Burbank Municipal Code Art. 6 Personnel

Whenever the Council determines that the creation of an office or employment is necessary, the Council is authorized to establish such office or employment and to provide for the powers, duties and compensation thereof by resolution. The City Manager may recommend to the Council the creation of an office or employment which they shall deem necessary and shall cause to be prepared for presentation to the Council a resolution creating such office or employment. Such resolution shall include statements defining the position, its typical tasks and distinguishing characteristics, if any. [Formerly numbered Section 2-79; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

The City Manager may employ craftsmen and specialists authorized under subsection 2-1-502E of this code without complying with Section 2-1-601 of this article, using such titles, powers and duties as are customarily employed in the particular trade or craft. Such employees may be hired by the City Manager at prevailing rates of wages for the particular trade or craft within the Los Angeles County area and said wages may include a contribution or allowance for related benefits such as pension or welfare. [Formerly numbered Section 2-80; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 3028.]

Officers and employees excluded from the Civil Service System pursuant to subsection 2-1-502E of this chapter shall be entitled to such compensation and benefits, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions of employment, as shall be provided from time to time by resolution of the Council. [Formerly numbered Section 2-81; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 3028.]

The number of persons who may be employed in any of the departments of the City shall be determined in the preparation of the annual budget. Such determination, however, shall not preclude the City Manager from employing such additional persons during the fiscal year as may be needed in the service of the department, provided there are sufficient funds already appropriated to cover the expense of such employment or additional funds are transferred by the Council from one of the existing appropriations or from the unappropriated reserve to the appropriations applicable to such department. [Formerly numbered Section 2-85; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

PUBLIC BODY:

The refusal of any City employee to testify under oath before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury or other legally constituted official public body in a legally authorized investigation of government bribery or other misconduct in public office shall be sufficient cause for the immediate discharge of such City employee. [Formerly numbered Section 2-86; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

The City shall contribute toward the payment of premiums for group accident and health insurance and group life insurance maintained for officers and employees of the City such amounts and in accordance with and subject to such policies, terms, conditions and arrangements as prescribed by resolution of the Council. [Formerly numbered Section 2-87; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2321.]

Whenever an officer or employee of the City requests a service from the City which is offered to the general public and they are charged with the duty and responsibility of approving the rendition of such service, the duty and responsibility of approving the rendition of such service shall in such case devolve upon the City Manager, or if the City Manager is the applicant such duty and responsibility shall devolve upon the Council. [Formerly numbered Section 2-88; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Public offices of the City shall be open during such hours and on such days as may be prescribed by the Council, or by the City Manager on behalf of the Council. The only holidays on which public offices of the City shall be closed are those designated by the Council as holidays for City employees. [Formerly numbered Section 2-89; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Council may, by resolution, including a Memorandum of Understanding approved by Council resolution, establish different employment terms, conditions, positions, benefits, or procedures than those provided in this article. [Added by Ord. No. 3007; formerly numbered Section 2-89.1; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 3028.]

No person employed by the City, or seeking admission thereto, shall be subjected to unlawful discrimination, retaliation, or harassment that is prohibited by Federal and/or State law. [Added by Ord. No. 3822, eff. 11/18/11.]