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ORDINANCE NO. 07 - 84
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING A PERSONNEL SYSTEM
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Adoption of personnel .system: In order to establish an
equitable and uniform system for dealing with personnel matters, and to
comply with applicable laws relating to the administration of the personnel
process, the following personnel system is hereby adopted.
Section 2. Definitions: The terms used to administer the personnel
system shall be defined in the personnel rules.
Section 3. Administration: The City Manager shall administer the
city personnel system and may delegate any of the powers and duties to a
staff member or may delegate the appointing authority granted by the City
Council to any other officer or employee of the city or may recommend that
such powers and duties be performed under contract as provided in Section 11
of this ordinance. The City Manager shall:
(a) Act as the appointing authority for the City. In the case of City
officers including the City Clerk, City Treasurer and department
heads, but excluding the City Attorney, appointment shall be approved
by the City Council.
(b) Administer all the provisions of this ordinance and of the
personnel rules not specifically reserved to the City Council.
(c) Prepare and recommend to the City Council personnel rules and
revisions and amendments to such rules.
(d) Prepare or cause to be prepared a position classification plan,
including class specifications, and revisions 'of the plan.
(e) Have the authority to evaluate and discipline employees in
accordance with this ordinance and the personnel rules of the City.
(f) Provide for the publishing or posting of notices of tests for
positions in the competitive service; the receiving of applications
therefor; the conducting and grading of tests; the certification of a
list of all persons eligible for appointment to the appropriate
position in the competitive service; and performing any other duty that
may be required to administer the personnel system.
Section 4. Competitive Service: The provisions of this ordinance
shall apply to all offices, positions and employments in the service of the
City, except:
(a) Elective officers
(b) All individuals appointed by the City Council and who serve at the
pleasure of the City Council.
(c) Persons engaged under contract to supply expert, professional,
technical or any other services.
(d) Volunteer personnel.
(e) Emergency employees who are hired to meet the immediate
requirements of an emergency condition, such as extraordinary fire,
flood, or earthquake which threatens life or property.
(f) Employees not included in the competitive service under this
section shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.
Section 5. Adoption and Amendment of Rules: Personnel rules shall be
adopted by resolution of the City Council. The rules may establish regu-
lations governing the personnel system, including:
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(a) Preparation, installation, revision, and maintenance of a position
classification plan covering all positions in the competitive service,
including employment standards and qualifications for each class.
(b) Appropriate announcement of the selection process and acceptance
of applications for employment.
(c) Preparation and conduct of tests and the establishment and use of
resulting employment lists containing names of persons eligible for
appointment.
(d) Certification and appointment of persons from employment lists, and
the making of provisional appointments.
(e) Establishment of probationary testing periods.
(f) Evaluation of employees during the probationary testing period and
thereafter.
(g) Transfer, promotion, demotion, reinstatement, disciplinary action
and layoff of employees in the competitive service°
(h) Separation of employees from the City service.
(i) The establishment and maintenance of adequate personnel records for
purposes of accounting and legal requirements.
(j) The establishment of any necessary appeal procedures.
Section 6. Appointments: Appointments to vacant positions in th
competitive service shall De made in accordance with the personnel rules.-J
Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be
ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination. Examinations
may be used and conducted to aid in the selection of qualified employees and
shall consist of selection techniques which will test fairly the
qualifications of candidates such as achievement and aptitude tests, written
tests, personal interview, performance tests, physical agility tests,
evaluation of daily work performance, work samples or any combinations of
these or other tests. Physical, medical and psychological tests may be given
as a part of any examination.
In any examination the City Manager or his/her designee may include, in
addition to competitive tests, a qualifying test or tests, and set minimum
standards therefor.
The appointing authority of employees in the competitive service is the City
Manager unless otherwise noted herein. The City Manager may delegate the
appointing authority to any other officer or employee of the City.
Section 7. Demotion~ Dismissal, Reduction in Pay, Suspension,
Reprimand: The City Manager shall have the authority to demote, dismiss,
reprim~nd~ reduce in pay, or suspend, any regular employee for cause in
accordance with procedures included in the personnel rules. With the
exception of dismissal of those positions noted in Section 3 (a) of this
ordinance, which require City Council approval.
Section 8. ~ight of Appeal: Any employee in the competitive service
shall have the right to appeal a demotion, reduction in pay, suspension, or
dismissal for disciplinary or medical reasons, except in those instances
where the right of appeal is specifically prohibited by this ordinance or the
rules adopted thereunder.
All appeals shall be processed in accordance with the requirements and
procedures as set forth in the personnel rules adopted pursuant to this
ordinance.
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Section 9. Lay-Off and Re-Employment: Lay-off and re-employment
actions shall follow the process outlined in the personnel rules.
Section 10. Political Activity: The political activities of City
employees shall conform to pertinent provisions of state law and any local
provision adopted pursuant to state law.
Section 11. Contracts for Special Service: 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 services in
connection with the establishment or operation of the personnel system. The
City Council may contract with any qualified person or public or private
agency for the performance of all or any of the following responsibilities
and duties imposed by this ordinance:
(a) The preparation of personnel rules and subsequent revisions and
amendments thereof.
(b) The preparation of a position classification plan, and subsequent
revisions 'and amendments thereof.
(c) The preparation, conduct and grading of competitive tests.
(d) The conduct of employee training programs.
(e) Special and technical services of advisory or informational
character on matters relating to personnel administration.
Section 12. SEVERABILITY
If any part of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances is held invalid, the remaindgr of the Ordinance and the
application of such provision or circumstanes shall not be affected thereby.
Section 13. Posting of Ordinance: The City Clerk of the City of Dublin
shall cause this ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places
in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code
of the State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Dublin on this '26th day of March, 1984, by the following votes:
AYES:
Councilmembers Drena, Hegarty, Jeffery, Moffatt and Mayor
Snyder
NOES: None
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ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
City-Clerk
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