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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Resolution 484RESOLUTION N0. 484 A RESOLUTION REVISING PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHEREAS, Chapter 2.48 of the Central Point Municipal Code authorizes and directs the City Council to adopt rules relating. to personnel matters, and the City Council having heretofore by Resolution Numbers 280, 300,. 321, 346, 359, 396, 415, 434 and 442, and 454 adopted and revised such rules, and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City to make certain revisions thereto, now, therefore,. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT,. OREGON, that the revised personnel policies and procedures attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A", and by this reference incorporated hereto, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and adopted. Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this 17th day of July ~, 1987. Mayor (,~ ATTEST: City Representative Approved by me this 17th day of July 1987. ^'"1 ~~ ~_ - -_, . ~ ,. Mayor Reso. No. 484 1 of 1 ~y ~> ;r/. P E R S O N N E L P O L I C I E S A N D PROCEDURE S Exhibit A TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page No. Resolution. . 1 PURPOSE, VARIANCES AND DEFINITIONS 1.1 Purpose. 2 1.2 Variances. . 2 1.3 Definitions. 2 PERSONNEL POLICIES & PROCEDURES 2.1 Appointment. , 8 2.2 Probationary Period. . 9 2.3 Hours of Work. .10 2.4 Attendance. 10 2.S Personnel Records. .- . .10 2.6 Promotions, Demotions, Transfers, Discipline, and Discharge , . 11 2.7 Transfers. .12 2.8 Promotions. 12 2.9 Layoff. 12 2.10 Leave of Absence Without Pay, 12 2.11 Outside Employment and Off-Duty Activities. 13 2.12 Residence Requirement. .13 2.13 Departmental Rules and Regulations. 13 2.14 Travel Expense. 14 2,15 In-Service Training. .14 2,16 Selling and Peddling Among Employees. . 15 2.17 Political Activity. 15 i e'"us ~.;. Table of Contents (continued) Section Page No. 2.18 Relatives in the City Service. .15 2.19 Examinations and Testing. 15 2.20 On-Call Status. . 16 2.21 Biography of Administrative Personnel. .16 2.22 Conflict of Interest ... 17 GENERAL CONDUCT, DISCIPLINE, TERMINATION, AND APPEAL 3.1 Personal Appearance and Conduct 18 3.2 Causes for Warning, Suspension or Dismissal. .18 3.3 Form of Disciplinary Action. .19 3.4 Grievance Procedure. . .20 3.5 Resignation.. .22 3.6 Re-Employment. .` . .22 3.7 Cost Consciousness. . . 22 3.8 Safety. . . 22 3.9 Legal Liability. . .23 3.10 Equipment. . .23 CLASSIFICATION PLAN 4.1 Position Classification Plan. 24 4.2 Titles and Specifications. .25 4.3 Reclassification . .25 4.4 New Positions. . . .25 PAY PLAN AND COMPENSATION 5.1 Pay Plan. . 5.2 Analysis of Pay Plan. . ii 27 28 Table of Contents (continued) 1, Section Page No. 5.3 Appointee Compensation. 29 5.4 Payday. 29 5.5 Overtime. , , , 30 5.6 Payment Upon Classification Change. , 31 5.7 Part-Time Employment. .. 32 5.8 Government-Funded Program.. ,32 FRINGE BENEFITS 6.1 Holidays and Leave in Lieu of Holidays. 33 6.2 Vacation Time 34 6.3 Sick Leave. 36 6.4 Leave of Absence with Pay. , .37 ,'~: ~=;y~ 6.5 Educational Opportunities. .38 6.6 Retirement. 39 6.7 Retirement Age. 39 6.8 Social Security.. .39 6.9 Industrial Accidents. 39 6.10 Medical and Hospital Insurance. 40 6.11 Life Insurance. 40 6.12 Additional Group Coverage. .40 6,13 Disability Insurance. 40 6.14 Dental Insurance. . , 40 6.15 Reserve Police Officers. .40 6,16 Uniform Issue and Replacement. , .41 .,; iii Table of Contents (continued) 1 Section Page No. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY AND PROGRAM 7.1 Statement of Policy. . .42 7.2 Goals. . . .42 7.3 Recruitment and Selection. .42 7.4 Employment Forms and Classification Systems. .43 7.5 Promotions. . 43 7.6 Rate of Pay - Compensation. . 43 7 J Responsibility for Program. 43 7.8 Grievances. . . . 43 7.9 Employment Goals. 43 POSITION CLASSIFICATION PAY PLAN - July, 1985 - TABLE I. .44 ~~g` TABLE OF BASIC SALARY RANGES - TABLE IZ. .45 ORGANIZATION CHART. . 48 iv PURPOSE, VARIANCES AND DEFINITIONS Section 1.1 PURPOSE. The purpose of this resolution is to provide systematic and equitable procedures and regulations relating to the hiring, compensation, hours of work, leave, safety, training, working conditions, promotions, transfer, discipline, removal and other matters affecting the status. of employees of the City of Central Point.. Said rules and regulations are provided to maintain. uniformity and equity in personnel matters which will make the City service attractive as a career and to encourage each employee to give his best service to the City. Section 1.2 VARIANCES. The City Administrator shall have the power to vary or modify the strict application of the. provisions of this resolu- tion in any case in which the strict application of said provisions would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships. Section 1.3 DEFINITIONS. As used in this resolution, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated. Throughout this document the masculine is intended to include the feminine and vice-versa. (a) Administrative Staff. A gerson•directly responsible. to the City Administrator. ~,. (b) Advancement.. A salary increase within the limits of a pay ~;:t range established for a class. (c) Allocation. The assignment of a single position to its proper class in accordance with the duties performed and the author- ity and responsibility exercised. (d) Anniversary Date. Anniversary date means the first. date of the month following date of employment of officers and employ- ees unless the employment begins on the first day of the month in which case the day of employment applies. (e) Appeal. A request to a supervisor, department head or City Administrator for consideration of and a decision or ruling on a problem or situation. (f} Appointing Power. The City Administrator or department head to whom authority is delegated to make. the appointment to fill a vacant position. (g) Calendar Year. Twelve (12) month period beginning. Sanuary 1 and ending December 31. (h) Central Personnel File. A file maintained in the office of the appointing power which contains complete personnel records of all City employees. ,_ 2 (i) City Administrator. The. chief executive officer and the head of the administrative branch of the City government who is directly responsible to the Common Council for the proper !