Emeryville Municipal Code Art. 6 Key City Employee Contracts

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Emeryville to limit the term of key city employees contracts as defined herein to not more than three (3) years; and that the City of Emeryville shall not enter into contracts with key city employees where provisions are made for automatic extensions or renewals.

(Sec. 1, Ord. 18-004, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Sec. 1, Ord. 87-01, eff. Feb. 5, 1987)

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, the words and phrases in subsections (a) through (b) of this section shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them in said sections.

(a)

"Key city employees"

shall mean City Manager, City Attorney and any employee who is employed by the City of Emeryville under a contract at department head level or above.

(b)

"Contracts"

shall mean any written or oral agreement between the City of Emeryville and any key city employee(s) defining the terms of employment.

(Sec. 2, Ord. 87-01, eff. Feb. 5, 1987)

It is in the best interests of the people of Emeryville that all key city employees be accountable to the elected officials of the City of Emeryville. Extended employment contracts reduce or eliminate that accountability and could have a severe negative economic impact on the taxpayers of Emeryville.

(Sec. 3, Ord. 87-01, eff. Feb. 5, 1987)

If any section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this article is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof.

(Sec. 4, Ord. 87-01, eff. Feb. 5, 1987)