(a) A volunteer services program shall be established within a city department designated by the mayor. The director of the designated department may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this article.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this article, no person shall, on the basis of sex, age, race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, marital status, economic condition, physical or mental disability, or politics, be excluded from participation in the volunteer services program.
(c) The volunteer services program shall be headed by a volunteer services coordinator who shall be charged with the following duties:
(1) In cooperation with each city agency, identify tasks that may be appropriately performed by volunteers;
(2) In cooperation with the department of human resources, develop written guidelines for the recruitment, screening, supervision, and use of volunteers by city agencies;
(3) Serve as a central clearinghouse for volunteer recruitment for the city;
(4) Assist each agency in training existing staff on how to supervise, assist, and support agency volunteers;
(5) Maintain a list of available volunteers and a list of jobs for which agencies are seeking volunteers;
(6) In cooperation with the director of budget and fiscal services, establish a risk management program aimed at minimizing the risk of liability to the city due to the volunteer service program while protecting volunteers from liability when performing services as city volunteers; and
(7) Prepare and submit an annual report to the council with a breakdown of the number of volunteers used by each agency, the number of volunteer service hours donated to each agency, the types of tasks performed by volunteers in each agency, and the cost of using volunteers by each agency.
(d) Any volunteer used by the city shall be excluded from the civil service system of Charter Article VI, Chapter 11, and any other public employee benefit program except those provided in this article.
(1990 Code, Ch. 2, Art. 27, § 2-27.3) (Added by Ord. 95-14; Am. Ord. 03-40)