~ administration of all affairs of the City. (j) Class. A group of positions sufficiently alike in responsi- bilities and authorities to require similar qualifications. (k) Class Specification. A written description of each class of position including a class title, a statement of duties, the supervision relationships, and the relationships other than. supervision. frv,. rsa'rY (1) Compensation. This means the salary, wages, allowance, and all other forms. of valuable consideration earned by or paid to any employee by reason of service in any position, but does not include any allowances authorized and incurred as inci- dents to employment. (m) Compensatory Time Off. Time off from work to compensate .the employee for overtime or holiday worked.. (n) Continuous Service. Employment with the City without a break or interruption; in computing continuous service for the purpose of this resolution, neither military leaves nor leaves of absence on account of illness, whether with or without pay, shall be construed as a break in employment or service. Other absences aggregating in excess of six (6) months in any period of twelve (12) months including layoffs on account of lack of work, lack of funds or abolishment of positions. shall be con- strued as ,breaking continuous. service. (o) Demotion. A transfer of an employee from a position in one class to a position in another class which has a lower salary range. (p) Department. A major functional unit of the City government. (q) Department Head. A person directly responsible to the City Administrator for the administration of a department. (r) Discharge. Termination of employment with the City for reasons attributable to the employee. (s) Disciplinary Action. Imposition of certain personnel actions, e.g., reprimand, warning, suspension, dismissal, demotion, as a result of conduct detrimental to the City. (t) Dismissal. Termination of employment with the City for reasons attributable to the employee. (u) Duty Day. Any day or shift on which an employee is scheduled to be available for work. 3 (v) Employee. Anyone who receives compensation for employment with the City of Central Point (w) Examination. A test for the purpose of evaluating an !; applicant for an employment vacancy. (x) Exempt Service. All positions of elective and appointive officials specifically designated by the City Council to be exempt from the classification plan.. (y) Full-Time Employee.. Any employee who works a full work day as herein defined, except for part-time employees, temporary part-time employees and temporary employees. (z) Government-Funded Employee. An employee who may hold either a part-time or full-time position, but due to the nature of the funding, it is to be considered a non-permanent position. This employee may receive selected City benefits which shall accrue to his or her position,. but no benefits shall be trans- ferable to a permanent position except as provided herein. (aa) Grievance. An employee's oral or written expression of ds- satisfaction with some aspect of his employment, a management decision affecting him,. or an alleged violation of his rights for the purpose of attempting to gain an adjustment of said cause for dissatisfaction. (ab) Hourly Rate. Rate of compensation for each hour of work per- formed. It is determined by dividing the annual regular ~~~ solar b the re ular number of hours worked each ear. ~,~,.• Y Y g Y (ac} Immediate .Family. The husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, or a relative living in the employee's. household. (ad) Last Date of Hire. The date of the beginning of the emplo- yee's current term of continuous service. (ae) Layoff. A separation from employment because of organiza- tional changes,. lack of work, lack of funds,. or other reasons not reflecting discredit upon an employee. (af) Leave of Absence. Time off from work for reasons within the scope and purpose of these rules and regulations upon prior approval of the employee's department head or City Administrator. (ag) Mayor• The elected chief executive officer and head of the administrative branch of the City government who is directly responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the City. (ah) Military Leave. Leave of absence for an employee entering reserve military training duty. ,. r 4 (ai) Month. One calendar month. (aj) Non-Permanent Position. A position which is established and is not a position of indeterminate duration, e.g., a government-funded program. (ak) Non-Occupational Disability. Disability from an accident or sickness suffered or contracted by the employee which cannot be attributed to the performance of assigned duties. (al) Overtime. Overtime shall be considered as time worked in excess of eight (8} hours in a workday or forty (40) hours in a workweek, except for the classification of Police Officer, in which event overtime shall be. considered as time worked in excess of 171 hours in a twenty-eight (28) day work period, and except for Fire Department employees, for whom overtime shall be considered as time worked in excess of 204 hours in a twenty-seven (27) day work period. (am) Part-Time Employee. Apart-time employee is one who works less than 100Y of a workweek and of indefinite tenure. Fringe benefits for such part-time employees shall. be as outlined herein. _ (an) Permanent Employee. An employee who has been retained in his appointed. position after the completion of this probationary period. ~.~'1~~ (ao) Personnel Action. Any action taken with reference to appoint- "' ment, compensation, promotion., transfer, layoff, dismissal, or other action affecting the status of employment. (ap) Position. Means a group of current duties and responsibili- ties assigned or delegated by competent authority, requiring the full or part-time services. of one person. (aq) Probationary Period. A working test period during which an employee is required to demonstrate his fitness for the duties to which he is appointed by actual performance. o£ the duties of the position. (ar) Promotion. The change of position for an employee from a position in one class designation to a position in a class assigned to a higher salary range.. (as) Reclassification. A change in classification of a position by raising. it to a higher class, reducing it to a lower class, or changing. it to another class at the same level. (at) Reserve Police Officer. A member of the Police Department who serves on an on-call basis. Reserve Policemen may be required to respond to alarms. Reserve Policemen are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the City Administrator upon considering recommendations from the department head. 5 (au) Seniority. Priority of an employee based on the amount of ,,, time since the employee's last date of hire. (av) Shift Employee. An employee whose daily hours of work rotate from one shift to another periodically and whose duties