HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1599 N.C.S. 01/07/1985~
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Introduced by
ORDINANCE NO
Vice Mayor Bond
1599 NCS
Seconded by
Councilman Cavanagh
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3.04.030,
3.04.050, 3.04.120, and 3.04.140 OF THE
PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PERSONNEL
Section l. Section 3.04.030 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
rr3.04.030 Applicability of chapter
The provisions of this chapter shall a~ply to all offices, positions
and employments in the service of the City, except the following:
A. The City Manager.
B. All department heads and the principal appointive officials of
the City as set forth in Section 25 of the Charter;
C. Elective officers;
D. Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees;
F.. Persons engaged under contract to supply expert,
professional, technical or other services;
F. Volunteer personnel, such as volunteer firefighters;
G. Emergency employees who are hired to meet the immediate
requirements of an emergency cond.ition, such as
extraordinary fire, flood or earthquake which threatens life
or property;
H. Employees who do not hold a regular position in the service
of the City .
A"regular" position is defined as a position created by the City
Council and assigned to any existing classification within the
classification plan. A regular employee is one who holds a regular
position and who has successfully completed his or her probationary
period, while a probationary employee is one who holds a regular
position during a probationary period.
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Section 2. Section 3.04.050 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"3.04.050. Discrimination prohibited.
The City of PetalLtma is committed to treatin~ each employee and
job applicant in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner. Any appointment
to or removal from a regular position in the competitive service or any
term or condition of employment shall not be affected or influenced. in
any manner by any consideration of race, religious creed, color,
natural origin, ancestry, handicap, mental condition, marital status,
sex, age or veteran status, as defined under applicable State or
Federal law. "
Section 3. Section 3.04.120 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"3.04.120. Demotion or dismissal - Generally.
The City Manager shall have the right, for due cause, to demote,
dismiss, reduce in pay or suspend without pay for thirty calendar
days, any regular or probationary employee. Notice of such action
must be in writing and served on such employee personally or
delivered via certified mail to the last known address prior to the
action intended, except where an emergency situation exists, in which
case the notice shall be served within three working days of. the action
taken. Such notice shall specify the penalty and contain a statement
of the reason or reasons therefor.
Section 4. Section 3.04.140 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"3.04.140. Abolition of position.
Whenever in the judgment of the City Council it becomes
necessary, the City Council may abolish any position or employment in
the competitive service. Employees transferred, demoted or laid off
because of the abolishment of positions shall not be subjeet to written
charges nor shall they have the ri~ht of appeal in such cases.
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Seniority shall be observed in effecting such reduction in
personnel and the order of layoff shal l be in the reverse order of total
cumulative time served in regular and probationary status in the
competitive service upon the effective date of the layoff. Layoff shall
be made within classes of. positions, and all provisional employees in
the affected class or classes shall be laid of.f prior to the layoff of any
probationary or re~ular employee.
For the purpose of determining order of layoff, total cumulative
time shall include time served on military leave of absence.
The names of probationary and regular employees laid off shall be
placed upon reemployment lists for classes which, in the opinion of the
personnel officer, require basically the same qualifications and duties
and responsibilities of. those of the class of positions from which layoff
was made .
Names of persons laid off shall be placed upon reemployment lists
in order of total cumulative time served in probationary and regular
status and shall remain on such lists for a period of one year unless
reemployed sooner."
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post/publish this
ordinance for the period and in the manner required by the City Charter.
INTRODUCED AND ORDERED POST/PUBLISHED this 17th day of
December , 1984.
ADOPTED THIS
vote :
7th
1985
day of January ,~8~4/ by the following
AYES: Balshaw, Cavanagh, Tencer, Vice Mayor Bond, Mayor Mattei
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Daivs and Woolsey
ATTEST:
Pa`t:Ficia E. Bernard, City Clerk
Appro t orm :
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J r st, City , ttorney
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Fred . Mattei, Mayor
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