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Alhambra, California Code of Ordinances
Alhambra, California Code of Ordinances
CHARTER
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II: ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE III: FINANCE
TITLE IV: FRANCHISES
TITLE V: BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE VI: HEALTH AND SANITATION
TITLE VII: ANIMALS
TITLE VIII: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND LAW
TITLE IX: PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY
TITLE X: BICYCLES
TITLE XI: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE XII: PARKING LOTS
TITLE XIII: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
TITLE XIV: PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS
TITLE XV: WATER
TITLE XVI: SEWERS
TITLE XVII: INDUSTRIAL WASTE
TITLE XVIII: COMMUNITY NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL
TITLE XIX: FIRE
TITLE XX: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE XXI: OIL AND GAS WELLS
TITLE XXII: SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE XXIII: ZONING
TITLE XXIV: SOLAR ENERGY
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
ARTICLE XXIVa. CIVIL SERVICE
SEC. 192b. CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT CREATED; CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
   A department of civil service is hereby created to be under the control and management of a commission of five members, which said commission shall be known and designated as the civil service commission. The members of said commission shall serve without compensation.
   All references in this Charter to the board of civil service trustees shall be deemed to mean and refer to the civil service commission.
   All terms of office of all present members of the civil service commission shall expire at 12:01 a.m. on March 23, 1987. Each councilperson, at the second regular city council meeting held in March, 1987, shall appoint one member to the civil service commission and shall announce the names of his or her or her appointee at that meeting.
   The term of office for each member of the civil service commission shall terminate annually at 12:01 a.m. on the date of the second regular city council meeting held in March of each year. Commencing on the date of the second regular city council meeting held in March, 1988, and annually thereafter, each councilperson shall appoint one member to the civil service commission and shall announce the name of his or her appointee at that meeting.
   No person appointed to the civil service commission shall serve more than eight consecutive yearly terms.
   To be eligible to membership on the civil service commission, a person must be a qualified elector of the city and shall have resided in the city for at least thirty days next preceding the date of his or her appointment.
   The civil service commission shall organize by electing one of their number president and some suitable person as secretary who shall act and hold office at the pleasure of the commission.
   Said commission shall keep a record of its proceedings and transactions, and shall provide rules and regulations for the keeping of service records of city employees and for the classification of such employees.
Editor's note: This section was added by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 142, which was ratified by the qualified electors of the city June 3, 1969: and amended as approved by the voters of the city at a general municipal election held November 4, 1986. This section was further amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.
SEC. 192c. CITY EMPLOYEES TO WHOM ARTICLE APPLIES.
   The provisions of this article shall apply to all members and employees of the fire department and of the police department, except the chief of the fire division and the chief of police, and also to such other employees of the city as the council may, in its discretion, from time to time by ordinance designate.
(Stats. 1927, p. 2059).
SEC. 192d. EXAMINATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT, ETC., IN CIVIL SERVICE.
   All applicants for office, places or employment in the classified civil service of said city, shall be subject to examinations which shall be public, competitive and free to all United States citizens, subject to reasonable regulations and limitations of the civil service commission which are not in conflict with Federal or State law. Such examinations shall be practical in character, and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of physical qualifications, health and manual skill. Appropriate notice of all examinations, according to rule adopted by said civil service commission, shall be given.
Editor's note: This section was amended as approved by the voters of the city at a general municipal election held November 4, 1986.
SEC. 192e. METHOD OF MAKING APPOINTMENTS; PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF APPOINTEES.
   A record of all examinations shall be kept. Appointments to all positions under civil service shall be made by the board or officer having the power of appointment from a list of those who have taken examinations for such positions, and such appoint-ment must be made from the three holding the highest rating on such list. Persons appointed to permanent positions shall be on probation for a period of not less than one year before appointment or promotion is made complete, during which period a probationer may be discharged or reduced by the appointing board or officer. (Stats. 1927 p. 2095; Stats. 1938 p. 152).
SEC. 192f. REMOVAL OR DISCHARGE FROM CIVIL SERVICE; REVIEW OF REMOVAL AND REINSTATEMENT.
   No person in the classified civil service shall be removed or discharged from his or her position except for cause, which shall be stated in writing to the board of civil service trustees by the officer or board having the power to remove or discharge such employee, and a copy of said statement shall be served upon the person to be so removed or dis-charged. At any time within fifteen days after the filing with said board of civil service trustees of such statement, said board may on its own motion, and must on application of the discharged employee, inquire into such removal or discharge, and if in its judgment such removal or discharge was without justification and said person removed or discharged is a fit and competent person to retain his or her position, he or she shall be reinstated and restored and shall be entitled to receive compensation during the period of his or her suspension and pending such hearing and reinstatement. (Stats. 1927, p. 2059).
Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.
SEC. 192g. ADDITIONAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   The council shall by ordinance adopt such further rules and regulations not in conflict herewith as may be necessary for the complete and efficient operation of said civil service department. (Stats. 1927, p. 2060).
SEC. 192h. REMOVAL OF STRIKING EMPLOYEES.
   No employees of the city of Alhambra shall participate in, or afford leadership to a strike against the city of Alhambra, or engage in any form of concerted action to withhold service from said city. In the event of any such strike or concerted action against the city, it shall be the duty of the city manager, or other appointing authority to ascertain the identity of any employee of the city under his or her jurisdiction who is in violation of the provisions of this section and to initiate dismissal proceedings against such employee in accordance with the applic-able provisions of this charter and the Alhambra Municipal Code. Any citizen of the city may file written charges against an employee in violation of the provisions of this section. The appropriate appointing authority shall, upon receipt of such written charges, investigate without delay any such written charge, and forthwith inform said citizen of the findings and action, or proposed action, to be taken thereon.
   Appointing authorities shall cause timely hearings to be held for any employee charged here-under, if the city manager, or other appointing authority, after a hearing, determines that the charges are supported by the evidence submitted, and that the employee willfully engaged in the strike or action, said appointing authority shall dismiss the employee involved, and said person shall not be reinstated or returned to the city of Alhambra employment except as a new employee who is employed in accordance with the regular employment practices of the city in effect at that time for the particular position of employment.
   No officer, board or commissioner of the city, elected or appointed, shall have the power to grant amnesty to any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this section.
   Every employee of the city of Alhambra on the effective date of this section, and each person employed on or after the effective date of this section, shall be furnished a copy and apprised of the provisions of this section.
   In the event of any strike or concerted action to withhold service from the city of Alhambra by an employee organization, or employees represented thereby, the city council is hereby prohibited from granting any improvement in wages, hours or working conditions beyond those in effect or last offered to the striking organizations or employees represented thereby by the city prior to the commencement of such strike or concerted activity, and is prohibited from considering the granting of any such improvement beyond that which may have been last offered by the city prior to the strike or concerted activity until the commencement of meet and confer negotiations in the next subsequent calendar year at the time regularly scheduled for commencement under adopted city council policy governing such negotia-tions.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this charter, a dismissal imposed pursuant to this section shall not be appealable.
Editor's note: This section was added as Charter Amendment No. 1 approved by the voters in Resolu-tion No. R78-157, at an election held November 6, 1978. This section was further amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.