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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0493 . . ~- . //YY~ . /~0~v, ORDINANCE NO. 493. liB ORDINA,.;cE OP THE: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ilEEimING SECTIONi:> 6 AND 13 OF ORDHIAHCE no. 431 OF TIlE CITY OF ARCiWIA ,AND !Th:PEi,LING ORDINAlWE NO. 490 OF SAID CITY. . THE CITY COUIWIL OF THE: CITY OF BRCJillIA roES ORDAIl: AS FOLLO::S: SECTION1. That Section 6 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 ~arch 5, 1940, be and the same is hereby amended to read as ~,I follows: REl'EALED ORD. 110. 571 SECTION 6. jJ)()PTIOi'! OF RtJUS. In addition to such 0 ther ma tters as may be neces8E.ry and proper to carry out the intent and purposes of this Ordinance, r~les shall be formulated by the Personnel Board, and shall be adopted b7 the City Council establishinG specific ~ocedures to sovern the folloTIin~ phases of the Personnel Pr06ram: (a) The preparation, installation, revision and maintenance of a position classification plan coverin~ all positions in the competitive service. (b) The formulation of minimum standards and qualifications for each class of position, provided hOITever that said standards and qualifi- cations shall require that any applicants for any of the classes of position shall: (l) Have an education equivalent to that represented by completion of the twelfth 0rlde; (2) Be a qualified voter of the State of California in order to be eligible for examination for said competitive service; (3) In o~der to be eligible for appointment to competitive service employee must be a resident of said City, and in order to reu,ain eligible for said employment, shall continue to be a resident of said City durinc; the t'3rm of ElLlployment; (4,) The minimum age for appointment as policeman or fireman shall be t\"Tenty-one, and the maximum aGe for such appo.:ntment shall be fifty; provided th8;t said maximum aGEl shall not apply to promotional eX8Llinations or appointments within the respective depllI'tme nts. (c) The public announcement of vacancies. and examinations and the acceptance of aprlications for e~ployment. (d) The preparation and conduct of extll,linations antI the establish- ment and use of eDwloymcnt lists contninin~ names of appointment. -1- 11l0Cl(Gll persons eli~ible for dJ If'S ... . . {e} The certification and appointment of persons from employment lists to fill vacancies and the uakin~ of temporary and emer3ency appoint~ents. (f) The evaluation of employees durinG the probationary period. (~) The transfer, promotion, demotion and reinstatement of employees in the competitive service. (h) The separation from the service of employees throur,h lay- off, suspension, dismissal and for incapacity to perform required duties. (i) The standardization of hours of \"fork, attendance and leave reGulations, vTOrking conditions and the development of employee lllorale, \7elfare and trainlns. (j) The maintenance and use of necessary records and forms. SECTION :2. That Section 13 of said Ordinance No. 431 of the Ci ty 0 f iU'cadia b'3 amended to read as follo\1s: filiCTIon 13. R&.IOVAL OR SUiJPbl~SIoH OF E:lPLOYEE. Ev~ry officer and employee in the competitive service shall retain his office or employ- ment so long as i 1; ens ts under the same or a different ti tIe, durinG; 3000. behavior and shall not be suspended, fined, detloted, removed, reduced in compensation as a punishment or other\7ise penalized, except as in this Section 9rovided. This Sec1;ion is subject, hO\"fever, to every provision of the Constitution, and applicable State statutes desi~natinG a gen6ral~ound or general grounds of forfeiture of office or employment, or imposing a criminal liability. No person who shall have scrved the prObationary period in a pennar..ent office or employment as hereinubove provided for shall be removed therefrom or penalized therein except on written oharges by the City Councilor appointing officer, such \7ritten charges shall be specific as to time, place and circumstances, and after opportunity to be hoard in his 0\10 defense porsonally or by counsel. PendinG such hearlns the appointin3 authority may suspend the accused for not ~~re than thirty (30) days, unless the hearin~ be delayed beyond that time by act of the accused. A copy of the churges and place of hearing shall be Given the accused personally or shall be mailed to him by reGistered mail at his last knOIID address by the Personnel Board not 1 e.ter than ten (10) days before the he aring. If h'3 fails to ap;:;e ar thereat rTi t:lout sho\7ing -2- ,tM)ClCI'D Good cause Cvd- iK:5" ~ . ~ . for such failure to appear, he may be dismissed ~ithout further proceedings~ If he appears at the time and place set, the Personnel Board shall publicly hear the charges and ~itbin ten (10) days after concludin~ said l~aring the Personnel Board shall certify its findinss to the City Council together with its recorunendation that the accused be exonerated, roprimanded, fined, suspended, de;.loted or dismissed. 'rhe City Council 3ay then affirm, revoke or modify the action taken as in its jud(9Ilent shall suem \'Tarranted. The Personnel Board shall hear and act on every sic;ned vlritten complaint, specific as to time, place and circum- stance, filed ag~inst an officer or employee. Any penalty herein provided for may be impos'3d for incompetence, habitual intemperance, immoral con- duct, insubordination, repeated discourteous treatment of the public, dishonesty, Conviction of a felony, inattention to duties, enga3ing in prohibited pQnitical activity, violation of rules and regulations of employment adopted by the City Council, or other eround of penalty or forfeiture specified by the Constitution. The previsions of t~is Section shall not apply to reductions in pay uhicb are part of a General plan to reduce salarios and wa~es as an economy measure or as part of a general curtailment program. lfothing herein shall restrict the riGht to make bonafide reductions in force or to enact legislation requiring retire~ent for disability or age. SECTIOn 3. That Ordinance No. 490 of the City of Arcadia, heretofore adop.~ed on the 1st day.of September, 1942, be am the same is hereby repealed" SECTIOIL.i!, The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passaGe thel~eof, shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia 'rribune and Arcadia NeVIs, a nel'lspaper 0 f .seneral circulation, published and clrculated in the City of Arcadia, and thirty (30) days from and after the final passage t~reof said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. -3- IM\lGlBl (JJ YYS ... . , '.:. I hereby certify that the fore~oin.:; Ordinance 11as adoptod at a re~ular meetin~ of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 20th day of october, 1942, by the affir.mative vote of at least three Councilmen, to-~t: AYES: Councilmen, Adcock, Jones, Leeper, Nugent and Ormsby NOES: None ABSENT: None. ~ ~rl-~ - City - 01 k. ~iBned and apprOlTed this 20thiay of October , 1942. 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