Santa Fe Springs Municipal Code Ch. 33 Personnel

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Cross reference— City holidays designated, see § 38.01

In order to establish an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters; to attract to the city service the best and most competent persons available; to assure that appointments, promotions, demotions, transfers, and layoffs of employees will be based on merit and fitness; and to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees, the following personnel system is hereby adopted.

('64 Code, § 16A-1; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71)

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all offices, positions, and employments in the city, herein referred to as the competitive service, except the following:

(A) Elective officers.

(B) City Manager.

(C) Assistant City Manager.

(D) Department heads.

(E) City Attorney.

(F) City Clerk and Deputy City Clerk.

(G) Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees.

(H) Persons engaged under contract to supply expert, professional, technical or other services of a temporary nature.

(I) Limited service (part-time) personnel.

('64 Code, § 16A-2; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71)

(A) The City Manager shall be the Personnel Officer and may, at his discretion, delegate any duties related to the operations of the personnel system to any other officer or employee of the city.

(B) The Personnel Officer shall:

(1) Attend the meetings of the Personnel Advisory Board and serve as its secretary.

(2) Prepare and recommend to the Council as required, revisions and amendments of the personnel rules.

(3) Administer all of the provisions of this chapter and of the personnel rules.

('64 Code, § 16A-3; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71)

(A) There is hereby created a Personnel Advisory Board to consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Council.

(B) The Board members shall be nominated in the following manner: two members by the City Council; four members by recognized employee organizations; and one member nominated at large by and with the consent of the two City Council and the two recognized employee organizations' appointees. The City Council must appoint two of the nominees of the recognized employee organizations. In the event there are only two recognized employee organizations, each organization will nominate two members for the Board.

(C) In the event the City Council appointees and the employee organizations' appointees cannot agree upon the fifth member, each of the four appointed members shall submit one name to be placed on a list. The two members nominated by the City Council shall select one of themselves to strike names and the two members nominated by recognized employee organizations shall select one of themselves to strike names. The first person to strike a name shall be determined by the toss of a coin. These four names shall then be struck from the list, one at a time, until only one name remains on the list. The person whose name last remains on the list shall be appointed as the fifth member of the Personnel Advisory Board.

(D) The term of office shall be a period of four years with original appointments being arranged so that the terms of not more than two members expire in the same year.

(E) No person shall be appointed to, or serve on the Personnel Advisory Board who holds any compensated public office in the city government, nor shall any member of the Board be eligible for appointment to any employment with the city.

(F) Members of the Personnel Advisory Board shall serve without compensation.

(G) The duties and powers of the Personnel Advisory Board shall be:

(1) As provided in this chapter and in the personnel rules, to investigate and/or hear appeals submitted by any employee in the competitive service related to suspension, demotion, dismissal or alleged violation of this chapter and the personnel rules and to certify its findings and recommendation thereon to the City Manager.

(2) When requested by the Council or the City Manager, to consider and submit findings and recommendations on any matters of personnel administration to the City Manager or to the City Council through the City Manager.

(3) To keep currently informed of the manner in which the personnel system is being administered and to make comments and recommendations regarding its effectiveness to the City Manager or to the City Council through the City Manager.

(4) To elect its own chairman and to hold meetings regularly and such special meetings as are necessary on call of the chairman or a majority of members of the Board. The Personnel Advisory Board shall meet at least semiannually.

('64 Code, § 16A-4; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71)

Cross reference— Commissions and Authorities, see Ch. 32

(A) Personnel rules prepared in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and submitted by the City Manager shall be considered for adoption and may be amended from time to time by resolution of the City Council. Employee organizations may present recommended rules to the City Manager who will make recommendations to the City Council. Employee organizations may suggest changes in the rules and present them to the City Manager for his recommendations to the City Council.

(B) Personnel rules will apply to all in the competitive service and may be extended to all or a portion of those not in the competitive service by the City Manager.

('64 Code, § 16A-5; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71)

The personnel system created by this chapter and administered in accordance with the rules hereafter in effect shall be conducted with full observance of the prohibitions listed below:

(A) No person shall be appointed, removed, favored or discriminated against with respect to any city position or office because of race, national origin, color, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations, or physical or mental handicap unrelated to a person's ability to perform a particular job.

(B) No person shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report in regard to any test, certification or appointment or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of the provisions of this chapter and the personnel rules.

(C) No person who seeks appointment or promotion with respect to any city position or office shall directly or indirectly give, render or pay or offer to give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any persons for or in connection with his test, appointment or promotion.

('64 Code, § 16A-6; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71; Am. Ord. 445, passed 10-25-73)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) An officer or employee of the city shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive political funds or contributions, knowingly, from other officers or employees of the city or from persons on employment list of the city.

(B) Every officer or employee of the city shall prohibit the entry, into any place under his control, occupied and used for the governmental purposes of the city, of any person, for the purpose of therein making or giving notice of any political assessment, subscription or contribution. Political activities on city property shall be governed by the following:

(1) A person shall not enter or remain in any such places described in this subdivision for the purpose of therein making, demanding or giving notice of any political assessment, subscription or contribution.

(2) This section shall not apply to any auditorium or other place used for the conduct of public or political rallies or similar events, nor to any park, street, public land or other place not being used for the governmental purposes of the city.

(C) No one who holds or who is seeking appointment to any office or employment in the city shall directly or indirectly use, promise, threaten or attempt to use any office, authority or influence, whether then possessed or merely anticipated, to confer upon or secure for any person, or to aid or obstruct any person in securing, or to prevent any person from securing, any position, nomination, confirmation, promotion, change in compensation or position within the city, upon consideration or condition that the vote or political influence or action of such person or another shall be given or used in behalf of, or withheld from, any candidate, officer or party, or upon any other corrupt condition or consideration.

(D) No officer or employee of the city shall participate in political activities of any kind while he is in uniform.

(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, this chapter does not prevent an officer or employee of the city from soliciting or receiving political funds or contributions to promote the passage or defeat of a ballot measure which would affect the rate of pay, hours of work, retirement, civil service or other working conditions of officers or employees of the city; except, that the city may prohibit or limit such activities by its employees during their working hours, and may prohibit or limit entry into governmental offices for such purposes during working hours.

('64 Code, § 16A-7; Ord. 404, passed 6-24-71; Ord. 536, passed 4-13-78)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97