National City Municipal Code Ch. 3.08 Administration

Under the authorization granted by Article 45005 of the State Statutes, there is created the office of the director of human resources. The city manager shall be ex officio director of human resources. The city manager may delegate any of the powers and duties conferred upon him as director of human resources under this title 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 3.08.050. The director of human resources shall:

A. Attend all meetings of the civil service commission and serve as its secretary;

B. Administer all the provisions of this title and of the civil service rules not specifically reserved for the city council or the civil service commission;

C. Prepare and recommend to the civil service commission revisions and amendments to the civil service ordinance codified in this title and the civil service rules. The city attorney shall approve the legality of such provisions and amendments prior to their submission to the commission. Such revisions and amendments shall become effective upon approval by the city council;

D. Prepare and recommend to the commission revisions to the position classification plan including class specifications. Such revisions shall become effective upon approval by the city council;

E. Under direction of the city council prepare revisions to the compensation plan covering all classifications in the competitive service. The revisions shall become effective upon approval by the council.

(Ord. 2221 § 1, 2003: Ord. 1076 § 3(1), 1963)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2013-2381, § 3, adopted Feb. 5, 2013, repealed § 3.08.020 which pertained to the civil service commission and derived from Ord. No. 1076 § 3(2), 1963; Ord. No. 1826, 1984; Ord. No. 1943 § 2, 1988; Ord. No. 2134, 1997; and Ord. No. 2221 § 2, 2003.

Civil service rules prepared by the director of human resources, subject to this title and to revision by the commission and the city council, shall be adopted and may be amended from time to time by resolution of the city council. The rules shall establish specific procedures and regulations governing the following phases of the civil service system:

A. Preparation, installation, revision and maintenance of the position classification plan covering all positions in the competitive service, including employment requirements and qualifications for each class;

B. Public announcements of all tests and the 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 temporary and emergency appointments;

E. Evaluation of employees;

F. Transfer, promotion, demotion and reinstatement of employees in the competitive service;

G. Separation of employees from the city service through layoff, suspension, and dismissal;

H. The establishment and maintenance of suitable methods for effective communication between employees and their supervisors, between employees and city manager, and between employees and the civil service commission relating to conditions of employment in the city service;

I. Content maintenance and use of personnel records and forms.

(Ord. 2221 § 3, 2003: Ord. 2072 § 2, 1994: Ord. 1076 § 3(3), 1963)

The council shall appropriate such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 1076 § 3(4), 1963)

The council may contract with any qualified person or agency for the performance of such technical services as may be desired in the establishment or operation of the civil service system. The contract may include delegation to the person or agency so retained of all or a part of the responsibility and duties imposed in this title upon the director of human resources, including his/her duties under Section 3.08.020, but shall not include the delegation of powers to be vested only in the council or civil service commission.

(Ord. 2221 § 4, 2003: Ord. 1076 § 3(5), 1963)