HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 06-O12ORDINANCE NO. 06-012
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 2.90 OF
THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AT -WILL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS FOR ALL
DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITIONS
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WHEREAS, in 1983, the City of Azusa restated and adopted the City of
Azusa Rules of the Civil Services System, which system included and encompassed
regular full-time city department heads; and
WHEREAS, the removal of regular full-time city department heads from
the Civil Service System is authorized by Government Code section 45007 by majority
vote of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to remove, upon recommendation of
the City Manager, designated department heads from the Civil Service System and
designate specified persons appointed or promoted to the position of department head
as at -will employees serving at the will and pleasure of the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further desires to amend Section 2.90 of
Chapter 2 of the Azusa Municipal Code thereby granting the City Manager additional
powers with respect to hiring, promoting and removing city department heads.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (15) is hereby added to Section 2.90 of Chapter
2 of the Azusa Municipal Code and shall read as follows:
(15) Appoint, recruit, demote or remove all department heads of the City except as
otherwise provided in this section.
a) Persons appointed or promoted to department head positions shall
serve at the will and pleasure of the City Manager and may be terminated from city
employment by the City Manager without proof of cause or other justification and
without right of appeal or hearing.
b) Any person promoted to a new department head classification created
by resolution on or after the effective date of this Ordinance shall also serve at the will
and pleasure of the City Manager and may be terminated from city employment by the
City Manager without proof of cause or other justification and without right of appeal or
hearing:
c) The City Manager is empowered to negotiate and enter into
contracts on behalf of the City with department heads establishing terms and conditions
of employment. Said employment contracts shall take precedence over and supersede
any otherwise applicable ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, previous or current
including, but not limited to, this subsection (15) of Section 2.90.
e) Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to give the City
Manager the right to appoint or remove the City Clerk, the City Treasurer or the City
Attorney.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the
same or a summary thereof to be published within fifteen (15) days after adoption in a
newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Azusa, California, and the
Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its enactment pursuant to the provisions
of applicable California law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20`h day of November, 2006.
Diane�—
Chagnon, Mayor
I; Vera Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 06-012, was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of November, 2006, and that
thereafter said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 20th day of November, 2006, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
HARDISON, CARRILLO, HANKS, CHAGNON
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ROCHA
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NONE
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L MEMBERS: NONE,erk
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