Ordinance No. 058 - Personnel and Salary System! 1
ORDINANCE NO. 58
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ESTAB-
LISHING A PERSONNEL AND SALARY SYSTEM FOR
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD AND AMENDING THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 9 TO ARTICLE 11.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short Title.
This ordinance shall be known as the "Personnel
Ordinance". It shall hereby repeal all ordinances and parts
of ordinances inconsistent herewith.
Section 2. The Rosemead Municipal Code is hereby amend-
ed by adding Chapter 9 to Article II thereof to read as follows:
"Section 2900. Adoption of Personnel System.
In order to establish an equitable, efficient, and
uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters, and to
place municipal employment on a merit basis, so that the best
qualified persons availabb shall be employed by the City of
Rosemead, a personnel system is established as provided in
this chapter.
Section 2901. Position Classification and Salary Plan
an -Personnel Rules.
The City Administrator shall:
(a) Prepare a Position Classification and
Salary Plan, including class specifications,
and prepare revisions of the plan as required.
The Plan shall be adopted by resolution of the
City Council.
(b) Prepare such personnel Rules and revisions
to the Rules as may be required. The
Personnel Rules shall be adopted by
10 resolution of the City Council.
Section 2902. Exempt Service.
All elective city officers, the City Attorney and
any employees so designated by the Council shall be within
the group exempt from the classification and/or compensation
plan.
Section 2903. Personnel System.
A. All municipal employment shall be based on merit
and fitness to be ascertained by competitive examination as far
as practicable.
B. The City Administrator shall have the power to
appoint, promote, discipline, demote and remove officers and
employees of the City in accordance with Section 2107 (2) of
the Rosemead Municipal Code, except that the City Council
shall sit as a Personnel Committee to consider all salary and/
or personnel -'propbsal5_.or tictions.cbncernino, an emp1oyee'or
concerning,an open position where the monthly salary rate of
the employee or the position is $400.00 or over.
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C. The City Administrator shall be responsible for
the following procedures within the framework of this chapter:
(1) The formulation of standards and qualifications
for each class of position.
(2) The public announcement of vacancies and exam-
inations and the acceptance of applications for
employment.
(3) The preparation and conduct of written and/or
oral examinations and the establishment and
use of employment lists containing the names
of persons eligible for appointment.
(4) The evaluation of employees during probationary
period and periodically thereafter.
(5) The standardization of hours of work, attendance,
leave regulations, working conditions, and the
development of programs for improvement in
employees' morale, welfare, training and safety.
(6) The separation from service of employees through
layoff, suspension, and dismissal.
(7) The maintenance and use of necessary forms and
records to indicate days worked, sick leave,
vacations, leaves of absence, etc.
(8) The establishment and maintenance of suitable
methods for effective communication between
the Council, City Administrator, supervisors
and other employees relating to conditions
of employment in the City service.
D. All original and promotional appointments shall
be for a probationary period of not less than six (6) months,
and may be extended to one year at the discretion of the
City Administrator. During the probationary period the em-
ployee may be rejected at any time. An employee rejected
during the probationary period from a position to which he
was promoted shall be reinstated to the former position
unless he is discharged for a reason which would have been
sufficient to cause his discharge from his former position.
® E. In order to assist in the determination of
qualifications of employees or proposed employees of the
City under Section 1941 of the Labor Code, each employee or
proposed employee shall submit a copy of his birth certificate
or citizenship certificate to tle City Administrator.. Such
birth certificate or citizenship certificate shall be kept on
file in the city office at all times during such person's
employment.
F. Every officer or employee of the City shall,
before entering on the duties of his office or employment,
take and subscribe the oath or affirmation set forth in
Section 3 or Article XX of the Constitution of the State of
California.
G. Any person holding a position of employment in-
cluded in the classified service who, on the effective date of
this ordinance, shall have served continuously in such position,
or in some other position included in the classified service,
for a period equal to the probationary period prescribed in this
chapter, shall assume regular status in the classified service
in the position held on such effective date without additional
qualification thereto, and shall thereafter be subject in all
respects to the provisions of this chapter.
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Section 2904. Political Activity.
A. Employees in the service of the City shall not:
(1) Seek or accept election, nomination, or appoint-
ment as an officer of a political club or political
organization.
(2) Take an active part in a Rosemead municipal
political campaign.
(3) Act as workers at the polls.
(4) Act as political workers or distribute badges,
pamphlets, dodgers, or handbills of any kind
favoring,or opposing any candidate for election
or nomination to a city office.
(5) Take part in political activity of any type
during hours of regular employment and at city
offices.
B. This section does not prevent any employee from:
(1) Becoming or continuing to be a member of a
political club or organization.
(2) Attendance at a political meeting.
(3) Enjoying entire freedom from all interference
in casting his vote.
(4) Seeking or accepting election or appointment
to public office other than an elective office
in the City of Rosemead.
(5) Seeking signature to any initiative or referendum
petition directly affecting his rates of pay,
hours of work, retirement, civil service, or
other working conditions.
(6) Distributing badges, pamphlets, dodgers, or
handbills or other participation in any campaign
. in connection with such petition if the activity
is not carried on during hours of work, or when
he is dressed in the uniform required in any
department of the City government, except as
prohibited in Subsection B (3) of this section.
Section 2905. Solicitation of Contributions.
No officer or employee of the City, or any other person
directly or indirectly shall solicit or receive, or in any
manner be concerned in soliciting or receiving, from anyone on
an eligible lish or employed in the service of the City any
assessment, subscription, contribution or political service,
for aiding or assisting in the campaign for election or
appointment to any political or official or other position in
the City, either partisan or non-partisan.
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Section 2906. Discrimination.
No person in the classified service or seeking
admission thereto shall be favored or discriminated against
in his employment because of political affiliations, race,
or religious beliefs.
1961. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th day of Marcb,
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AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
' MAYOR OF THE CITY OF R SEMEAD
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
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