173.31   SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR HIRING CITY EMPLOYEES.
   (a)   All department heads and elected officials who have hiring and appointment authority by law shall complete all required employment applications and advise the applicant for employment in writing that he or she will not be officially hired until the Auditor has placed said applicant on the payrolls of the City.
   (b)   The Auditor shall not place an applicant for employment on the payroll of the City until first having certified that the budget of the department proposing the employment has sufficient funds to hire the applicant and that a properly completed employment application form has been approved by the hiring authority and accepted by the Auditor.
   (c)   All employment applications in the City shall bear the following language in conspicuous letters:
      "I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EMPLOYMENT COMMENCES ONLY WHEN THE AUDITOR PLACES MY NAME ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CITY OF PARMA
                                    
                              APPLICANT
   The hiring authority shall be charged with securing the applicant's acknowledgment in writing, approving the employment application and filing the same with the office of the City Auditor.
   (d)   Once every month the Auditor shall provide City Council with a list of all officially hired employees and proposed employees. The list shall contain the name of the employee, hiring department, job description and proposed wage or salary.
   (e)   That all existing employees and newly hired employees shall be required to have a City I.D. to be prepared by the City Administration.
   (f)   Nothing in this section shall either apply to or alter the laws which pertain to the hiring of independent contractors.
   (g)   Whoever fails to fulfill his or her duties set forth in this section shall be suspended for five working days without pay.
(Ord. 8-93. Passed 4-19-93; Ord. 380-02. Passed 4-21-03.)