are continuous from the start to the end of the shift. (aw) Sleeper Fire Fighter. A volunteer member of the Fire Depart- ment who is assigned to work with one of the full-time shifts. This fire fighter receives. his or her room in return for work- ing all scheduled workdays, including. weekends and holidays, except for the time which the sleeper fire fighter requires to maintain a full-time position with another organization or to attend a recognized educational institution. A sleeper fire fighter is appointed by and serves at the discretion of the City Administrator upon considering recommendations from the department head. (ax) Supervisor. Any person. who is responsible to a higher divi- sional or departmental level of authority and who directs the work of others. (ay} Suspension. Temporary separation of an employee from City service without pay for disciplinary purposes. (az) Temporary Employee., A temporary employee is one who occupies -• a position normally staffed less than twelve (12) months a ~za:. year or one who replaces an employee on leave. Temporary tai: employees will not be eligible for sick leave or vacation with pay or other fringe benefits. (ba) Temporary Part-Time Employee. A temporary part-time employee is one who works less than 1008 of a workweek of a defined temporary tenure. Such temporary part-time employees do not earn nor accrue any fringe benefits. (bb) Transfer. A change of an employee from one position to another in the same class or to a position. in a comparable class within the City service.. (bc) Volunteer Fire Fighter. A member of the Fire Department who serves on an on-call basis. Volunteer fire fighters are required to respond to alarms and participate in regularly scheduled training. Volunteer fire fighters are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the City Administrator upon considering recommendations from the Department Head. (bd) Workday. The regularly scheduled workday shall be eight (8) hours. For fire personnel, the workday shall be twenty-four (24) hours. (b e) Work Period. The work period for the classification of Police Officer shall be a twenty-eight (28) day recurring period which begins at 0001 hours on June 30, 1986. For Fire 6 Department employees working 24 hour shifts, the work period shall be a twenty-seven (27) day recurring period which begins at 8:.00 a.m. on Suly 1, 1986. The work period for all other employees shall be the workweek as hereinafter defined. (bf) Workweek. The regularly scheduled workweek shall be a seven (7) day recurring period which begins at 5:01 p.m. each Friday for all employees except as herein otherwise provided. The regularly scheduled workweek for Communications Department employees shall begin at 0001 hours on Monday of each week. Police and Fire Department employees shall be employed on a work period rather than a workweek basis. 7 ARTICLE 2 - PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Section 2.1 APPOINTMENT 2.1.1 All original appointments to vacancies shall be made by the City Administrator solely upon considering recommen- dations from the department head and on the basis of merit, efficiency and fitness. The appointments shall be relayed to the Council at their next regularly scheduled Council meeting. These qualities shall be determined through. careful and impartial evaluation of at least the following: (a) The applicant's level of training relative to the requirements of the position for which he has applied. (b) The applicant's level of education relative to the requirements of the position for which he has applied. (c} The applicant's physical fitness relative to the re- quirements of the position for which he has applied. (d) The results of an oral interview; and (e) Whenever practical, the results of a competitive :.,~ written examination or demonstration test, which ~~~~ shall be a fair and valid test of the abilities and - aptitudes of applicants for the duties to be .performed.. (f) Fire Department prospective employees shall first pass a physical test, the standards of which shall be established by the department head of the em- ployee or prospective employee. Such standards shall be adopted in writing and filed with the City Administrator and available for inspection by the employee, prospective employee and general public. They shall from time to time be revised as the department head deems appropriate, but a current copy thereof shall be on file with the City Adminis- trator at all times. (g} Reserve police officers of the Central Point Police Department shall be appointed only after compliance with certain selection procedures as published in department rules and orders. No agreement, neither explicit nor implicit, shall govern or otherwise control the length or duration of appointment.. 2.1.2 No question in any test or in any application form or by any appointing power shall be so framed as to attempt to illicit information concerning race, color, ancestry, S national origin, or political or religious affiliation for the purpose of discriminating. 2.1.3 All statements submitted on the employment application or attached resume are subject to investigation and verifi- cation prior to appointment. 2..1.4 If required by the department, applicants shall be fingerprinted prior to appointment. 2.1.5 Any job applicant or employee may be required to take a physical examination. In cases where a physical examina- tion is deemed advisable, the. City shall pay the cost of the examination. 2.1.6 All decisions regarding hiring, discipline or discharge shall be made without regard to the sex, handicap,. race, color, ancestry, national origin or political or religious affiliation of the prospective employee. No person shall be employed in a department in which the prospective employee would be subject to supervision by a member of their immediate family as that term is defined hereinabove. No relative of any member of a current City Council shall be hired unless special permission is given by the Council. ' Section 2.2 PROBATIONARY PERIOD ~~~' 2.2.1. All original and promotional appointments shall be tenta- tive and subject to a probationary period of not less than.six (6) consecutive months' service and twelve (12) months for police and fire personnel. All probationary periods shall begin on the employee's anniversary date. 2.Z Z In cases where the responsibilities of a position are such that a longer period is necessary to demonstrate an employees' qualifications, the probationary period may be extended an additional maximum of six (6) months. The employee shall be notified in writing of any extension and the reasons therefore. 2.2.3 During the probationary period, the employee shall not be eligible for vacation benefits, but he shall earn vaca- tion credit to be taken at a later date. 2.2.4 Upon completion of the probationary period, the employee shall be considered as having satisfactorily demonstrated qualifications for the position., shall gain regular status, and shall be so informed through his supervisor. 2.2.5 During the probationary period, a probationary employee may be terminated at any time without appeal. The employee shall not have the right to exercise any of the -~.- grievance procedures established hereby for demotion, 9 discipline or discharge. 2.2.6 Zn the case of promotional appointments, the promoted em- ployee may be demoted at any time during the probationary period without appeal, provided that the probationary em- ployee be reinstated in the class designation from which he was promoted,. even though this necessitates the lay- off of the employee occupying the position. Section 2.3 HOURS OF WORK 2.3.1 The hours which City departments shall be open for busi- ness shall be determined by the City Administrator. Section 2.4 ATTENDANCE 2.4.1 Employees shall be in attendance at their work in accor- dance with the rules regarding hours of work, holidays and leaves of absence. 2.4.2 An employee shall not absent himself from work for any reason other than those specified in this resolution without making prior arrangements with his supervisor. Unless such prior arrangements are made, an employee who for any reason fails to report to work shall make a sin- cere effort to immediately notify his supervisor of his reason for being absent. If the absence continues beyond ~rY;. the first day, the employee shall notify the supervisor a,,;~r= on a daily basis unless other arrangements have been made with the supervisor. 2..4.3 Departments shall maintain records of employees.' attendance. 2.4.4 Any unauthorized absence of an employee from duty shall be deemed to be an absence without pay and may be cause for disciplinary action. Section 2.5 PERSONNEL RECORDS 2.5.1 The City Administrator shall cause a service or personnel record to be maintained for each employee in the service of the City. 2.5.2 The personnel record shall show the employee's name, title of the position held,. the department to which assigned, salary, change in employment status, training received, and such other information as may be considered pertinent. 2.5.3 Employee personnel records shall be considered confiden- tial and shall. be accessible only to the following: 10 (a) The employee concerned. (b) Selected City officials authori2ed by the City Administrator with just reason and for legitimate City purposes. 2.5.4 No information reflecting critically upon an employee shall be placed in the employee's personnel recordg that does not bear either the signature or initials of the employee indicating that he has been shown the material, or a statement by a supervisor that the employee has been shown the material and refused to affix his signature or initials, or a statement by a supervisor that the employee has been notified by mail that the information was placed in his personnel record. A copy of any such material shall be furnished to the employee. upon request. 2.5.5 An employee desiring that material which he feels is in- correct or derogatory towards him should be removed from the personnel records shall have the right to pursue his complaint through the grievance procedure. 2.5.6 Any employee shall have the right of reasonable inspec- tion of his file during business hours. 2.5.7 Letters of consultation or reprimand shall be considered temporary contents of the record and shall be removed upon request of the employee after five (5) years from ~, ~sS~ placement in the employee's record. Receipt by an em- ployee of five (5) written reprimands within a five (5) year period shall be grounds for automatic termination. 2.5.8 Material placed in the record without conformity to the provisions of the foregoing sections will not be used by the City in any subsequent evaluation or disciplinary proceeding involving the employee. Section 2.6 PROMOTIONS, DEMOTIONS, TRANSFERS, DISCIPLINE, AND DISCHARGE. 2..6.1 The City Administrator shall have the right, upon consi- dering recommendations from the department head, to pro- mote, demote, transfer, discipline or discharge any employee. Promotions and transfers shall be made in such cases as the City Administrator deems necessary and appropriate to the efficient operation. of City business and if the promotion or transfer does not involve a de- crease in compensation, the same shall not be subject to the grievance procedure set forth in these rules. The City Administrator may for good cause demote, discipline or discharge any employee; and any permanent employee de- moted, disciplined or discharged may seek review of such action under the grievance. procedure set forth below. 11 Section 2.7 TRANSFERS 2.7.1 Requests from employees for transfers from one department to another shall be made in writing and shall be directed to the employee's present department head and referred to the appropriate department. head and the appointing power, Such requests shall be given consideration when a suit- able vacancy occurs; however, no employee shall be trans- ferred to a position for which he does not possess the minimum qualifications. Section 2.8 PROMOTIONS 2.8.1 All job vacancies shall, whenever possible., be filled by promoting qualified employees within the City service. 2.8.2 Nevertheless, the appointing power may recruit applicants from outside the City service whenever he has reason to believe that better qualified applicants are available outside the City service. 2.8.3 The appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made on a competitive basis utilizing the criteria for appointments established in Section 2.1 of this resolution. Where qualifications and ability are relatively equal, senior- ity within the City service shall be the. determining - factor. Section 2.9 LAYOFF 2.9.1 If there are changes of duties in the organization,. lack of work or lack of funds, the appointing power shall first make every reasonable effort to integrate those employees into another department by transfer. When layoffs are required, the appointing. power shall base the decision on relative merits, and shall give due consider- ation. to seniority in the City service only where the em- ployee's qualifications and ability are relatively equal. Section 2.10 LEAVE OF ABSENCE. WITHOUT PAY 2.10.1 A permanent employee may be granted leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed one (1) month, provided such leave can be scheduled without adversely affecting the operations of the City. Requests for leave of absence without pay shall be in writing, shall be directed to the City Administrator, and shall contain reasonable justification for approval. ATO employee shall receive more than thirty (30) days leave of absence in any three (3) year period. 