O83-56ORDINANCE NO.
~ ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, ~NDING
P~TICLE IV-A. ~RIT SYSTEM FOR PERSONNEL
OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 72.3, 72.6, 72.9 AND
72.12 OF SAID ARTICLE TO CORRECT A DESIG-
NATION TO THE "PERSONNEL OFFICER" WHICH
SHOULD BE DELETED AND CORRECTED BY REPLACING
IT WITH THE DESIGNATION "PERSONNEL DIRECTOR;'~
BY AMENDING SECTION 72.2. STATUS OF PRESENT
EMPLOYEES BY CORRECTING THE PROBATIONARY
PERIOD OF EMPLOYEES IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE
TO CORRECTLY SHOW THAT SAID PROBATIONARY
PERIOD IS FOR TWELVE (12) MONTHS RATHER THAN
THE DESIGNATED SIX (6) MONTHS; BY PROVIDING
A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVEP~BILITY CLAUSEs
~D AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; .~[D FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1: Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel,
Section 72.3. Personnel officer of the Charter of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 72.3. Personnel ~ee~ director.
There shall be a personnel ~ee~ director,
who shall be appointed by the city manager with
the approval of the council. The personnel
~ee~ director shall administer the merit
system of the city in accordance with this Charter
and the personnel rules adopted thereunder.
To this end, his powers and duties shall be:
(a)
To prepare competitive examinations
and tests of various types for all
appointments in the classified
service, restricted to persons reason-
ably qualified to perform the duties
of the position;
(b)
To give wide publicity through
appropriate channels in each case to
all announcements of competitive
examinations to the end of encouraging
qualified persons to take such
examinations.
(c)
To prepare and recommend to the city
manager such rules as he may consider
necessary, appropriate or desirable
to carry out the provisions of this
section [article] including rules~
regulations, and procedure pertaining
to supervision, removal or demotion of
any person in the classified service;
(d)
To prepare, install and maintain a
classification plan based on the duties~
authority and responsibility of
positions in the city service;
(e)
To prepare and submit to the city manager
and the city council for their consider-
ation a pay plan for the city service;
(f)
To establish and maintain a roster of
all persons in the municipal service
in which there shall be set forth, as
to each officer and employee:
(1) The class title of the
position held;
(2) Salary or pay;
(3) Any changes in class title,
pay or status;
(4) Such other data as may be
deemed desirable or useful to
produce significant facts
pertaining to personnel
administration;
(g)
To certify all payroll.s for persons in the
unclassified service. No payment for
personal service of any person in the
classified service of the city shall be
made unless the payroll vouchers bear the
certifiCation of the P~ersonnel 8~ee~-
director or his authorized agent that the
persons mentioned therein have been
appointed and employed in accordance with
the provisions of this act [article];
(h)
To assist the City Manager in developing
and establishing training and educational
programs for persons in the municipal
service, so that wherever possible vacancies
may be filled within the service;
(±)
To perform such other acts or duties,
consistent with this Charter and the
personnel rules adopted thereunder, as
may be prescribed by the -City Manager
or the City Council.
Section 2: Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel,
Section 72.6. Employees, meetings of board, of the Charter of
the City of Boynton Beach~ Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 72.6. Employees, meeting of board.
Members of the Civil Service Board elected as
herein provided, shall take office within ten
(10) days after their election or appointment.
The oath of office shall be administered to each
.member of the Civil Service Board and each
appointed alternate member by the City Clerk.
The P~ersonnel 8~ee~ director shall act as
secretary to the Civil Service Board. The City
Council may employ such additional personnel for
said board as said City Council shall deem
necessary.
The Civil Service Board shall hold not
less than one regular meeting for each month
and may hold special meetings when required
for the transaction of business by said board.
Such meetings may be called by the chairman
of any three (3) members of the board upon
giving each member written notice thereof
served personally, or at the residence address
as recorded by the member. A majority of the
board shall constitute a quorum for all meetings
except however, for all hearings there shall
be a full board.
Section 3: Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel,
Section 72.9. Personnel rules, of the Charter of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
Immediately after the taking effect of this
act [article] the PRersonnel e~ee~ director
shall prepare personnel rules to govern the
merit system and carry out the provisions of
this act [article]. The City Manager shall
approve them with or without modification.
When approved by him, they shall be submitted
to the City Council and shall become effective
immediately after the City Council by resolution
adopts them, with or without amendment. There-
upon, the rules and regulations of the Civil
Service Board apssed on the 27th day of October,
1954, shall be automatically repealed and said
personnel rules may be enacted by following the
procedure as set forth in subsection (11) below.
The personnel rules shall provide for:
(i)
The classification of City positions,
which classification shall be based
on the duties, authority and responsibility
of each position;
(2)
A pay plan for all City positions embodying
the principle, equal pay for equal.work,
which plan shall become effective when the
City Council by resolution adopts it
with or without amendment;
(3)
The method of holding competitive tests
for fairly determining the merit and fit-
ness of candidates for appointment and
promotion;
(4)
The establishment, maintenance and
certification of eligibility lists for
filling vacancies;
(5)
The order and manner in which layoffs may
be effected;
(6)
Hours of workr attendance, regulations
and provisions for sick and vacation
leave;
(7)
The procedure governing provisional or
probationary appointments;
(8)
Provide rules for the procedures and
grounds for suspension, demotion, dismissal
and transfer of employees within the
classified service;
(9)
Other practices and procedures necessary
for effective administration of the merit
system under the provisions of this Charter;
(10)
To make rules and regulations for the
selection of a grievance committee by
members in the classified service;
(11)
Amendments or revisions to the rules may
be recommended for adoption by the PRersonnel
Bdirector~_ City Manager~ Civil Service
Board or the City Council. Such amendments
or revision of the rules shall become
effective after approval by the City
Council.
Section 4: Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel,
Section 72.12. Removals and appeals, subsection (h) of the
Charter of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida~ is hereby amended
as follows:
(h) The board shall conduct the hearing at
the time set which hearing shall be public
and may adjourn the hearing from time to time
upon cause shown or upon its own motion
provided that such adjournment in all shall
not extend beyond sixty (60) calendar days
from the date of dismissal, suspension or
demotion. Both the affected employee and
the City Manager shall be given full opportunity
to be heard in person or with counsel. The
PRersonnel e~ee~ director shall spread on the
official minutes of the board the facts con-
tained in the appeal, the board's findings,
and its decision which shall be final; provided
however, that either party may petition the
Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County,
Florida, for review by certiorari of the
ruling of said board. Such petition, shall be
filed within forty-five (45) days from the
date of the board's rendering its decision.
Final decisions shall be transmitted to the
City Manager and executed by him.
Section 5: Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel,
Section 72.2. Status of present employees, of the Charter of
the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 72.2. Status of present employees.
Any person holding a position in the classified
service when this act [article] takes effect, who
shall~'have served in such position for a period
of at least s~ twelve (12) months, shall be
retained without preliminary or performance tests
and shall thereafter be subject in all other
respects to the provisions of this act [article].
All other persons in the classified service at
the time this act [article] takes effect shall
be considered as having been given probationary
appointment from the time of their employment.
Section 6: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 7: That should any section or provision of
this Ordinance or a portion thereof be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 8: Specific authority is hereby granted
to codify this Ordinance.
Section 9: This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon passage.
1983.
SECOND~ FINAL READING and PASSAGE this
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day
ATTEST:
CITY C~RK'
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
VICE MAYO ,~
COU~ZIL MEMBER ·
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