Monterey Municipal Code Art. 1 Purpose, Scope and Administrative Provisions

These Rules and Regulations are established in accordance with Article I, Section 1.4 of the City Charter and are Chapter 25 of the City Code which constitute the Personnel Ordinance.

These Rules and Regulations are intended to implement the personnel system established by means of the ordinance and to ensure that the basic principles and objectives embodied therein are fulfilled, to wit:

a.The establishment of an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters; and

b.The recruitment and retention to the City service of the most competent personnel available; and

c.The assurance that appointments of personnel shall be based upon merit and fitness; and

d.To assure no recruitment, examination, or personnel transaction shall be influenced in any manner by consideration of race, sex, color, marital status, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, or political or religious opinion or affiliation, unless determined to be a bona fide occupational requirement.

These Rules and Regulations shall apply only to personnel holding positions in the Classified Service unless a broader coverage is expressly extended by a specific provision contained herein, or by contract between the employer and employee.

The City retains all of its power and authority to manage municipal services and the work force performing these services including, but not limited to, those outlined in Section 16.04 of these Rules.

These Personnel Rules and Regulations are not intended to supersede any provisions of executed memorandums of understanding; therefore, if any provision in these Rules differs from that contained in a memorandum of understanding, the memorandum of understanding shall prevail and the corresponding provision of the Rules shall not apply to the affected recognized employee organization.

The City Manager, City Attorney, and Library Director (notwithstanding the Board of Library Trustees’ power to appoint and remove library personnel pursuant to Section 7.1(c) of the City Charter) have primary responsibility for appointment and removal of officers and employees within their respective departments as established in the City Charter. The City Manager, City Attorney, and Library Director shall each be responsible for administering these Rules and Regulations within their department and scope of authority, except as appropriately delegated to subordinate officers and employees. All duties and authority of the City Manager established in these Rules and Regulations shall apply equally to the City Attorney and Library Director in administering these Rules and Regulations to employees of their respective departments. (Ord. 3653 § 6, 2022)

If any provision of these Rules, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of these Rules, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.