Responsibility for management of the City and direction of its work force is vested in City officials and department heads whose powers and duties are specified by law. In order to fulfill this responsibility it is the exclusive right of City management to determine the mission of its constituent departments, offices and boards, set standards of services to be offered to the public and exercise control and discretion over the City organization and operations. It is also the exclusive right of City management to take disciplinary action for proper cause, relieve City employees from duty because of lack of work or other legitimate reasons and determine the methods, means and personnel by which the City’s operations are to be conducted and to take any necessary actions to maintain uninterrupted service to the community and carry out its mission in emergencies; provided, however, that the exercise of these rights does not preclude employees or their representatives from consulting or raising grievances about the practical consequences that decisions on these matters may have on wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; provided, however, that employees in the representation unit Police Officers, Lieutenant and Below or their representatives may not raise such grievances.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 141,527, Eff. 3-5-71.
Amended by: Last line section para., Ord. No. 161,882, Eff. 3-17-87.