Sunnyvale Municipal Code Art. XI Civil Service

Appointments and promotions in the administrative service of the City shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by competitive examination.

The Civil Service of the City shall be divided into the Unclassified and the Classified Service.

(a) The Unclassified Service shall comprise the following officers and positions:

(1) All elective officers;

(2) City Manager;

(3) City Attorney and any Assistant or Deputy City Attorney;

(4) The head of each department;

(5) All members of boards and commissions;

(6) Persons employed as unskilled laborers;

(7) Persons employed for a temporary or special purpose during any one calendar year for whatever period of time may be fixed by resolution of the City Council if the City Manager certifies that such employment is temporary and that the work should not be performed by employees in the Classified Service; and

(8) Persons employed to render professional, scientific, technical or expert service of an occasional and exceptional character.

(b) The Classified Service shall comprise all positions not specifically included by this section in the Unclassified Service.

(Amended effective July 8, 1968)

The City Manager, with the advice of the Personnel Board, shall prepare and submit to the City Council a plan of classification and grading of all positions in the City Service according to similarity of authority, duties and responsibilities. Such classification plan shall take effect when adopted by the City Council. Additions or changes in the classification plan may be adopted from time to time by the City Council upon the recommendation of the City Manager.

The City Manager shall prepare and submit to the City Council a standard schedule of pay for each position in the Classified Service. Such pay plan thus adopted shall include a minimum and maximum and such intermediate rates as may be deemed desirable for each class of positions. Amendments to the pay schedule may be adopted from time to time upon the recommendation of the City Manager.

The City Manager shall prepare and recommend to the Personnel Board, Civil Service rules and regulations governing the administration of the City Civil Service system to implement the provisions of this Article.

No person shall wilfully or corruptly make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report in regard to any application, test, certification, or appointment held or made under the personnel provision of this Charter or in any manner commit or attempt any fraud preventing the impartial execution of such personnel provisions or rules and regulations made hereunder.

Any person who by himself/herself or with others wilfully or corruptly violates any of the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and the penalty therefor shall be the same as established for misdemeanors under general law. Any person convicted hereunder shall be ineligible for a period of five years for employment in the City Service and shall, if he/she is an officer or employee of the City, immediately forfeit his/her office or position.

(Amended effective December 31, 1975 and December 21, 1976)

The City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, may contract with the governing body of any other city, or county within the State, or with any state department, or with any private or governmental agency for the furnishing of administrative, fiscal, or personnel services.