(A) No member of the Board of Commissioners shall make one-on-one contact with a department or division employee on policy implication matters without involvement therein by the City Manager.
(B) No member of the Board of Commissioners shall communicate on a one-on-one basis with any department or division of municipal government in a manner which should effectuate interruption or redirection in the work assignment of a worker or group of workers in any manner other than an initial request for work assignment made directly to the director of the department or his or her designee in his or her absence.
(C) Such a request for a work assignment shall be submitted to the department director who has jurisdiction over such request work assignment, regardless of its nature.
(D) Upon receipt of such a request for a work assignment, whether written or oral, it is understood that the work assignment shall be delegated and/or assigned solely at the director’s discretion, or by his or her designee in his or her absence, without threat of retribution from said member of the Board of Commissioners as to its priority of assignment within his or her department unless a decision of the Commission members, in an appropriate setting directs otherwise.
(E) It is the responsibility of each department director to assess the requested work assignment and make a cursory determination as to whether such individual request calls for priority treatment. In that event, the department director shall so advise all the Commission members and the City Manager in the same manner forthwith of such priority assignment so that all share equally in the dissemination of information.
(F) No employee or group of employees shall express dissatisfaction in the realm of their employment to any Commission member without first seeking to remedy such situation administratively.
(G) In the event an employee or group of employees attempts to circumvent such administrative remedies as provided in the personnel policy and/or working agreement, it shall be incumbent upon the Commission member to decline to circumvent or interfere in the administrative process.
(1984 Code, § 30.06) (Ord. O-74-86, passed 11-3-1986)