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The department of environmental services is hereby established. The department shall be under the supervision of the director of environmental services, who shall be subject to appointment and removal by the city manager. The salary of the director of environmental services shall be in accordance with the compensation plan of the city.
(Ord. 27042-08-2024, § 2, passed 8-13-2024)
In accordance with established personnel procedures and as provided by the city budget, the director of environmental services shall have the power to appoint, employ and remove such employees and personnel according to authorized budgeted positions or authorized personnel overages for the efficient administration of the affairs of the department and to prescribe and fix their duties, scope of authority and qualifications.
(Ord. 27042-08-2024, § 2, passed 8-13-2024)
The director and his or her employees shall be responsible for investigating, monitoring, inspecting, and auditing matters and issues pertaining to environmental quality, consumer health, solid waste within the City of Fort Worth, and other matters assigned by the city council or city manager’s office.
(Ord. 27042-08-2024, § 2, passed 8-13-2024)
Charter reference:
Council to provide for establishment, etc., of merit system governing personnel policies, see Ch. XXIII, § 1
Cross-reference:
Office of city traffic engineer created, see § 22-2
Retired employees’ group death benefit fund, see §§ 2.5-226
Editor’s note:
Section 2 of Ord. 11921, adopted April 18, 1995, repealed Ch. 2, Art. V, §§ 2-176 through 2-189, which pertained to personnel and derived from Ord. 8486, § 1, adopted December 15, 1981 and Ord. 8923, § 1, adopted September 20, 1983. Section 2 of Ord. 11921 added a new Art. V to read as herein set out.
The city council shall establish a system of human resource management based upon merit principles that meet the program needs of the city. This merit system shall provide the means to recruit, select, develop and maintain an effective and responsive work force and shall include policies and procedures for employee hiring and advancement, training and career development, job classification, salary administration, employment benefits, discipline, discharge and other related employment activities.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (3), passed 4-18-1995)
(a) Recruitment shall be from qualified individuals from all appropriate sources and, after fair and open competition. Selection shall be on the basis of job-related ability, knowledge and skills.
(b) All persons applying for employment and all employees shall receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of human resource management without regard to race, color, religion, national original, sex, marital status, age, disability or political affiliation and with proper regard for their privacy and their constitutional rights.
(c) Employee advancement shall be based on demonstrated ability and quality of performance.
(d) Equitable compensation shall be provided for equivalent work, and incentives may be provided for excellence in performance.
(e) Employees shall be retained on the basis of their performance; training and development opportunities may be provided; inadequate performance shall be corrected; employees shall be dismissed who cannot or will not improve their performance to meet established standards.
(f) High standards of integrity and conduct shall be established which shall be maintained by all employees.
(g) Employees shall be prohibited from using their official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of a nomination for public office or an election. Employees shall be protected from coercion for political purposes.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (4), passed 4-18-1995)
This article shall apply to all officers and employees of the city and shall apply to all such positions in the city service now existing or hereafter established, except as provided below.
(a) The mayor, members of the city council and members of appointive boards shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
(b) The following positions shall be exempt from the dismissal, suspension and demotion section of this article:
(1) The city manager and the assistant city managers.
(2) The heads of departments, assistant heads of department, and division heads;
(3) The judges of the municipal court system;
(4) The city internal auditor;
(5) The city secretary;
(6) Persons temporarily appointed to the city service;
(7) Employees in their initial probationary period;
(8) The city attorney and all deputy and assistance city attorneys in the department of law;
(9) Aides to the city council members/district directors.
(c) Employees of the police department and fire department who are subject to the provisions of the Fire and Police Civil Service Law (Tex. Local Government Code Chapter 143) are exempt from the section on dismissal, suspension and demotion, and the section on political activities.
(d) The city manager’s secretary shall be subject to the dismissal, suspension and demotion section of this article, save and except that, in the event of an appeal by the city manager’s secretary of a disciplinary action, all findings and recommendations of the disciplinary appeals board of its designated hearing officer shall be made to the appropriate committee of the city council for final decision rather than to the city manager.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (5), passed 4-18-1995; Ord. 25226-12-2021, § 1, passed 12-14-2021)
(a) The director of a city department, or that individual’s designee, may, for any cause specified in the Personnel Rules and Regulations concerning disciplinary action, take any of the following adverse employment actions against an employee:
(1) Dismissal;
(2) Suspension for more than ten business days; or
(3) Demotion in rank or position.
(b) Any adverse employment action taken under subsection (a) above against an employee who is covered by this article shall be subject to the right of appeal given to such employee under this article and under the relevant City of Fort Worth Personnel Rules and Regulations.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (6), passed 4-18-1995; Ord. 21197-04-2014, § 1, passed 4-15-2014, eff. 4-22-2014)
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