2.10.2 An employee on leave of absence without pay will maintain accumulated sick leave and vacation but neither will -(- accrue. for the time spent on leave. Payment for unused 12 vacation will not be made for a leave of absence. 2.10.3 Other benefits for the employee will not be paid for during a leave of absence. Section 2..11 OUTSIDE EIdPLOYMENT AND OFF-DUTY ACTIVITIES 2.11.1 In addition to the standards of conduct set forth herein- after under the conduct code portion of this resolution, no employee shall carry on concurrently with his public service any private business or undertaking which affects the time or quality of his work or which casts discredit upon or creates embarrassment for the City of Central Point. The City Administrator shall in his discretion enforce the terms of this provision, and such enforcement shall be subject to the grievance procedure set forth herein. 2.11.2 No full-time employee shall accept outside employment, whether part-time, temporary or permanent, without prior written approval from the City Administrator. Each change in outside employment shall require separate approval. 2.11.3 To be approved, outside employment shall: (a) Be compatible. with the employee's City work; ~~'•' (b) In no way detract from the efficiency of the ~}si!S employee in his City work; and (c) In no way conflict with the interest of the City or be a discredit to the City. Section 2.12 RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT 2.12..1 Residency shall not be a condition of initial appointment or continued employment. Employees are encouraged, how- ever, to live within five (5) miles by road of City Hall and to participate in civic affairs. All residency out- side City limits shall be first approved by the City Administrator who shall take into consideration the time necessary for personnel to be able to respond if called to work. during emergencies. Section 2.13 DEPARTMENTAL. RULES AND REGULATIONS 2.13.1 Each department of the City is encouraged to establish departmental rules, regulations and procedures. Such rules, regulations and. procedures shall be in harmony with the provisions of this resolution and approved by the City Administrator and shall be binding upon the employee. 13 Section 2.14 TRAVEL EXPENSE 2..14.1 When employees are 'required to travel outside the City on City business, reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be determined as follows: (a) Prior to traveling outside the City, the employee shall obtain approval for the trip and the mode of travel from the department head.. (b) Travel on official business outside the Gity by a single individual should be via public carrier or City-owned vehicle. If the employee is authorized to use a private vehicle, mileage shall be paid at the. rate of $0.25 per mile. This rate includes all travel, insurance and storage expense of the vehicle. (c) When travel by City-owned vehicle or public carrier is practical but the employee elects to use hie own vehicle for personal reasons, the employee shall be reimbursed an amount equal to the fare of the public carrier that would have been deemed most practical to provide the service. (d) Reimbursement for subsistence on official trips - shall only be the amount of actual and reasonable w expense incurred during the performance of official `''~ duty as a City employee for the City's benefit. v.~.- 2.14.2 The following rates will be considered maximum to be re- imbursed for travel expenses: (for other than training or convention when staying at the meeting hotel) Lodging Breakfast Lunch Dinner Total per diem $36.00 per night $ 5.00 5.00 10.00 $20.00 2.14.3 City vehicles shall not be used for private purposes. Section 2.15 IN-SERVICE TRAINING 2.15.1 The City Administrator shall encourage training oppor- tunities for employees and supervisors in order that services rendered to the City will be more effective. He shall assist department heads in meeting training needs in their department and in developing training programs ~~-, designed to meet immediately City-wide personnel needs ~M 14 and to prepare employees for promotion to positions of greater responsibility. 2.15.2 Training sessions may be conducted during regular work- ing hours at the discretion of department heads. Section 2.16 SELLING AND PEDDLING AMONG EMPLOYEES 2.16.1 No peddling, soliciting, or sale for charitable or other purposes shall be allowed among or by employees during working hours without the approval of the City Administrator. Section 2.17 POLITICAL ACTIVITY 2.17.1 No employee shall engage in political activity of any nature during his or her hours of employment, and no employee shall engage in any political activity purport- ing to act in his. official capacity or on behalf of the City of Central Point. w~ ~~.r 2.17.2 Nothing contained within this section shall affect. the right of the employee to hold membership in and support a political party, to vote as he chooses, to privately express his opinions on all political subjects and can- didates, to maintain political neutrality, and to attend political meetings. Section 2.18 RELATIVES ZN THE CITY SERVICE 2.18.1 Two (2) members of an immediate family shall not be employed under the same supervisor. Neither shall two (2) members of an immediate family be employed at the same time, regardless of the administrative department, if such employment will result in an employee supervising a member of his immediate family. 2..18.2 The. provisions of this section shall apply to promotion, demotions, transfers, reinstatements, and new appointments. Section 2..19 EXAMINATIONS AND TESTING 2.19.1 If requested by the City, employees shall submit to and. successfully pass the following.: (a) An annual medical examination. at City expense to be conducted on or before the employee's employment anniversary date with the standards for passage thereof to be determined by the physician selected by the City for the administration of such examina- tion having due regard for the work to be performed by the employee.. 