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Sec. 48-31. - Personnel division established; appointment and salary of chief of division of personnel.#
There is hereby established within the corporate structure of administration of the city, as provided by the Charter of the city, a division of personnel within the executive department. The head of this division shall be known as the chief of the division of personnel. Such chief shall be in the classified service and his/her salary shall be established in accordance with the terms of the pay plan for classified employees. He/she will be appointed by the mayor.
(Code 1971, § 14-17)
Sec. 48-32. - Powers and duties of chief of division of personnel.#
In addition to the duties imposed upon him/her elsewhere in this chapter and in the personnel rules, it shall be the duty of the chief of the division: (1)
As executive head of the division of personnel, to direct and supervise all of its administrative and technical activities.
(2)
To prepare and recommend to the mayor of the city such rules as are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(3)
To supervise the operation of the classification plan and to recommend to the mayor amendments and additions thereto.
(4)
To supervise the operation of the pay plan and to recommend to the mayor of the city amendments and additions thereto.
(5)
To establish and supervise the maintenance of employment lists, promotion lists and reemployment lists.
(6)
To perform any other lawful act which he/she may consider necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, and the rules.
(Code 1971, § 14-18)
Sec. 48-33. - Adoption of rules.#
(a)
The chief of the division shall recommend such rules as he/she may consider necessary, appropriate, or desirable to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may from time to time recommend amendments thereto. When such rules are recommended by the chief of the division, the mayor may hold a public hearing thereon, and shall have power to approve or reject the recommendations of the chief of the division wholly or in part or to modify them and approve them as so modified.
(b)
Rules adopted under this section shall have the force and effect of law.
(Code 1971, § 14-19)
Sec. 48-34. - Facilities for division of personnel.#
The division of personnel shall be provided with suitable offices, examination rooms, and accommodations for itself and staff in the city as may be required to suit the public convenience and carry on the work of the division. It shall be the duty of the officers of the city, or any political subdivisions thereof, in all proper ways to facilitate the work of the division in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1971, § 14-20)
Sec. 48-35. - Legal assistance to division of personnel.#
The city solicitor shall advise and assist the division of personnel and shall prosecute violations of all ordinances relating to the division.
(Code 1971, § 14-21)
Sec. 48-36. - Workers compensation trust fund.#
(a)
Created; purpose. There shall be created a workers compensation trust fund, which shall be an irrevocable trust between the city and its director of finance to pay workers compensation claims and other expenses arising out of injuries to city employees in the course of their employment by the city.
(b)
Covenants of trust. The trust shall be governed by the workers compensation trust dated 1997.
(c)
Funding. The trust shall be funded from the excess funds held in the city's account related to workers compensation.
(Ord. No. O-97-11, § I, 6-9-97)
Editor's note— Section I of Ord. No. O-97-11, adopted June 9, 1997, amended the Code by adding §§ 83-1—83-3. For purposes of classification, such provisions were codified herein as § 48-36 at the discretion of the editor.
Sec. 48-37. - Advertisement of jobs.#
When filling a vacancy for any full-time classified job, which is available to the general public, the director of personnel shall advertise such job in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The advertisement shall include a brief job description, necessary qualifications, and the range of salary.
(Ord. No. O-98-20, § I, 6-8-98)
Editor's note— Section I of Ord. No. O-98-20, adopted June 8, 1998, amended Ch. 48 by adding § 48-36. Inasmuch as § 48-36 already existed in the Code, such new provisions were designated by the editor as §48-37.