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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.002-80RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ORDINANCE NO. ~ (Series of 1980) 100 Leaves AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING ARTICLE VI OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC PERSONNEL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN WHEREAS, the City Council desires to repeal and reenact Article VI of Chapter 2 of the Aspen Municipal Code to provide for a public personnel code of the City of Aspen, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: ~ection 1 That Chapter 2, Article VI of the Aspen Municipal Code is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: Sec. 2-76. ARTICLE VI. PERSONNEL Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Personnel Code of the City of Aspen". Sec. 2-77. Statement of purpose. The general purpose of this article is to establish a system of personnel administration that will assure op- timum utilization of the human resources employed by the City of Aspen to effect the social, economic, and other program needs of the people of the City of Aspen. This system shall provide means to recruit, select, develop, and maintain an effective work force, and shall include policies and procedures for employee hiring and advance- ment, terminations, training and career development, job classification, salary administration, discipline, dis- charge and related activities. All appointments and promotions shall be based upon an objective evaluation of merit and fitness to perform the work required, using Open competitive selection procedures, examinations or other evidence of fitness. Sec. 2-78. Establishment. There is hereby established a personnel department headed by a Personnel Director. Sec. 2-79. Appointment and Tenure of the Personnel Director. The Personnel Director shall be experienced in manage- ment and administration and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the City Manager in the same manner as other appointive department heads. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves ~ _ Sec.2-80. Duties of the Personnel Director. The Director shall be the head of the department of per- sonnel, responsible for the conduct of all of its af- fairs The Director shall have power and it shall be his duty, in person or through the department of personnel: 1. To encourage the exercise of effective person- nel administration within the several depart- ments in the government service, and to make available the facilities of the department of personnel to this end. To advise the City Manager of manpower utili- zation. To foster and develop programs for the improvement of employee effectiveness, ~ncluding training, safety, health, counsel- lng, and welfare. To investigate from time to time the operation and effect of this article and of the policies made thereunder and to report his findings and recom~endations to the City Manager. To establish and maintain records of all em- ployees in the city service, in which there shall be set forth as to each employee the class, title, pay or status, and other rele- vant data. To make an annual report to the City Manager regarding the work of the department. To prepare and recommend, for action by the City Manager, rules, including a pay classifi- cation plan, pay schedule and a service rating plan, drafts of legislation for recommendation to the City Manager and City Council in matters requiring such legislation and changes as deemed desirable from time to time in such rules and regulations. To make such administrative regulations as are deemed necessary, not inconsistent with this article and rules adopted in pursuance thereof relative to matters involved in the adminis- tration of the personnel provisions of such article and rules. To perform duties necessary or proper for making effective the provisions of this arti- cle and all rules adopted in pursuance there- of, and not inconsistent therewith. The power of the Director to make effective the provi- sions of this article shall not be deemed to be contingent on the adoption of rules but, in the absence of rules that are applicable, the Director shall have power to take such action, not inconsistent with this article as may be reasonably necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes thereof. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves Sec. 2-81. Personnel Rules = The City Manager is hereby authorized to adopt personnel rules which personnel rules shall provide for the recruitment, employment and promotion of the best qualified persons for each position; for the establish- ment of administrative procedures for the handling of disciplinary measures such as suspension, demotion of rank or grade, or discharge. The personnel rules may provide for any further provision of employment not inconsistent with this article. Sec. 2-82. Political Activity. (a) No person employed by the City of Aspen shall be under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or to render any political service and no such person shall be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so. (b) No person employed by the City of Aspen shall use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body, or to in- fluence the election of employee. (c) A person employed by the City of Aspen may hold elected public office providing he takes a leave of absence without pay during the period of the cam- paign and while serving, with the exception that a person employed by the City of Aspen may hold elected public office in a special district which does not serve the City of Aspen or any portion thereof without taking a leave of absence during the period of the campaign or while serving. (d) Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of an employee to hold membership in and support a political party, to be an officer of a political party, to Vote as he chooses, to express publicly and privately his opinions on political subjects, arid to attend political meetings. Sec. 2-83. Employer-Employee Relations. Public employees have the right to organize, join and participate or to refuse to organize, join and partici- pate in any employee organization freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal. Sec. 2-84. Unlawful acts. (a) (b) No person shall make any false statements, certifi- cate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any provision of this article or in any manner commit or attempt to co]malt any fraud preventing the im- partial execution of this article and rules adopted in pursuance thereof. No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, ren- der, pay, offer, solicit, or accept any money, ser- vice or other valuable consideration for any ap- (c) .Section 2 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves pointment, promotion to, or any advantage in, a position of employment by the City of Aspen. No employee of the personnel department, examiner, or other person shall defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in his right of examination, eligibil- ity, certification or appointment under this arti- cle, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employ- ment by the City of Aspen. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance whcih can be given effect without the cation, and to this end the provisions declared to be severable. invalid provision or appli- of this ordinance are Section 3 A public day of .~u4.~_ the City Council Ch ers, Aspen City Hall, INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published the City Council of meeting held hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the //~ 1980, at 5:00 P.M. in Aspen, Colorado. as provided by law by the City of Aspen, Colorado, at its regular at the City of Aspen on the ../~ day of~/~~ , 1980. Mayor ATTEST: 4 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on the //~ day of \~4~-c~---~ , 1980. ATTEST: 5 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss COUNTY OF PITKIN ) CERTIFICATE I, Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify, that the above and foregoing ordinance was introduced, read in full, and passed on ~ reading at a~ting of the City ~ouncil of the City of Aspen on,~, 19~, and published in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul- ation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue °f~ 2~_,~19~, and was fina!ly adoptE and approved at a regular meeting o~ ~he City Council on ~~Z~/~, // , 19F~ and ordered published as Ordinance No. _ ~ , Series of 19~, of said City, as provided by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, day of ~, 19~. hereunto set my hand and kathyrn S. /obh, City Clerk SEAL Deputy City Clerk