15 Section 2.20 ON-CALL STATUS 2,20.1 Public Works - Due to the potential for emergency situa- tions affecting the health and safety of the citizens of the City of Central Point, all Public Works. employees shall be on "public works on-call status" at such times as are scheduled for that employee by the City Administrator or department head. It shall be the re- sponsibility of any employee on call to at all times keep the Police Department dispatcher advised of his or her location, and to be immediately available to perform emergency maintenance or repair work. Public Works employees shall receive one (1) day compensating time off for each two (2) weekend days of on-call status and one (1) day off for each holiday on call. No additional compensation will be granted if the employee is called upon to perform work while on call. 2.20.2 Fire Department - (a) Regular City employees may serve on Fire Department on-call status at the discretion of the City Administrator. They shall be relieved of their City duties during fire emergencies whereupon they shall report immediately to~their assigned fire duty. (b) Other Volunteers. Non-employee volunteers shall be required to attend training and fire calls through- }~`,r+' out the year. Section 2.21 BIOGI;APHY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL 2.21.1 The biography of any individual considered for any administrative staff position shall be submitted to the City of Central Point and shall contain the following information: (a) Name, title and address. (b) Professional Experience: Briefly describing the principal positions held with title, name of employer, and salaries received. (c) Educational Experience: Listing all post-secondary educational institutions attended and all degrees and honors received. (d) Affiliations: Listing all organizations of which the administrative personnel has been a member during the previous ten (10) years, including. a statement of any offices held in such organizations (e) A statement whether or not the administrative personnel has been. charged by any law enforcement 16 authority with the the position, and charge. commission of a crime related to if so, the disposition of the (f) Personal references. Section 2.22 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 2.22.1 No employee shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract with the City, or any department thereof, and no employee shall participate as either an elected or appointed officer or board member of any outside govern- mental body or private organization in any capacity in which he or she would potentially be likely to make any decision that would be adverse to or conflict with the City's financial interests. ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL CONDUCT, DISCIPLINE, TERMINATION AND APPEAL ~~. (.L,t; y': Section 3.1 PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT 3.1.1 Public relations shall be an integral part of each emplo- yee's job. 3.1.2 A11 employees shall be neat and clean in appearance and shall conduct themselves in a manner which is appropriate for an employee in the public service. 3.1.3 Employees shall be courteous, efficient and helpful to everyone. in their work and shall do the best job possible on every assignment. Section 3.2 CAUSES FOR WARNING, SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL 3.2.1 When an employee's conduct falls below desirable stan- dards, he may be subject to displinary action. 3.2.2 General reasons for which an employee may be disciplined include: (a) Drinking intoxicating beverages or use of illegal drugs on the job or arriving on the job under the influence of intoxicating beverages or drugs; (b) Violation of a lawful duty; (c) Insubordination; (d) Breach of discipline; (e) Being absent from work without first notifying and securing permission from an employee's supervisor; (f} Being habitually absent or tardy for any reason; 17 (g) Misconduct; (h) Conviction of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (i) Using religious., political or fraternal influence; (j) Accepting fees, gifts, or other valuable things in the performance of the employee's official duties for the City; (k) Inability to perform the assigned job; (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention to or dereliction of duty; (m) Dishonesty,. intemperance, drug addiction, immoral conduct, insubordination or discourteous treatment of the. public or a fellow employee; (n) Willful giving of false information or withholding of information with the intent to deceive when applying for employment or in connection with per- formance of employment.; (o) Any other willful failure of good conduct tending to _, be harmful to the City of Central Point or its sE., citizens.. ~n~~t (p) Violation of any Personnel Policies and Procedures contained herein or departmental rules and regu- lations adopted pursuant to Section 2.13. Section 3.3 FORM OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION 3.3.1 Disciplinary action ranges from oral or written repri- mands to suspension, demotion and finally dismissal from the City service, and depends on the severity of the offense, as well as the number and the frequency of pre- vious acts of misconduct. 3.3.2 It shall be the duty of all City employees to comply with and assist in carrying into effect the provisions of the City's personnel rules and regulations.. No permanent employee shall be disciplined except for violation of established rules and regulations; and such discipline shall be in accordance with procedures established by the personnel rules and regulations. 3.3.3 Every supervisor shall discuss improper or inadequate performance with the employee in order to correct the deficiencies and to avoid the need to exercise disciplin- ary action. Discipline shall be of increasingly progres- sive severity whenever possible. la 3.3.4 A written notice shall be given each employee for each r disciplinary action stating the reasons for the disci- plinary action and the date it shall take effect. The notice shall be given to the employee at the time such action is taken. A copy of the notice signed by the employee shall be placed in the employee's personnel file and shall serve as prima facie evidence of delivery. 3.3.5 All permanent employees shall hav disciplinary action taken against calendar days after the effective action. Appeals shall be made as accordance with the provisions of resolution. Section 3.4 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE a the right to appeal them within ten (10) date of disciplinary grievances in Section 3.4 of this 3.4.1 A grievance is defined to be any question or controversy between. any employee and the City involving the application of the provisions of this resolution. 3.4.2 When such problems arise,. an attempt will be made by the employee and his immediate supervisor to settle them informally. A problem which cannot be resolved infor- mally will be processed as a grievance. 