79-MRESOLUTION NO. 79- ~
A RESOLUTION OF'THE CITY OF BOS1YiON BEACH, FLORIDA
~Ii~G P~RA~HS 5, 7 AND 9 OF SEL'f±ON 13 OF
RULE 8 OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RIR~S AND REGULATIONS
OF THE CITY OF BOY~ON BEAm, AND CREATING PAR~-
GRAPH 11 OF SECTION 13 OF RULE 8 OF THE SAID CIVIL
SERVICE I~DLES PROVIDII~G REQ~ CONCERNING
PR~mT~ON~Z EX~NATZ~ FOR, CERTAIN POSIT~S
n~ THE CITY FZPg DEP~i~qT, PROVIDZNG A REPEAn~
PROVISION, PROVIDING A SAVI~i]GS ClAuSE, PROVIDING
~iN E~'~'KCTIvE DAlE AiqD FOR OTHF~ PURPOSES.
WH~RtEAS, pursuant to the Charter of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida,
the Municipal Personnel Officer has heretofore recormnended certain amendments
end additions to the rules and regulations of the civil service system of the
City concerning promotional examinati~ for certain positions in the City
Fire I~srtment; end
~_AS, the City M~nager has reviewed the said proposed amendments
additions and has approVed them without modificanion; and
WHEREAS, after a thorough review of said proposed amendments and addi-
tions, the Council deems that the enactment and adoption of the same is in
the best interests of the efficient administration of the municipal personnel
system;
NOW, THEREFORE. BE A~ IT IS ~K~EBY RESOLVED BY ~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLOILIDA, AS FOI2flgS:
Section 1: That Paragraph 5 of Section 13 of Rule 8 of the City Civi[
Service Rules and Regulations be amended to read as follows:
"5. No person shall be admitted to promotional exsmination
for lieutenant until he shall have served a minimom of three (3) consecutive
years on the local force and shall have earned at least twelve (12) college cre
dits ~in the'~ major study area at an accredited junior college or upper level
oniversity offering a degree program in fire engineering or fire science.
Candidates mast also have completed all training requirements for fire fighter
driver. ' ~
Section 2. That Paragraph 7 of Section 13 of Rnle 8 of the City Civil
Service Roles and Regulations be amended to read as follows:
"7. No person shall be sdm~tted to promotional examination
for captain tntil he shall have served a mini~m~n of three (3) consecutive
years as lieutenant on t~e local force, and shall have earned at least eighteen
(18) college credits in the mai or study area at an .accredited junior college
or upper level university offering a degree program in fire engineering or
fire science, and shall have successfully completed specialized training
programs conducted by the deparrm~n.t and the state fire eollege in fire in-
spection detection and control, modern methods of fire fighting, public
relations, administration end report analysis. ~'
Section 3. That Paragraph 9 of Section 13 of Rule 8 of the City
Civil Service Rules and Regulations be amended to read as follows:
"9. No person shall be admitted to prcmotional examination for
deputy chief until he shall have served a minimum of three (3) consecutive
years as captain or in another rank of equal stature on the local force, and
shall have earned at least forty-five (45) college credits toward a Bachelors
Degree in Business Administration. Credits eazmed in fire engineering or
fire science at an accredited junior college may be counted toward total
credits required."
Section 4. That Paragraph 11 of Section 13 of Rule 8 of the City
Civil Service Rules and Regulations be created to read as follows:
"11. In the event that circunstances or conditions arise that
make it impossible to certify an individual fire officer or fire officers
for entrance to promotional examinations for the next higher position because
of lack of time-in-grade, and the waiver of such requirement is deemed essen-
tial in order to efficiently administer the City's merit system, the City
Manager may, at the request of the City Personnel Director, reconmend that
time-in-grade requirements be waived by the City Council. Provided, however,
that the applicant or applicants involved possess all other qualifications
recked by these rules for promotion."
Section 5. That all Resolutions and parts of Resolutions in conflict
herewith, be ~nd the same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. That should any section or provision of this Resolution,
or part thereof, be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be in-
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valid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remainder of the
Rmsolution.
Section 7.
passage.
This Rmsolution shall take effect inmediately upon its
PASSED ;R~) ADOPTED this 20th day of Februarz, 1979.
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FlORiDA
By: ~ ~'~~
AT£EST:
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