ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

Sec. 2-1. City office hours.

   (a)   Except on holidays and other days specifically designated by the mayor and council, and except on days or during hours as provided in subsection (b) below, the city manager and the various city departments shall keep their offices open for the transaction of business from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day on Monday through Friday.

   (b)   The city manager may, by administrative order, require or authorize any of the offices of the city to be open or closed at a different or for an additional time than provided in subsection (a) above.

   (c)   Except where otherwise specifically provided in this Code, when a holiday that is enumerated as a fixed date in Tucson Code Section 22-91(a)(6):

      (1)   falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday;

      (2)   falls on a Saturday, the previous Friday shall be observed as a holiday.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 9; Ord. No. 3280, § 1, 6-23-69; Ord. No. 10691, § 1, 7-7-09, eff. 8-9-09; Ord. No. 10758, § 1, 2-9-10; Ord. No. 11598, § 1, 11-14-18)

   Charter References: Authority to fix office hours, see ch. VII, § 1(35).

Sec. 2-2. Absences of appointive officers and heads of office and vacancies in appointive officers and heads of office positions.

   Sec. 2-2(1). During the absence of an appointive officer or head of an office, with or without leave, or for any cause whatsoever, the senior officer or employee of the department or office, unless another officer or employee is specifically designated to so act by the appointive officer, shall immediately assume charge and direct the functioning of the office or department. The duty to act includes the necessary signature authority to carry on and perform the duties of the position until the appointive officer's return.

   Sec. 2-2(2). Pending the filling of a vacancy of an appointive officer or head of an office position, the senior officer or employee of the department or office, unless another officer or employee is specifically designated to so act by the appointing officer, shall immediately assume charge and direct the functioning of the office or department. The duty to act includes the necessary signature authority to carry on and perform the duties of the position until the vacancy is filled.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 12; Ord. No. 9811, § 1, 2-10-03)

Sec. 2-3. Compensation of senior officers acting as department heads.

During the period in which any senior officer or employee of any department performs the duties of the head or chief thereof as provided in section 2-2 such officer or employee shall be paid during such period, in the discretion of the city manager, the same rate of pay as is regularly paid to the department head or chief for performing such duties.

(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 13)

Sec. 2-4. Residency requirement for specified city officers and employees.

   (a)   Except as provided in subsection (c), any person hired or appointed on or after May 13, 2008 as an officer or employee specified in subsection (b) shall, as a condition of employment, establish residency in the city limits within six (6) months of appointment to that position, and shall maintain residency in the city limits while serving in that position. All notices of recruitment for the hiring of any of the officers or employees specified in subsection (b) shall include notice of this requirement.

   (b)   Except as provided in subsection (c), the officers and employees subject to the requirements of subsection (a) are: city manager, deputy and assistant city manager, city attorney, city clerk, chief of the Tucson police department, chief of the Tucson fire department, presiding city magistrate, public defender, and the directors of the following departments: housing and community development, planning and development services, environmental services, finance, general services, human resources, information technology, parks and recreation, procurement, transportation, Tucson convention center, and water; and any director whose position is hereafter created by ordinance of the mayor and council pursuant to chapter V, section 2(14) of the Charter.

   (c)   The residency requirements of this section shall not apply to any persons who were employed by the city, either in the positions listed in subsection (b) or in another position, on May 13, 2008, even in the event that such persons subsequently become employed in a position listed in subsection (b).

(Ord. No. 10536, § 1, 5-20-08, eff. 6-28-08; Ord. No. 10757, § 1, 2-9-10; Ord. No. 10874, § 1, 1-25-11)