3.4.3 Each grievance will be processed. in the following manner: Step 1 Within ten (10) calendar days after the occur- rence of the cause of complaint, the employee involved will reduce his grievance to writing stating his reasons therefor and the relief requested and will present it to his department head, provided, however, that if the aggrieved did not become aware of the occurrence until a later date, then he must initiate action within ten (10) calendar days following actual knowledge of such occurrence. Within two (2) workdays after the grievance is submitted to the depart- ment head, the department head will discuss the grievance with the employee involved and their immediate supervisor and attempt to resolve it. If he wishes, the employee involved may be accompanied at such meeting by a representative. Within two (2) workdays after this meeting, the department head will state his. decision in writing and provide a copy to the employee. Step 2 If the employee is not satisfied with the deci- sion concerning his grievance made by the depart- ment head, he may, within two (2) workdays of his receipt of such decision, forward his griev- (,- ante to the City Administrator. The City lg Administrator will schedule a hearing on the _ grievance within five (5) workdays of its receipt by him and will notify the employee and i the department head of the time and place of hearing. 'Within three (3) workdays following such hearing, the City Administrator shall state his decision in writing and provide a copy to the employee. Step 3 If the employee is not satisfied with the dis- position of his grievance by the City Administra- tor, he may request., within five (5) workdays upon receipt of said decision, that the question be brought before the City Council at executive session. The City Administrator, upon receipt of such request, shall cause said matter to be placed upon the agenda of the next executive ses- sion of the City Council of the City of Central Point; and notice of the time and place of said session shall be provided to the employee. The employee,. the department head and. any other in- terested persons shall be given the opportunity to be heard at the time of the said executive session, provided, however, that witnesses may be required to remain outside of the executive ses- sion, except for the time that they are actually testifying in regard to the grievance. The City Council shalt then render a decision within ten r~;;`~ ,~~. (10) days of the date of said executive session;. and unless said decision is rendered at the time of the executive session and in the presence of the employee, said decision shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be provided to the em- ployee. The decision of the City Council shall be final. 3.4.4 If the grievance procedures are not. initiated within the time limits established by this section, the grievance shall be considered not to have existed.. 3.4.5 Any grievance not taken to the next step of the grievance procedure shall be considered settled on the basis of the last reply made and received in accordance with the pro- visions of this section. 3.4.6 If the City fails to meet or answer any grievance within the time limits prescribed. for such action by this sec- tion, such grievance shall automatically advance to the next step.. If the City fails to meet or answer any grievance on the last step of the grievance procedure within the time limits prescribed for such action by this section, it shall be deemed that the City has considered the grievance to be in favor of the grievant and shall resolve the matter accordingly. 20 3.4.7 The time limits prescribed in this section for the ini- tiation and completion of the steps of the grievance procedure may be extended by mutual consent of the par- ties so involved. Likewise, any step in the grievance procedure may be eliminated by mutual consent. Mutual consent shall be indicated in writing and shall be signed by all parties involved. 3.4.8 No employee shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way because of the employee's proper use of the grievance procedure. Section 3.5 RESIGNATION 3.5.1 To resign in good standing, an employee shall give the appointing power not less than fourteen (14) calendar days prior notice of such resignation, unless the appointing power agreed to permit a shorter period of notice because of extenuating circumstances. The notice of resignation shall be in writing and shall contain the. reasons for leaving the City service. 3.5.2 Failure to comply with this section shall be entered in the employee's service record and may be cause of denying future employment by the City. Section 3.6 RE-EMPLOYMENT ~~ 3.6.1 Permanent (and probationary) employees with a satisfac- tory record of service who resign their positions (in acco;dance with the provisions of this resolution for resignation from the City service.) may, on their written request, withdraw such resignation within ninety (90) days from the effective date thereof and be considered. far re-employment in the same or comparable classifica- tion to the one resigned.. Section 3.7 COST CONSCIOUSNESS 3..7.1 City employees shall practice every economy possible in the discharge of their duties. 3.7.2 Employees are encouraged to recommend to their supervi- sors work procedures which will result in a cost saving or improved service to the public. Section 3.8 SAFETY 3..8.1 The City Administrator shall be responsible for the de- velopment and maintenance of a safety program. Such program shall include safety regulations and discipline controls. 3.8.2. Department heads, supervisors and employees shall guard 21 the safety of themselves, fellow employees and the public. 3.8..3 When accidents occur on City property, the employee shall contact his supervisor immediately; and the supervisor shall complete. a City accident report form. Zn case of a motor vehicle accident, the Police Department shall. also be notified immediately. 3.8.4 The City Administrator shall be notified of all accidents involving City employees and Gity equipment as soon as possible and not later than the next workday. Section 3.9 LEGAL LIABILITY 3.9.1 Employees shall abide by all laws and regulations which govern the performance of their duties, and shall perform their duties as reasonable, prudent persons. Employees who are reasonably cautious and prudent in the performance of their duties are. not negligent and,. there- fore, neither legally nor morally liable foz accidents or injuries which may occur. 