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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
EAFANTI
Council Bill No. 31
Ordinance No.
946
series of 1993
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SEC. 19-23 OF THE
CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY RELATING TO ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT
AND PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO, THAT:
Section. 1.
reenacted as follows:
Section 19-23 is hereby repealed and
Sec. 19-23. original appointment; probationary period.
(a) Every original appointment in the classified service shall
be for one (1) year at the end of which time, if the conduct and
capacity of the person appointed has been satisfactory, he shall be
permanently appointed; otherwise he shall be removed from the
service, except that the probationary period may be extended for a
period not to exceed six (6) months. Service during the period of
probation following an original appointment shall be deemed active
service in the classified service of the department and shall be
included and counted in determining eligibility for advancement,
promotion, retirement, pension, increased salary or compensation
based on length of service and other benefits of the classified
service. A member of the police department is, during the period
of probation following original appointment, a member of such
department in the classified service for all purposes, except for
tenure of the employment or position to which he has been so
appointed.
(b) Any member of the department while serving during the
probationary year following initial appointment may be dismissed
from the department at any time by written notification by the
chief of police, indicating the date of separation. Such dismissal
shall occur with the approval of the city administrator.
(c) An entry-level police officer shall be classified as a
Police Officer I. A police officer having successfully completed
hio ORC ycar probutioR~ry period THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND
TWENTY FOUR MONTHS (24) OF SERVICE shall be automatically promoted
to the rank of Police Officer II. THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL
POLICE OFFICERS HIRED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1993.
(d) When the work force in the department is reduced, the
person last certified to the section facing reduction shall be the
first laid off; and when the work force in the that section is
increased, the persons laid off shall be reinstated in the order of
their original certification; and, for the purposes of determining
tenure and longevity, all time served, whether or not interrupted,
shall be computed.
Section 2. 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 adjudged by a
court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not
affect application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. 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 purlic,
and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health
and safety and for the protection of purlic convenience and
welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance
bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought
to be attained.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be come effective
15 days after final publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote
of ..JL to ~ on this 22ndday of November , 1993, ordered publixhed
in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat
Ridge and Public hearing and consideration on final passage set for
Monday, December 13, 1993 at 7:30 o'clock p.m., in Council Chambers,
7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of -1l to -1l this 13th day of December , 1993.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 14th day of December 1993.
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Mayor
A'l'TEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
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Kathry Schroeder, City Attorney
1st Publication: November 30, 1993
2nd Publication: December 21, 1993
Wheat Ridge sentinel
Effective Date: January 5, 1994