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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0625 ORDINANCE NO. 625 AN ORD INANCE OF THE CITY COUNC It OF THE CITY OF ARC AD IA AMENDING SECTIONS 9 AND 10 OF ORDINANCE NO. 431, ADOPTED MARCH 5, 1940. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 431, adopted March 5, 1940, and under the Drovisions of Ordinance No. 438, adopted June 28, 1940, the following positions were not included in the competitive service but were specifically excepted from the operation of the personnel system aaopted thereunder by the City of Arcadia, to wit: Chief of Police, Chief of'the Fire Department, City Engineer, Street Superintendent and Water Superintendent, and \VHEREAS, the public interest, convenience, safety and general welfare require occasional modification of the require- ments for eligibility to certain of such positions: NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arcadia, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That Section 9 of Ordinance No. 431 of the City of Arcadia entitled "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcadia creating and establishing a personnel system for said City", adopted March 5, 1940, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECT ION 9. CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. The Chief of the Police Department shall be appointed by the City Council and after the appointment shall be removed at the pleasure of the City'Council. If appointed from among the members of the Police Department of the City of Arcadia, the dismissal or removal of the Chief of the Police Department from office shall not accomplish his dismissal from the Department, and upon such dismissal as Chief of Police he shall be restored to the rank and grade held by him prior to his appointment as the Chief of the Police Department." SECTION 2. That Section 10 of Ordinance No. 431 of the City of Arcadia entitled "An Ordinance of the City Council of \Mllil"O UA('.( 6C:<-6- O-t-c/ 6;<..;;- the City of Arcadia creating and establishing a personnel system for said Cityll, adopted March 5, 1940, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: lISECTION lO. CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Chief of the Fire Department shall be appointed by the City Council and after the appointment shall be removed at the pleasure of the City Council. If appointed from among the members of ~e Fire Department of the City of Arcadia, the dismissal or removal of the Chief of the Fire Department from office shall not accomplish his dismissal from the Department, and upon such dismissal as Chief of the Fire Department he shall be restored to the rank and grade held by him prior to his appointment as the Chief of the Fire Department.1I SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Tribune and News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Arcadia, and thirty (30) days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordi~ance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 4th day of February , 1947, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT : Councilmen Leeper, ~ouncilman Adcock None Nugent, Ormsby an~ Russell ~ of the \ City Clerk ATTEST: ~~e City Clerk ...... - ~ ~ J-... r" "'4 "'.;--' ~~ .' ...... ~.A:_":.... "'/..., ^", ~' ." ;;>.. this 4th day of February , 1947. etJor~' ~~~Of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED ~ "- -2- o~d. (.:<?.!J~