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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS
Council Bill No. Q1
Ordinance No. 1407
Series of 2008
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE CREATING
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO
COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK
A
THE
POSITION
MA YOR,
OF
CITY
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that administrative support is
needed by the Mayor, City Council and City Clerk and,
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to create a position of administrative
support to the Mayor, City Council and City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Council has authority pursuant to Charter Section 3.2 to
grant to the Mayor such powers, in addition to those otherwise enumerated in the
Charter, as the Council shall choose to confer, and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to confer upon the Mayor the authority
to hire, supervise and terminate the position of administrative support to the
City Council, Mayor and City Clerk herein provided for.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Administrative SUDDort Dosition created. There is hereby created a
position of administrative support to the Mayor, City Council and City Clerk. The
position shall have the following characteristics:
1. The position shall be classified within the City's personnel system as within the
category "Administrative/Management Support." The ':department" within the
City to which the position is responsible shall be, collectively, the offices of the
Mayor, the City Council and the City Clerk.
2. The Mayor shall have the exclusive authority to hire, supervise and, if necessary,
terminate the individual chosen to fill the position, subject to the City's Personnel
Policies and the requirements of this ordinance. In the case of conflict between
the Personnel Policies and this ordinance, this ordinance shall control.
3. Except as provided in this ordinance, the' position shall be subject to all
provisions of the City's Personnel Policies. For all purposes of Section 11 of the
Personnel Policies (Disciplinary/Corrective Action and Appeal Procedure), the
Mayor shall serve as the "disciplinary authority," and shall also be considered the
supervisor, division manager, and department head, as those terms are used in
Section 11. The decisions of the Mayor with respect to any disciplinary or
corrective action, other than a decision to terminate the individual occupying the
position, shall be considered final City actions, and there shall be no right of
internal City appeal of such decisions under Section 11.9. Any decision of the
Mayor to terminate the person occupying the position may be appealed to the
City Council, which shall function as the appeal body in that circumstance only. In
the event of such an appeal, the employee and the City Council shall follow the
procedures in Section 11.9, substituting the City Council for the City Manager.
4. The position shall be subject to funding by the City Council, in its sole discretion,
from year to year and from time to time, consistent with the City's budget and
appropriations process, irrespective of the Mayor's authority to hire, supervise
and terminate the individual occupying the position at any time.
Section 2. Citv ManaQer to ImDlement. The City Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to take such steps as necessary to implement the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 3. Severabilitv: ConflictinQ Ordinances ReDealed. If any section,
subsection or clause of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses
shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption, as
permitted by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on
the 14'h day of January, 2008, 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 Monday, January 28, 2008, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council
Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 8 8, this 28th day of January, 2008.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 28th day of
ATTEST:
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Michael Snow, City Clerk
First Publication: January 17, 2008
Second Publication: January 31, 2008
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: January 28, 2008
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Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney