Marysville Municipal Code Art. 2 In General

The rules in this Title apply to positions in city service except:

(a) Members of the city council;

(b) The City Manager;

(c) The City Attorney;

(d) Members of appointed boards, committees, and commissions serving the City of Marysville;

(e) Volunteer personnel who receive no regular compensation from the city;

(f) Persons performing work under contract for the city, who are not carried on the payroll as employees.

The rules in this Title are adopted to provide for the recruitment and development of the best available employee for each position in the service of the City of Marysville. They provide for establishing orderly procedures for administering the personnel system in such a manner as to be consistent with the following merit principles:

(a) Recruiting, selecting and advancing employees on the basis of their relative abilities, knowledge and skills, including open competitive examination of qualified applicants for initial appointment;

(b) Establishing pay rates consistent with the principle of providing comparable pay for comparable work;

(c) Training employees on a continuing basis to ensure high quality performance;

(d) Retaining employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, correcting inadequate performance, and separating employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected with reasonable mutual effort;

(e) Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, color, creed, national origin or ancestry, religion, physical disability, age, gender or sexual orientation, or other protected status, and proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights;

(f) Establishing a procedure for the presentation and adjustment of employee grievances.

The rules in this Title are intended to cover most personnel issues and actions which will arise. Those not specifically covered shall be interpreted by the City Manager. Such interpretations shall be in keeping with the intent of this Code and Chapter 2.72 of the Marysville Municipal Code.

The responsibility and authority for the enforcement and administration of the rules and regulations in this Title are vested in the City Manager, who may delegate such responsibility as, in his judgment, is necessary or convenient for the efficient implementation of its provisions.

(a) The employment of relatives by blood or marriage is not encouraged and will be maintained at a minimum to be consistent with sound management practices and the specific provisions of this Section.

(b) After the effective date of this Chapter, no person who is otherwise eligible for appointment to a position in city service shall be appointed or transferred to any position in any department under the City Manager in which a member of that person's immediate family, or other relative outside the immediate family who resides in that person's household, is employed in any capacity or position, except as otherwise provided in this Article.

(c) After the effective date of this Chapter, no person who is otherwise eligible for appointment to a position in city service shall be appointed, transferred, promoted or demoted to any position in which any relative would be: (1) supervising or influencing the activities of that person; (2) supervised by such person; or (3) reporting to the same immediate supervisor as that person.

(d) In the event of the marriage of two employees, one of whom supervises the other, or who both report to the same immediate supervisor, the City Manager shall attempt, if possible, to transfer either party to a different work assignment. If the party to be transferred does not accept another work assignment, or if one of the parties does not resign, the employment of either party may be terminated at the sole discretion of the City Manager.

(e) In his sole discretion, the City Manager may waive the limitations of this Section on a case by case basis where layoffs or other reductions-in-force would otherwise cause the separation of a permanent city employee who is affected by the restrictions of this Section.

(f) Subsection (b) hereof shall not apply to incumbent employees who are employed in the same department with a relative on the effective date of this Section. All other provisions apply equally to incumbents as to non-incumbents.