HomeMy WebLinkAbout17270 - RESOLUTIONS - 9/19/1990 RESOLUTION NO. 17270
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE PERSONNEL
RULES.
WHEREAS the City Council. by Ordinance 1211, on January 18, 1984, adopted
Chapter 2.40 to the Palm Springs Municipal Code, regulating the personnel
system within the City, and
'► WHEREAS the City Council by Resolution 14910, dated January 18, 1984,
adopted Personnel Rules for employees in the City service; and
WHEREAS amendments to the Personnel Rules are necessary to maintain the
applicability of the rules; and
WHEREAS the Municipal Employee Relations Representative (MERR) and the Palm
Springs Fire Safety Unit, the General Unit and the Palm Springs Police
Officers Association, have met and consulted and conferred in good faith on
matters within the scope of representation;
NOW THEREFORE 8E IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Springs that the Personnel Rules are amended as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2.2.10 be added as follows:
2.2.10 Political Activity
The employee shall not engage in any political activity while
on duty.
Section 2. That Sections 5.8.1.1 and 5.8.7.1 be amended as follows:
5.8.1 Range Adjustment
5.8.1.1 When a new salary range is made applicable to a class
in Group 1, all persons employed in that class shall have their
salaries adjusted on the same effective date. If a new salary
range made applicable to a class is higher than the previous
range, the salary of each employee shall be adjusted to the
nearest step of the new range which will provide a wage
increase of at least five percent (5%) , provided that an
employee shall not receive a wage increase to a rate higher
than the top step in the new range. If the new salary range is
lower than the previously assigned salary range, the salary of
each employee shall be adjusted to the step on the new range
which is nearest the previous salary. In either case, the
existing anniversary date shall be retained.
5.8.7 Detail to Special Duty (Working Out of Classification)
5.8.7.1 When an employee in the General Unit is temporarily
required to work in a higher classification and performs the
duties normally assigned to that classification, in excess of
ten (10) (or, on and after July 1, 1991 , five (5)) continuous
working days, the employee shall , on the eleventh (on and after
July 1, 1991, the sixth) work day, be assigned to the lowest
step on the new range which will provide a minimum of five
percent (5%) increase in salary. If an employee in Group I is
temporarily assigned to a position in Group II or III, the
employee shall continue to receive the same fringe benefits,
at the same levels and rates, as that employee received prior
to the temporary assignment. (16341)
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Section 3. That Section 5.9.2, 5.9.2.1, and 5.9.2.2 amended as follows:
5.9.2 Time of Salary_Advancement Eligibility
5.9.2.1 Each employee in Group I , except temporary or seasonal
employees, shall be eligible for consideration by the
department: head for a one-step salary advancement annually on
the employee's anniversary date, provided the employee's
service has been continuous. The top two (2) steps of a salary
range may be attained by an employee upon receiving a 'meets
expections' service rating as defined in the employee
performance evaluation program. Such consideration for a
salary advancement shall be given on each anniversary date
until the employee reaches the top step of the appropriate pay
range. (16341; 16840)
5.9.2.2 In addition to any other requirements, to advance into
"4" step of the assigned pay range for Fi ref ighiter, a
Firefighter must be certified by the Fire Department on both a
squad unit, and an attack unit. (15994; 16341)
Section 4 . That Section 5.9.4 be amended as follows :
5.9.4 Anniversary Dates
5.9.4.1 The anniversary date shall be established as the
month and the day of the month on which an employee enters
service in a job class with the City and shall be reestablished
on that basis each time an employee is placed in a position in
another job class. The anniversary date for a reinstated
employee shall be the date of reinstatement.
5.9.4.2 Absence of an employee on 'leave without pay for twenty
(20) consecutive calendar days or more shall result in
extension of the anniversary date by an equivalent amount of
time except as otherwise provided in these Rules or required by
Law.
5.9.4.3 The employee's anniversary date will not change when:
f) The employee fails to complete promotional or
transfer probation. (i .e. does not revert to
original date. )
Section 5. That Section 5.10.4 be amended as follows:
5.10.4 Fire Safety Unit Overtime Rate
Fire Safety Unit shift: employees shall be compensated for
overtime worked at a rate of fifty percent (50%) above the
employee's regular hourly rate of pay for the work performed
in excess of two hundred four (204) hours per twenty-seven (27)
day work period. Effective 7/1/90, all compensated time off
shall be counted as time worked for purposes of computing
overtime. (15994; 16341)
Section 6. That Section 5.11.3 be amended as follows:
5.11.3 Maximum Accumulation
No General Unit or Confidential employee shall accumulate
compensatory time in excess of forty (40) hours. Fire Safety
employees assigned to shift duty shall not accumulate more than
one hundred forty-four (144) shift hours, or six (6) shifts.
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allow that employee an opportunity to state objections to
proposed disciplinary actions and not to provide an evidentiary
hearing at this stage of the disciplinary process. Failure of
the employee to timely exercise the employee's right to respond
to the Notice of Charges shall be deemed a waiver of the
employee's procedural rights at this stage of the disciplinary
process. In the event the City amends or supplements the
Notice of Charges, Rules 14.2.1 and 14.2.3 shall be followed as
to the new charges.
Section 19. That Section 16.6.1.2 be amended as follows:
16.6.1.2 For all other employees, the grievant shall submit the
grievance to the attention of the grievant's division head
within the time period established in Section 16.5.2. A
meeting shall be held between the grievant, the grievant's
representative, if applicable, and the division head within
three (3) working days after such submission to attempt to
resolve the grievance. The division head shall answer orally
then or in writing within three (3) working days of such
meeting. Non-safety employees in the Police Department shall
follow the department chain of command in using the grievance
procedure. (16549)
ADOPTED this 19th day of September 1990.
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
BY
City Clerk 6? City Manager
REVIEWED & APPROVED:
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