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Home My WebLink About5003 ORDINANCE NO. 5003 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 2.09.020 of the Bremerton Municipal and Chapter 2.30 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to City employees covered under the City's Civil Service system. WHEREAS, Teamster employees not employed by the Police Department and the Fire Department are currently covered under the City's Civil Service system; and WHEREAS, Section 31 of the City's Charter authorizes the City Council to exempt certain employees from Civil Service coverage; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exercise its right to remove and exempt from coverage in the City's Civil Service system all City of Bremerton employees currently covered by civil service except those full time paid employees, including Teamster employees, employed by the Police Department and the Fire Department; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. All employees ofthe City of Bremerton currently covered by civil service, except those full time paid employees, including Teamster employees, employed by the Police Department and the Fire Department, are hereby removed and exempt from coverage in the City's Civil Service system as authorized by Section 31 of the City Charter. SECTION 2. Section 2.09.020 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Director of Financial Services and Division Managers - Positions Created and Appointment" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.09.020 DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAl... SERVICJ!S AND DIVISION MANAGERS - POSITIONS CREATED AND APPOINTMENT. (a) Department Director ~ Appointment. There is hereby created the position of Director of Financial Services who shall be in charge ofthe Department of Financial Services and all divisions established thereunder. The Director of Financial Services shall have complete charge of all of the work of the Department and shall be responsible for hiring and supervising employees of the Department. The Director of Financial Services shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, on the basis of professional experience, education and demonstrated knowledge of accepted practices relating to the duties of the department. All appointees to the position of Director of Financial Services are terminable at will by the Mayor as set forth in Chapter 2.05 BMC. (b) Division Managers - Appointment. There are hereby created the positions of Finance Officer, Human Resources Manager, City Clerk, Risk Manager, and Public Access Manager as managers for their respective divisions. The managers (hereinafter "managers" or I Civil Service "division managers") shall manage the operations of their respective divisions and shall report directly to the Director of Financial Services. The division managers shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of Financial Services, subject to the approval of the Mayor, on the basis of professional experience, education and demonstrated knowledge of accepted practices relating to the duties of the division. All appointees to the division manager positions shall serve as "at will" employees subject to termination by the Director of Financial Services without cause at any time with no notice or hearing unless otherwise provided pursuant to an applicable c~v:il~ice rule or regulation, the City Charter, ordinance, or terms and conditions as approved by the City Council. SECTION 3. Chapter 2.30 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Office of Civil Service" is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 2.30 OFFICE OF CIVlL SERVICE 2.30.010 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. There is created in Article VI. (Sections 28 through 31) of the City Charter the City of Bremerton Civil Service system. The creation of the Civil Service Commission is set forth in Section 28 and its rules and powers are set forth in Section 29 of the Charter. 2.30.020 EMPLOYEES INCLUDED IN CIVIL SERVICE. All full time paid employees of the Police Department and the Fire Department are included in and covered by tp.e City's Civil Service system. As authorized pursuant to Section 31 of the City Charter, all other employees of the City are exempt from the City's Civil Service system. 2.30.M0030 DEP}"1RTMENT POSITION CREATED. There is created... in Section 30 ofthe City Charter the position of the OffieeofCi~.ri1 Service administered by the Civil Service Officer, who shull be a civil service employee. 2.30.~40 DUTIES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OFFICER. The department Civil Service Officer shall be responsible for the following functions: (a) Design and conduct employee selection procedures for the Civil Service Commission. (b) (c) employees. (d) Provide for civil service employee classification as required by the work force needs of the City. (e) Coordinate hearings of appeals and other requests for relief made to the Civil Service Commission. (f) Conduct such investigations or perform such other duties as may be directed by the Civil Service Commission for the efficient administration of the civil service system. (g) Perform non-civil service duties as assigned. Maintain civil service records. Administer the City's Equal Employment Opportunity Plan for civil service 2 Civil Service SECTION 4. Severability. If anyone or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten (10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. PASSED by the City Council the & ~ resident , 2007 Approved this ~ day of ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~cY. ~Py1J CAROL E GEN, City, Clerk GER A. LUBOVICH, City A 0 ey PUBLlSHED the f;t:J) day of ~~j EFFECTIVE the /~hIt.) day of _ _ _ ORDINANCE NO. SlJI13 , 2007 ,2007 R:\Legal\Legal\Ordinances\Civil Service\ Teamsters.doc 3 Civil Service AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Account # 42742/ Ad # 213908 STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KITSAP I, Christy Moffitt, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of KITSAP SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County, Washington and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit: October 8, 2007 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $31.86 which amount has not been paid in full. ~'AQ~~' m~jjr (Signature ofPrindpal Clerk) Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of October 12, 2007 X- J. M 01\t O~ . \SSION;'; . ~ ~ ..~~ "'''1>... 0 ::'$ :00 0 T A}? ~.. 1J Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County. .1 C/) . ~ .. )-. ~ ,: ,01 ley. \0 : ifJ. l...l L-:>\- . ~ ORDINANCE NO. 5003 ~)... 70_(~,;_\)Q).....o /f.'- .. ..... -.., . 0' 0;: ":.j AS~\~ AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Section 2.09.02 v of the Bremerton Municipal Code and Chapter 2.30 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to City employees covered under the City's Civil Service system. PASSED by the City Council the 3rd day of October, 2007 The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600, Bremerton, W A 98337. October 8, 2007..........................Ad#20052474