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CHAPTER 33: PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Section
   33.01   Adoption; purpose
   33.02   Personnel Officer
   33.03   Applicability to officers and employees; exceptions
   33.04   Adoption of rules to govern certain procedures
   33.05   Manner of making appointments; provisional appointments
   33.06   Probationary period
   33.07   Status of employees in competitive service
   33.08   Applicability of rules to certain exempt positions
   33.09   Power to appoint and dismiss employees
   33.10   Disciplinary suspension
   33.11   Right to written statement of reasons for demotion or dismissal and to request hearing
   33.12   Abolition of personnel positions by Council
   33.13   Political activities
   33.14   Right to contract for special services
   33.15   Appropriation of funds
Statutory reference:
   Personnel system, see Cal. Gov't Code §§ 45000 et seq.
§ 33.01 ADOPTION; PURPOSE.
   In order to establish an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters, to attract to municipal service the best and most competent persons available, to assure that appointments and promotions of employees will be based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive test, and to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees, the personnel system set forth in this chapter is adopted.
('81 Code, § 2.44.010)
§ 33.02 PERSONNEL OFFICER.
   (A)   The City Manager shall be the Personnel Officer. With the approval of the Council, the City Manager may delegate any of the powers and duties conferred upon him as Personnel Officer under this chapter to any other officer or employee of the city or may recommend that such powers and duties be performed under contract as provided in this chapter.
   (B)   The City Manager shall:
      (1)   Administer all the provisions of this chapter and of the personnel rules not specifically reserved to the Council;
      (2)   Prepare and recommend to the Council revisions and amendments to the personnel rules; the City Attorney shall approve the legality of such revisions and amendments prior to their submission to the Council;
      (3)   Prepare and maintain a position classification plan, including class specifications; the plan shall become effective upon approval by the Council;
      (4)   Prepare and maintain a plan of compensation covering all classifications in the competitive service; the plan, and any revisions thereof, shall become effective upon approval by the Council;
      (5)   Publish or post notices of examinations for positions in the competitive service; receive applications therefor; conduct and score examinations and prepare a list of all persons eligible for appointment in the appropriate class in the competitive service.
('81 Code, § 2.44.020)
§ 33.03 APPLICABILITY TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; EXCEPTIONS.
   The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all offices, positions and employments in the service of the city, except:
   (A)   Elective officers;
   (B)   Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees;
   (C)   Persons engaged under contract to supply expert, professional or technical services for a definite period of time;
   (D)   Volunteer personnel, such as volunteer firefighter;
   (E)   City Manager;
   (F)   City Attorney.
('81 Code, § 2.44.030)
§ 33.04 ADOPTION OF RULES TO GOVERN CERTAIN PROCEDURES.
   (A)   Personnel rules, prepared by the Personnel Officer subject to this chapter and to revision by the Council, shall be adopted and may be amended from time to time, by resolution of the Council.
   (B)   The rules shall establish specific procedures and regulations governing the following phases of the personnel system:
      (1)   Preparation, installation, revision and maintenance of a position classification plan covering all positions in the competitive service, including employment standards and qualifications for each class;
      (2)   Preparation, revision and administra-tion of a plan of compensation directly correlated with the position classification plan, providing a rate or range of pay for each class;
      (3)   Public announcement of all tests and the acceptance of applications for employment;
      (4)   Preparation and conduct of tests and the establishment and the use of resulting employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appoint-ment;
      (5)   Certification and appointment of persons from employment lists, and making of temporary and emergency appointments;
      (6)   Evaluation of employees during the probationary period;
      (7)   Transfer, promotion, demotion and reinstatement of employees in the competitive service;
      (8)   Separation of employees from the city service through layoff, suspension and dismissal;
      (9)   Standardization of hours of work, attendance and leave regulations, working conditions and the development of employees morale, welfare and training;
      (10)    Suitable provision for orderly and equitable presentations to the City Manager and to the Council by employees relating to general conditions of employment;
      (11)    Content, maintenance and use of personnel records and forms.
('81 Code, § 2.44.040)
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