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The following personnel records of city or trusts, of which the city is beneficiary, are considered confidential and are not subject to public inspection:
(A) Those personnel records which relate to internal personnel investigations including examination and selection material for employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplines or resignation;
(B) Where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, such as employee evaluations, payroll deductions or employment applications submitted by persons not hired by the public body or its officers; or
(C) All personnel records not specifically falling within the exceptions provided in divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall be available for public inspection and copying including, but not limited to records of:
(1) An employment application of a person who becomes a public official;
(2) The gross receipts of public funds;
(3) The dates of employment, title or position; and
(4) Any final disciplinary action resulting in loss of pay, suspension, demotion of position or termination.
(D) Except as may otherwise be made confidential by statute, an employee of a public body shall have the right of access to his or her own personnel file.
(`90 Code, § 1-82) (Ord. 2789, passed 12-17-85)
(A) A reasonable fee for the recovery of the cost of document copying or mechanical reproduction is hereby established.
(B) Request made solely for commercial purposes or which would clearly cause excessive disruption of any department, then and in that event, a fee shall be assessed to recover the direct cost of document search. In no case shall a search fee be charged when the release of the documents is made to the news media, scholars, authors and taxpayers seeking to determine whether those entrusted with the affairs of the city are honestly, faithfully and competently performing their duties.
(1) Copying or reproduction fees shall be pre-paid prior to copying or reproduction as set out in the fee schedule at the end of this code.
(2) Search fees, when assessed, shall be computed based on the total hourly rate of compensation of each employee involved with the search, rounded to the nearest 15-minute interval, of time actually involved in the search. Persons, firms or entities failing to pay legally assessed search fees or falsely claiming exemption, shall be guilty of filing a fraudulent claim against the city, and may be subject to legal prosecution.
(3) All fees and charges established by this article are hereby made a part of the fee schedule at the end of this code and shall be subject to modification, whether increase or decrease, by resolution of the City Council, passed and approved by a simple majority vote of the Council.
(4) A copy of current fees established by this section shall be filed with the County Clerk.
(`90 Code, § 1-83) (Ord. 2789, passed 12-17-85)
The use of absentee ballots in all municipal elections in the city is hereby authorized in accordance with the election laws of the state.
(`90 Code, § 1-85) (Ord. 2715, passed 2-1-83)
Cross-reference:
Municipal elections, see Charter Sections 6-1 et seq.
(A) An auxiliary reserve police force which shall be separate and distinct from the regular Police Department, is hereby established pursuant to and consistent with 11 O.S. § 34-101 and is to be known as the Reserve Police Force.
(B) The Reserve Police Force shall be headed by the Chief of Police, subject at all times to the actual management, control and supervision of the City Manager. The Chief of Police may from time to time appoint a regular, full-time police officer to command and coordinate the activities of the Reserve Police Force consistent with local, federal and state law, the City Charter, the city code, ordinances, city rules, regulations and procedures and Police Department rules, regulations and procedures.
(C) (1) The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed, pursuant to and consistent with state law, to appoint from time to time qualified individuals to serve as reserve municipal police officers in the Reserve Police Force on a part-time basis, for not more than 25 hours per calendar week, with the express prior written approval of the City Manager of each reserve police officer. The Reserve Police Force shall be limited at all times to no more than 20 reserve police officers. The Chief of Police is further authorized and directed to suspend, discipline, demote, remove and terminate reserve police officers upon approval of the City Manager. Reserve police officers shall have the powers, duties and functions as set forth in law or ordinance for regular full-time police officers and shall perform their duties only while on authorized duty.
(2) To qualify for membership at any time as a reserve police officer, all persons must at all times meet the minimum requirements of 11 O.S. § 34-101 (B) on reserve municipal police officers, the minimum requirements of 70 O.S. § 3311 on the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training and any other minimum requirement(s) developed, instituted or required from time to time by the state.
(3) To further qualify for membership at any and all times as a reserve police officer, all persons must at all times maintain their actual residence within the county or within a 30-minute driving distance of the Police Station of the Police Department calculated by driving at all times within posted speed limits.
(4) Former regular full-time police officers who voluntarily retired or voluntarily resigned their employment with the city while not on disciplinary probation or facing disciplinary action at the time of their resignation and who are otherwise qualified, are eligible to apply to serve as reserve police officers.
(5) No person(s) who is at any time then-employed by the city on a full-time or a part- time basis is eligible for consideration or appointment as a reserve police officer. Certain personnel in the city Fire Department, for the purposes of Fire Marshal/investigation duties and/or specialized response team duties (SRT/SWAT), shall be eligible for appointment as reserve police officers.
(D) (1) No person appointed as a reserve police officer shall serve for an indefinite or unlimited term but rather are limited to a term not to exceed two years at a time, which term may be extended or renewed upon the written request of a reserve police officer who verifies in writing that he or she continues to meet all of the requirements hereof, upon verification of the accuracy of the written request, review and express prior written approval of the Chief of Police and the City Manager.
(2) Any reserve police officer may at any time resign and if so, he or she shall notify the Chief of Police in writing of the resignation.
(E) The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to develop, establish, implement, amend and maintain or cause to be developed, established, implemented, amended and maintained, a uniform policy in writing on the Reserve Police Force consistent with federal, state and local law, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, to take all steps or actions necessary or convenient to ensure that the written policy is at all times consistent with federal, state and local law, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, and to take all steps or actions necessary or convenient to ensure that the written policy is at all times uniformly and consistently followed.
(Ord. 3006, passed 2-20-96; Am. Ord. 3293, passed 8-2-16)
(A) Reserve police officers shall, upon completion of required training and firearms qualification and while on authorized duty only, carry firearms on the prior express written order of the Chief of Police, which order may be modified, lifted or rescinded at any time as to any individual reserve police officer.
(B) Reserve police officers, upon completion of all state and city mandated training requirements, shall have all of the powers of arrest as provided by state law and city ordinances.
(Ord. 3006, passed 2-20-96)
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