Ordinance 2130CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO 2130
New Series
ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE REVISING THE CIVIL SERVICE
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 642 N.S. AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND
REVISIONS THERETO
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALA14EDA that:
Section 1 . Purpose It is the purpose of this ordinance
to facilitate competent and efficient administration of the
goverrunent of the City of Alameda through provision for making
appointments based upon merit and fitness, and provision for
such security of tenure as is compatible with efficiency and
discipline.
Section 2 Civil Service Merit Principles In accordance
with Article XIII of the City Charter, this Ordinance establishes
a Civil Service Merit System for the City of Alameda. In order
to assure effective personnel management applicable to all
categories of Civil Service Employees, governing officials of
the City of Alameda will subscribe to the following Civil Service
Merit Principles:
Merit Prin ciple No. 1:
Recruiting, selecting and advancing of employees on the
basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skills,
including open competitive consideration of qualified
applicants for initial appointment.
Merit Principle No 2
Retaining employees on the adequacy of their performance,
correcting inadequate performance, separating employees
whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected.
Merit Princiole No. 3
Assuring fair treatment of applicants and employees in
all aspects of personnel administration without regard
to race, religious creed, color, national origin;
ancestry, sex, age, physical handicap, medical condition
or marital status (except for job related requirements)
and with proper regard for their privacy and constitu-
tional rights as citizens.
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Assuring that employees are protected against coercion
for partisan political purposes and are prohibited from
using their official authority for the purpose of inter-
fering with or affecting the result of an election or
nomination of office.
Section 3 . Board Meetings The Civil Service Board shall
hold regular meetings at such time and place as shall be designated
by the Board. In addition, the Board may hold special meetings
upon call of the Chairman or any three members of the Board.
A notice of all regular meetings will be published at least five
days prior to the meeting. A vote of three members is required
to take any action. All motions receiving a tie vote will be
continued on the agenda for the first regular following meeting.
The Personnel Officer, City of Alameda, shall serve as the Executive
Secretary of the Board.
Section 4. Scope of theCivil Service Program The Civil
Service of the City of Alameda shall consist of all positions
of employment and offices (hereinafter designated as positions)
of or under jurisdiction of the City of Alameda, except:
(a) All offices or positions exempted by the Charter
of the City of Alameda.
(b) The officers and /or members of all boards created
by the Charter or by the ordinance.
(c) All City Department Heads, including, but not limited
to, the City Attorney, Manager, Assistant City
Manager, Public Works Director, City Engineer,
Planning Director, Finance Director, City Clerk,
Recreation and Parks Director., City Librarian, Fire
Chief, Police Chief, Bureau of Electricity General
Manager and Chief Engineer, Assistant General Manager,
Engineering Manager, Operations Manager, Computer
Services Manager, General Services Manager, Finance
Manager, Commercial Manager, and any other similar
Department Head positions.
(d) All uncompensated positions.
(e) All part -time or temporary positions.
(f) All personnel hired in conjunction with a State or
Federally funded program or other specially funded
projects.
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(g) All persons �j agencies employed to render profes-
sional, scientific or expert service of an occasional
or exceptional character -- usually on a contract basis
for a designated period of time.
Sec_ pion 5- any positi Exemption At the request of the Council
as to on under its authority or under the authority
Of the City Planaaer, the Civil Service Board shall have power
to exempt from the Civil Service of the City of Alameda any position
therein, such exemption to continue until revoked by the Civil
Service Board. Such exemptions shall be made only when the
P is of a confidential nature, or when it is impossible
to determine fitness by competitive examination.
Section 6 I plement
mation The Civil service System
established by this Ordina nce shall be implemented under such
Civil Service Rules governing administration as adopted by the
Civil Service Board.
The Personnel Officer shall have the responsibility and
authority to implement the provisions of the ordinance, the Civil
Service Rules, and the decisions of the Board.
Section 7 . Civil Service Rules. The Civil Service Rules
shall establish regulations governing the Civil Service System,
includina-
(a) Preparation, implementation, revision, and main-
tenance of a position classification plan, including
reclassification, class specifications, employment
standards and qualifications for each class.
(b) Public announcement of examinations and acceptance
of applications for employment.
(c) Preparation and conduct of competitive examinations
and the use of the resulting eligibility lists.
(d) Certification and appointment of persons from eligi-
bility list, and the making of temporary and emergency
appointments.
(e) Evaluation of employee's performance.
(f) Transfer, promotion, demotion, reinstatement,
separation, and lay -off of employees in the Civil
Service.
(g) The granting of leaves of absence from positions
in the Civil Service.
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(h) Methods for appeal regarding disciplinary action
of employee's rights defined by the Civil Service
Ordinance.
Section S Discipline and Appeal A permanent Civil
Service employee may be dismissed, removed, demoted for disciplinary
reasons, or suspended without pay only when given advance notice,
in writing, of the proposed action. The requirement of notifica-
tion shall be waived whenever such a delay in action could be
harmful to the public or to other employees.
A permanent Civil Service employee who has been fined
in excess of one month's salary or suspended without pay for
more than thirty days may appeal to the Civil Service Board.
The Board will consider the request for a hearing, and will hear
the appeal under the provisions set forth in the Civil Service
Rules.
Section 9 Board Powers and Actions In addition to
the powers granted herein, the Civil Service Board shall have
the power to require assistance from officers and employees of
the City of Alameda, as may be necessary or proper to carry out
the duties imposed on the Board.
In the conduct of hearings, the Board may:
(a) Issue subpoenas requiring attendance of witnesses
and production of records, documents or.other materials
before it.
(b) Administer oaths and affirmations.
Section 10 . Writ Notice Any written notice required
to be given to any employee by the provisions of this ordinance,
unless herein otherwise specifically provided, may be given either
by personal service or by mail. In the case of service by mail,
the notice must be deposited in the United States Post Office
at Alameda, California, in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid,
addressed to the person on whom it is to be served, at the address
in any notice given by him or at his last known address, and
if there be no last known address, then addressed to him at the
City of Alameda. Service by mail shall be deemed complete at
the time of the deposit in the Post Office.
Section 11 Right to Contract for Special Services Nothing
in this ordinance shall be deemed to prevent the City of Alameda
from contracting for any type or category of service, including,
but not limited to, special or technical services related to
personnel employment and administration.
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Section 12 . Severability If any clause, sentence,
paragraph, or part of this Ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, shall, for any reason, be adjudged
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this
Ordinance and the application thereof to other persons or circum-
stances, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, or part thereof, directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and
to the person or circumstances involved.
Section 13 . This Ordinance may be cited as "THE CIVIL
SERVICE ORDIN3ANCE OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA."
Section 14 . This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from
the date of its final passage.
1 Section 15 . Upon the effective date of this Ordinance,
N : City of Alameda Ordinance No. 642 N.S., and all amendments and
revisions thereto, relating to establishing and regulating the
Civil Service System of the City of Alameda, shall be fully and
completely repealed.
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Attest: Presiding Officer of the Council
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City Clerk
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1, tine unaersignea, hereoy certify that the foregoing Ordinance
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 17th of May, 1983,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Gorman, Hanna, Lucas, Monsef and President Diament - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT:None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 18th day of May, 1983.
City Clerk OT the UTV of Vmeda