Salinas Municipal Code § 25-52 Amendments

After due consideration, the city will adopt a personnel resolution authorizing the personnel rules and regulations for the city.

This chapter authorizes the establishment of personnel rules to implement the personnel resolution.

(Ord. No. 2000 (NCS), § 2.)

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to deny any person or employee the rights granted by federal and state laws and City Charter provisions.

(b) The rights, powers and authority of the city council in all matters, including the right to maintain any legal action, shall not be modified or restricted by this article.

(c) Nothing contained in this article shall abrogate any written agreement in effect between any employee organization and the city on the effective date of this article. All such agreements shall continue in effect for the duration of the terms specified therein unless modified or rescinded by mutual agreement of the parties thereto.

(d) The provisions of this article are not intended to conflict with the provisions of Chapter 10, Division 4, Title 1 of the Government Code of the state of California.

(e) The ordinance codified in this chapter supersedes any other ordinance or resolution regarding personnel matters adopted by the city.

(Ord. No. 2000 (NCS), § 2.)

The city will recruit, hire, train and promote into all job levels the most qualified persons without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical, mental, or social disability as required by applicable federal and state laws. Similarly, personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, city-sponsored training, education and tuition assistance programs will continue to be administered in accordance with this policy. All employment related decisions will be based on objective/job-related standards implemented in furtherance of the letter and spirit of equal employment opportunity.

(Ord. No. 2000 (NCS), § 2.)

Amendments to this chapter may be recommended to the city council upon approval by the city manager. Prior to consideration, any amendment shall be communicated to each recognized employee organization not less than ten days prior to city council's consideration.

(Ord. No. 2000 (NCS), § 2.)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The city council declares that it would have passed the ordinance codified in this chapter on each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase be declared invalid.

(Ord. No. 2000 (NCS), § 2.)