspension or other action regarding an employee shall be made in accordance with personnel rules.
[1961 Code, § 2.46; Ord. 722]
(A) 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, conviction (including pleas of guilty and nolo contendere) of a felony or a misdemeanor shall be prima facie disqualification of an applicant for employment by the city; provided, the appointing authority may disregard the conviction if it is found and determined by the appointing authority that mitigating circumstances exist. In making the determination, the appointing authority shall consider the following factors:
(1) 
The classification, including its sensitivity to which the person is applying or being certified and whether the classification is unrelated to the conviction;
(2) 
The nature and seriousness of the offense;
(3) 
The circumstances surrounding the conviction;
(4) 
The length of time elapsed since the conviction;
(5) 
The age of the person at the time of the conviction;
(6) 
The presence or absence of rehabilitation or efforts at rehabilitation;
(7) 
The presence or absence of rehabilitation or efforts at rehabilitation;
(8) 
Contributing social or environmental conditions.
(B) 
The appointing authority shall give notice of disqualification to an applicant disqualified under this provision. The notice shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the applicant at the address shown on the application for employment.
(C) 
An applicant who is disqualified for employment under this provision may appeal the determination of disqualification. The appeal shall be in writing and filed with the City Manager within ten days of the date of the notice of disqualification. The City Manager shall hear and determine the appeal within 90 days after it is filed. The determination of the City Manager on the appeal shall be final.
(D) 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an applicant for a peace officer position shall be disqualified, without right of appeal, from employment if the applicant shall have been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor.
(E) 
Pursuant to Cal. Penal Code § 11105, the following officers of the city are authorized to have access to and to utilized state summary criminal history information when it is needed to assist them in fulfilling employment duties set forth in this section: City Manager, Personnel Officer, City Attorney.
[1961 Code, § 2.47; Ord. 503]
Any person holding a position included in the competitive service who, on the effective date of this subchapter, shall have served continuously in that position or in some other position in the competitive service for a period equal to the probationary period prescribed in the rules for his or her class shall assume regular status in the competitive service and the position held on the effective date, without qualifying test, and shall thereafter be subject in all respects to the provisions of this subchapter and the personnel rules. Any other persons holding positions in the competitive service shall be regarded as probationers while serving out the balance of their probationary periods, as prescribed in the rules before obtaining regular status. The probationary period shall be computed from the date of appointment or employment.
[1961 Code, § 2.48; Ord. 1009]
Minimum or maximum age limits for civil service examinations shall not be established and age shall not be a minimum qualification for any city employment in the classified service, other than police officers and firefighters.