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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
DAVIS
ORDINANCE NO. ~
Series of 1990
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 2-55 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO PERTAINING TO
THE DUTIES OF THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Sectio~ Section 2-55 of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado, is hereby repealed and reenacted as follows:
(a) There is hereby established a personnel commission to advise
the mayor, city council, and city administrator on all matters
concerning city employees within the scope of the personnel
policies and procedures for the city.
(b) The authority of the personnel commission shall extend to all
city employees except:
(1) The city administrator;
(2) Department heads;
(3) Municipal judges;
(4) Court bailiffs and court reporters;
(5) Civil service employees, but only in those circumstances
and only to the extent that a City ordinance or the policies and
procedures of the Civil Service Commission do not conflict with
or differ from these provisions, in which case said ordinance or
policies and procedures of the Civil Service Commission shall
govern;
(6) Contract personnel or independent contractors.
(c) In order to assure efficient and economical administration of
city services and to provide equal opportunity for all qualified
persons to compete for positions in the city employment, the city
hereby recognizes the merit principle in personnel
administration. It shall be the policy of the city to appoint
qualified employees and to make possible a career service by
making promotions on the basis of efficient work performance and
by providing tenure of office to those who give satisfactory
service to the city.
(d) A purpose of this section is to allow for the establishment
of a policies and procedures manual which shall be adopted by a
vote of majority of all the city council members. Such policies
and procedures manual will be consistent with the following
principles:
(1) Recruiting, selecting and advancing employees on the
basis of ther relative ability, knowledge, skills and performance
on the job, including open competition or qualified applicants
for initial employment;
(2) Training employees, as needed, to assure high-quality
performance.
(3) Retaining employees on the basis of the adequacy of
their performance, correcting inadequate performance and
separating employees whose inadequate performance cannot be
corrected.
(e) In addition to the duties and responsibilities set forth in
ordinances and in the personnel policies and procedures, the
personnel commission shall act as a board of appeal on all
matters pertaining to violation of the personnel rules,
disciplinary action and reductions in force, and shall preserve,
protect and promote the standards of merit in city personnel
administration. Procedures shall be pursuant to provisions set
forth in the personnel policies and procedures. In all hearings
the petitioner shall have the opportunity to appear in his own
behalf, with or without the assistance of legal counsel, present
evidence in his own behalf and cross-examine witnesses presented
against him.
(f) In all matters, except appeal hearings, the commission shall
act through the personnel assistant in dealing with employees.
(g) The personnel commission shall create and maintain a
personnel policies and procedures manual pursuant to the
provisions set forth herein. The personnel policies and
procedures shall be effective upon approval by a majority vote of
the city council. Amendments to the personnel policies and
procedures shall be adopted by the majority vote of the personnel
commission, subject to approval by a majority vote of the city
council. No rule shall be in conflict with any of the provisions
of this article or any other ordinance of the city. Such
policies and procedures shall be adopted to maintain the
efficient administration of the rights and responsibilities of
involved parties.
Section 2. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the general pOlice power of the City of Wheat Ridge; that it is
promulgated for the health, safety and welfare of the public, and
that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health
and safety and for the protection of public convenience and
welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance
bears a rational relation to these objectives.
Section 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or
part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudge by a court of
competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect
application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become
effective one day after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to _-9_ on this -1.2tl1 day of February , 1990; ordered
published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final
passage set for Harch 12 , 1990 at 7:30 o'clock p.m. at
Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading
by a vote of ----L to ~, this 12th day of Harch, 1990
Signed by the Mayor on this 13th day of
March
1990.
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Dan Wilde, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Wanda Sang, City Clerk
APPROVED A~ TO FORM:
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JOh1' Hayes,,> di ty Attorney
Published: Applewood/Wheat Ridge Transcript
1st publication: February 15, 1990 - Wheat Ridge Sentinel
2nd publication: March 21, 1990 - Applewood/Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: March 22, 1990