Redding Municipal Code Ch. 2.76 Personnel Rules and Regulations

Personnel rules shall be adopted by resolution of the city council after notice of the action has been publicly posted at least five days prior to city council consideration. Amendments and revisions may be suggested by any interested party and shall be processed as provided in the personnel rules. The rules shall establish regulations governing employer-employee relations and shall be followed by the city manager in the performance of his administrative duties pertaining to classified personnel employed by the city. The personnel rules shall establish regulations regarding the following matters:

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

B. Preparation, revision and administration of a plan of compensation directly correlated with the position classification plan, providing a rate or range of pay for each class;

C. Public announcement of all tests and acceptance of applications for employment;

D. Preparation and conduct of tests and the establishment and use of resulting employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appointment;

E. Certification and appointment of persons from employment lists, and the making of provisional and emergency appointments;

F. Evaluation of employees during the probationary period;

G. Transfer, promotion, demotion, reinstatement, disciplinary action and layoff of employees in the competitive service;

H. Separation of employees from the city service;

I. Standardization of hours of work, attendance and leave regulations, working conditions and the development of employee morale, welfare and training;

J. The establishment of adequate personnel records;

K. The establishment of grievance and appeal procedures;

L. Employer-employee relations in communication between city employees and the city manager and the city council;

M. Resolutions adopting, amending or repealing personnel rules as provided for by this section shall be sent to all officially designated representatives of employee organizations so long as annual written requests for same are filed with the city clerk, and the city council or its representatives as are properly designated by law, shall meet and confer with the officially designated representatives of employee organizations concerning such proposed personnel rules, amendments thereto or repeals thereof upon specific written request by such representatives if received within ten days of the date of mailing of the proposed resolution to the officially designated employee representative.

(Prior code § 2-2.1)

The city council may, from time to time, by resolution, determine that provisions relating to hours of employment, overtime compensation and holidays falling on time off shall not apply to certain management positions, it being the intent of the city council that the persons occupying such positions shall devote as much time to their positions as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the city government. A position so designated in a particular fiscal year of the city shall not be removed from such designation except on the termination date of that or some subsequent fiscal year of the city.

(Ord. 1190 § 1, 1975: prior code § 2-3)

The city manager shall authorize the employment of the number of persons in each classification he finds from time to time to be necessary to perform the work thereof; provided, that the total expense to be incurred for work shall be limited to the amount appropriated by the city council therefor.

(Prior code § 2-4)

Employees shall be in attendance at their work in accordance with the rules regarding hours of work, holidays and leaves. All departments shall keep daily attendance records of employees, which shall be reported to the director of finance in the form and on the date he specifies. Failure on the part of an employee, absent without leave, to return to duty within twenty-four hours after notice to return shall be cause for discharge.

(Prior code § 2-5.1)

A. The appointing power may suspend an employee from his position at any time for a disciplinary purpose. Suspension without pay shall not exceed thirty calendar days, nor shall an employee be penalized by suspension for more than thirty calendar days in any fiscal year.

B. Department heads may suspend a subordinate employee for not more than three working days at any one time, and not more than once in a thirty-day calendar period. The suspension shall be reported immediately to the city manager.

(Prior code § 2-5.2)

No full-time officer or employee of the city shall follow any other calling or occupation or engage in any business unless the city manager finds that the outside employment or business will not tend to impair the efficiency of the officer or employee, and will not be incompatible with his position with the city.

(Prior code § 2-6)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, conviction (including pleas of guilty and nolo contendere) of a felony or a misdemeanor shall be prima facie disqualification of an applicant for employment by the city; provided, however, that the appointing authority may disregard such conviction if it is found and determined by such appointing authority that mitigating circumstances exist. In making such determination, the appointing authority shall consider the following factors:

1. The classification, including its sensitivity, to which the person is applying or being certified and whether the classification is unrelated to the conviction;

2. The nature and seriousness of the offense;

3. The circumstances surrounding the conviction;

4. The length of time elapsed since the conviction;

5. The age of the person at the time of the conviction;

6. The presence or absence of rehabilitation or efforts at rehabilitation;

7. Contributing social or environmental conditions.

B. The appointing authority shall give notice of disqualification to an applicant disqualified under this provision. Such notice shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the applicant at the address shown on the application for employment.

C. An applicant who is disqualified for employment under this provision may appeal such determination of disqualification. Such appeal shall be in writing and filed with the city manager within ten days of the date of the notice of disqualification. The city manager shall hear and determine the appeal within ninety days after it is filed. The determination of the city manager on the appeal shall be final.

D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an applicant for a peace officer position shall be disqualified, without right of appeal, from employment if the applicant shall have been convicted of a felony.

E. Pursuant to Section 11105 of the Penal Code of the state, the following officers of the city are authorized to have access to and to utilize state summary criminal history information when it is needed to assist them in fulfilling employment duties set forth in this section: city manager, assistant city manager, city attorney, and personnel and labor relations director.

(Ord. 1341 (part), 1977: Ord. 1334 § 1 (part), 1977: prior code § 2-5.3)

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, conviction (including pleas of guilty and nolo contendere) of a felony shall be prima facie disqualification of an applicant for the following city licenses or permits: ambulance operator license; massage parlor license; taxi driver license; cardroom license; pawnshop license.

B. The city licensing authority, however, may disregard such conviction if it is found and determined by such licensing authority that mitigating circumstances exist. In making such determination, the city licensing authority shall consider the following factors:

1. The type of business license or permit for which the person is applying;

2. The nature and seriousness of the offense;

3. The circumstances surrounding the conviction;

4. The length of time elapsed since the conviction;

5. The age of the person at the time of the conviction;

6. The presence or absence of rehabilitation or efforts at rehabilitation;

7. Contributing social or environmental conditions.

C. The city licensing authority shall give notice of disqualification to an applicant disqualified under this provision. Such notice shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the applicant at the address shown on the application.

D. An applicant who is disqualified for a city business license or permit under this provision may appeal such determination of disqualification. Such appeal shall be in writing and filed with the city clerk within ten days of the date of the notice of disqualification. The city council shall hear and determine the appeal within ninety days after it is filed. The determination of the city council on the appeal shall be final.

E. Pursuant to Section 11105 of the Penal Code of the state of California, the following officers of the city are authorized to have access to and to utilize state summary criminal history information when it is needed to assist them in fulfilling licensing duties set forth in this section: city clerk and city attorney.

(Ord. 1341 (part), 1977: Ord. 1334 § 1 (part), 1977: prior code § 2-5.4)