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specifying City Council confirmations of all regular administrative heads of the City and other
identified employees; and providing for City Council representation on interview panels for the
selection of all regular administrative heads of the City and other identified employees.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
NONUNION MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
SECTION 1. Revision. Chapter 2.49 of the Bremerton Municipal Code is hereby
revised to read as follows:
2.49.010 CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTEES TO NONUNION MANAGEMENT
POSITIONS. As authorized by the Bremerton City Charter, the City Council will confirm the
appointment of all regular administrative heads of the City. For purposes of this Chapter,
administrative heads include: City Attorney, Fire Chief, Police Chief, Director of Building and
Planning, Building Official, Director of Administrative Services/City Clerk, Human Resources
Manager, Director of Parks and Recreation, City Engineer, Director Of Public Works, Civil
Service Officer, Economic Development Director or an individual retained by the City to provide
substantial Economic Development services, and Treasurer. Confirmation will also be required
for the director or manager of a new department created subsequent to the passage of this
ordinance. See Section 2.49.040 for confirmation of certain provisional or interim administrative
heads.
2.49.020 INTERVIEW PANELS. Candidates selected for final consideration for positions
subject to Section 2.49.010 shall be interviewed by a panel consisting of at least one City
Council member on panels comprised of less than five individuals, and up to two City Council
members on panels comprised of five or more individuals other than City Council members.
The participating City Council members shall be appointed by the Council President with City
Council informal concurrence.
2.49.030 QUALIFICATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.
(a) Position descriptions shall be established by the Human Resources Department for each
nonunion management employee. Theses position descriptions shall include:
(1) An outline of the employee's position, showing his or her designated
responsibilities and limits of authority.
(2) The special skills, knowledge, education and/or experience the manager shall
possess as a prerequisite to being considered for the position.
(b) Prior to the hiring of any nonunion management employee, the position description set
forth in subsection (a) of this section shall have been reviewed by the Human Resources
Manager and the City Council, and approval acknowledged with the signature of the Council
President.
2.49.040 TIME LIMIT ON PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS. No provisional appointment
to a position requiring council confirmation shall extend beyond one hundred twenty days from
the date of appointment without the consent of the City Council. City Council confirmation of a
provisional appointment is required in the event the candidate for a provisional appointment
does not have the minimum qualifications for a position which is subject to Section 2.49.010.
Minimum Qualifications for a position are those established by the Human Resources
Department pursuant to Section 2.49.030 (a) (2). This provision does not apply to positions
subject to civil service rules. A copy of the provisional appointment and the candidate's
qualifications shall be sent by the Mayor to the City Council at least five (5) business days prior
to the proposed appointment.
2.49.050 MANAGER CONTRACTS. All regular, as opposed to provisional civil service
exempt nonunion management, personnel employed by the City from the date of the passage of
the ordinance codified in this chapter forward, shall sign a management contract. The standard
form of the management contract shall have been approved by the City Council and shall
contain, at a minimum, a provision for termination of the employee without cause, subject to
Section 2.49.060. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require council confirmation of
individual management contracts after to form of the contract has received council approval. An
informational copy of all standard management contracts shall be forwarded to the council
budget and finance committee after execution.
2.49.060 REMOVAL. Except as provided otherwise in the City Charter, all nonunion
management personnel who are exempt from the operation of civil service shall be at will
employees and the Mayor may terminate them without cause at any time, with no notice or
headng required.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days from passage and
publication.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this 27th day of December, 2000.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 3rd day of January, 2001.
JOHN LAW
Council President
APPROVED this ~ day of ,2001.
Pursuant to the Bremerton City Charter, Section 15(5) Mayor Lynn S. Horton veto's Ordinance
No. 4749 providing for City Council membership on interview panels for Certain Employees.
LYNN S. HORTON
Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, City Clerk