(A) When an employee’s job performance is unsatisfactory, or when incidents or inappropriate actions warrant, the supervisor shall meet with the employee as soon as possible in one or more counseling sessions to discuss specific performance problems and areas for immediate improvement. A notation of these counseling sessions shall be placed in the employee’s personnel file. An employee whose job performance is unsatisfactory over a period of time should receive at least two written warnings from the supervisor before disciplinary action resulting in dismissal is taken by the City Manager unless the violation involves detrimental personal conduct.
(B) The warning and counseling procedures will consist of three steps:
(1) Step 1: Verbal warning;
(2) Step 2: Written warning; and
(3) Step 3: Written warning and a pre-disciplinary conference.
(C) Verbal warning is a warning given to the employee with a notation of the “verbal warning” being entered in the employee’s personnel file.
(D) Written warnings will be given to the employee and a copy placed in the employee’s personnel file. The employee shall sign an acceptance of this warning, and if the employee refuses to sign the supervisor will have a witness sign an acknowledgment that the employee refused to sign.
(Ord. passed 5-17-94; Am. Ord. passed 6-20-96; Am. Ord. passed 11-17-98; Am. Ord. passed 8-29-09; Am. Ord. passed 3-19-13)