HomeMy Public PortalAbout23) 10B Ord. No. 15-1004 Clarifying and Reducing the List of Positions Excluded from City ServicesCity Council
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5. On April 16, 2013, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 13-970, an
Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Temple City amending Article II,
Chapter 3 of the Temple City Municipal Code, clarifying and expanding the list
of positions excluded from City Service to include the position of Public Safety
and Services Manager.
6. On June 16, 2015, the City Council adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-16 City
Budget.
ANALYSIS:
In FY 2012-13, the City Council took a series of recommended actions to ensure that the
City of Temple City was moving forward in implementing best practices in the area of
personnel management by revising current City policies, procedures and practices.
There were two phases in moving the organization towards best practices in the area of
personnel management. The first phase was to update and ensure all governing
documents (i.e., City Charter and City Code) and policies and procedures were
accurate and consistent. The second phase of this process was to adopt the City's
revised Personnel Rules and Regulations.
In implementing the first of the two phases, Section 800 of Article VIII of the Charter of the
City of Temple City (Charter) authorizes the City Council to establish by Ordinance a
personnel system for City employees. This Article further authorizes the City Council to
amend such a personnel system by Ordinance of the City Council, from time to time, as
may be required in the discretion of the City Council in the public interest.
Section 2-3A-3 of Chapter 3 of Article 2 of the Temple City Municipal Code provides that
the personnel system shall apply to all offices, positions and employments in the service
of the City with the exception of elective officers, City Manager, City Attorney, Members of
appointive boards, commissions, and committees, and persons engaged under contract
to supply expert professional or technical services for a definite period of time.
The City had, by adoption of resolutions for a number of years, exempted positions
from the personnel system. In order to ensure those exemptions were consistent with
the Municipal Code and the City Charter, it was recommended and approved to put the
exempted positions in the Code itself, by adoption of Ordinance. The exempted
positions were as follows:
• Elected Officer;
• City Manager;
• City Attorney;
• Members of appointive boards, commissions, and committees;
• Persons engaged under contract to supply expert professional or technical services
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for a definite period of time;
• Director of Parks and Recreation;
• Director of Community Development;
• City Clerk;
• Economic Development Manager/Assistant to the City Manager;
• Administrative Services Director;
• Executive Assistant to the City Manager;
• Public Safety Supervisor;
• Public Safety and Services Manager; and
• Planning Manager.
During the FY 2015-16 City Budget deliberations, staff recommended the City Council
not fund (among other unrepresented part-time positions) the full time Public Safety and
Services Manager position due to budget constraints. The City Council directed staff to
not only not fund the position but to eliminate the position.
This recommended action will implement the City Council's direction and eliminate the
position of Public Safety and Services Manager from the personnel system.
CONCLUSION:
Adoption of Ordinance No. 15-1004 will codify the positions that are exempt from the
personnel rules and regulations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This item does not have an impact on the FY 2015-16 City Budget as this action only
eliminates the position from the personnel system. The FY 2015-16 City Budget does
not include funding for this position.
ATTACHMENT:
A. Ordinance No. 15-1004
ORDINANCE N0.15-1004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY,
AMENDING SECTION 2-3A-3 OF ARTICLE A OF CHAPTER 3 OF THE TEMPLE
CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, CLARIFYING AND REDUCING LIST OF POSITIONS
EXCLUDED FROM CITY SERVICE
WHEREAS, Section 800 of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Temple City (the "Charter")
authorizes the City Council to establish by Ordinance a personnel system for City employees;
WHEREAS, Section 800 of Article VIII of the Charter further authorizes the City Council to amend
such a personnel system by Ordinance of the City Council, from time to time, as may be required in the
discretion of the City Council in the public interest;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted to it in the Charter, the City Council enacted Ordinance
92-733 to amend Title 2 of the Temple City Municipal Code to add Chapter 3 to establish a personnel
system;
WHEREAS, Section 2-3A-3 of Chapter 3 of Article A of the Temple City Municipal Code provides
that the personnel system shall apply to all offices, positions and employments in the service of the City with
the exception of elective officers, City Manager, City Attorney, Members of appointive boards, commissions,
and committees; persons engaged under contract to supply expert professional or technical services for a
definite period of time; part-time and other temporary officers or employees; Director of Parks and
Recreation; Director of Community Development; City Clerk; Economic Development Manager/Assistant to
the City Manager; Administrative Services Director; Public Safety and Services Manager; Executive
Assistant to the City Manager; Planning Manager; and Public Safety Supervisor; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exercise the discretion granted to it in the Charter to amend
the personnel system to clarify and add to the positions excluded therefrom.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Amendment of Section 2-3A-3 of Article A, Chapter 3 of the Temple City
Municipal Code. Section 2-3A-3 of Article A of Title 2 of the Temple City Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all offices, positions and employments in the service of the city,
except:
A. Elective officers;
B. City Manager;
C. City Attorney;
D. Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees;
E. Persons engaged under contract to supply expert professional or technical services
for a definite period of time;
F. Part-time and other temporary officers or employees;
G. Director of Parks and Recreation;
H. Director of Community Development;
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I. City Clerk;
J. Economic Development Manager/Assistant to the City Manager;
K. Administrative Services Director;
L. Executive Assistant to the City Manager;
M. Planning Manager; and
N. Public Safety Supervisor.
SECTION 2: Effective Date. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same to be
published according to law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 21'1 day of July, 2015.
Tom Chavez, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Peggy Kuo, City Clerk Eric Vail, City Attorney
I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 15-1004
was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City held on the 7'h day of
July, 2015 and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor
and attested to by the City Clerk at the regular meeting held on the 21'1 day of July, 2015 by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Peggy Kuo, City Clerk