(A) Before any disciplinary action is taken, whether for failure in personal conduct or failure in performance of duties, the Director of Finance and Personnel shall provide the employee with a written notice of proposed disciplinary action, which will include the nature of the proposed action, its recommended effective date, and a time for a pre-disciplinary conference.
(B) At this conference, the employee may be represented by private legal counsel. The city and the employee may present relevant witnesses and evidence. The employee may present any response to the proposed disciplinary action to the City Manager. The City Manager will consider the employee’s response, if any, to the proposed disciplinary action, and will, within three working days following the pre-disciplinary conference, notify the employee in writing of their final decision in the disciplinary procedure. The notice of the final disciplinary action shall contain a statement of the reasons for the action and the employee’s appeal rights.
(C) The decision of the City Manager in all disciplinary proceedings shall be final.
(Ord. passed 5-17-94; Am. Ord. passed 6-20-96; Am. Ord. passed 11-17-98; Am. Ord. passed 8-29-09)