3.9.2 If an employee is negligent in the performance of duties and responsibilities, and if an accident results from such negligent performance of duties and. responsibili- ~~^`,, ties, the employee may be held personally and legally F: ~w liable. Section 3.10 EQUIPMENT 3.10.1 Equipment owned by the City of Central Point shall be used only on the City's business. 3.10.2 Provided that they reside within the City limits, the City Administrator, Fire. Chief, Public Works Director and Police. Chief may use a City vehicle to commute to and from their residence, but for no other personal use. Any other individual duly authorized by the City Admini- strator or department head, may take a City vehicle home on an as-needed basis to fulfill City responsibilities. In no event shall an employee or officer of the City allow unauthorized persons to use, borrow or rent a City vehicle. Each City employee shall comply with all laws and ordinances regarding the operation of City vehicles and shall be personally responsible for any penalties or damages incurred while driving a City vehicle if the employee is found. to be negligent in his action. 22 ARTICLE 4 - CLASSIFICATION PLAN I Section 4.1 POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN 4.1,1 Preparation of Plan. The City Administrator shall record the duties and responsibilities of each employee position in the City, and, after consulting. with the department heads, shall recommend a classification plan for each position. When approved by the City Council, the plan shall be known as the "Classification Plan". It shall establish titles for each class and specify training, ex- perience and other qualifications necessary and desirable for successful performance of the duties of employee positions in each class,. and specify the relationship between positions and classes. The Classification Plan shall be developed and maintained so that each position substantially similar with respect to duties, responsi- bilities, authority and character of work is included within the same class. The City Administrator may in- clude operational procedures for each department as a part. of the Classification Plan. The Classification Plan shall be readily available for inspection by employees, prospective fob applicants and the general public. The plan may be amended and revised from time to time as the Council deems appropriate with an updated version of the same to be maintained at all times by the City ,r~', %,~~ Administrator. ` 4.1.2 Positions. No new positions shall be created nor shall any person be employed to fill a new position until the Classification Plan provides for a specific position and the City Council authorizes employment of an individual to fill the position. 4.1.3 Compensation, Compensation of employees so classified shall be in accordance with the City budget for the City of Central Point. 4.1.4 The classification of positions for the purpose of this document shall be as contained in the official Book of Class Specification. The official Book of Class Specifi- cation shall be maintained. by the City Administrator. (a) The classification of positions may hereinafter be amended by the addition, division, consolidation or abolishment. of classes on the recommendation of the City Administrator and. the adoption by the City Council. 4.1.5 Each position shall be allocated to its appropriate class on the basis of duties and. responsibilities. The present allocation of positions may hereafter be changed by the City Administrator provided the proposed change conforms 23 with this resolution. Section 4.2 TITLES AND SPECIFICATIONS 4.Z.1 The position classification plan shall include titles and written specifications for the various classes of posi- tions as a guide toward equal pay for equal work. Job titles shall refer to a particular position not to the individual filling a particular position and shall be used in all personnel, budget and financial records. 4.2.2 Each position shall on the basis of the position.. be allocated to an appropriate class duties and responsibilities of the 4.2.3 Each class shall have a specification that includes a concise, descriptive title, and a description of the duties and responsibilities of each position in the class. Position specifications take into consideration the requirements of the job and are. merely descriptive and explanatory of the work to be performed. They may not include all of the duties. and are not intended to replace detailed work assignments. 4.2.4 The title of the class to which any position is allocated shall be used in all official personnel records and in all official personnel transactions of the City of Central Point. Section 4.3 RECLASSIFICATION 4.3.1 Positions may be reclassified whenever the duties of the position change materially, provided the reclassification can be accomplished within the limitations of the current budget of the City. 4.3.2 Reclassification of a position shall not be used to cir- cumvent the effects of disciplinary action or to avoid restrictions concerning compensations. Section 4.4 NEW POSITIONS 4.4.1 The City Administrator shall be responsible for keeping the classification plan current through periodic studies of the positions within the City service. 4.4.2 No position. or class shall carry an official title which has not been approved by the Common Council as being appropriate to the duties performed. 4.4.3 The Common Council may create new positions and allocate the positions to an appropriate class. 4.4.4 In the event a vacancy occurs in any position or class 24 created by this resolution, the .City Administrator shall ~ fill the vacancy from qualified persons in the City employ, but if no persons in the City employ are quali- ( Pied, then he may fill such position by persons outside the City employ.. ARTICLE 5 - PAY PLAN AND COMPENSATION Section 5.1 PAY PLAN. 5.1..1 The City Administrator shall prepare a compensation plan which .shall prescribe a minimum,. a maximum and. any intermediate rates of pay appropriate for each class.. 5.1.2 The rate or range for each class shall equitably reflect the difference. in duties and responsibilities and shall be treated to compensation for comparable positions in other places of public and private employment within the same job market. 5..1.3 The salaries or rates of compensation prescribed are fined on the basis of full-time service in full-time positions unless otherwise designated. 5.1.4 The rates of pay .prescribed shall be deemed to include pay in every form, except for necessary expenses authorized and incurred incident to employment, or except as herein provided. ' y r~'~4 5.1.5 The .letters A, B, C, D, and E, respectively, denote the various steps in, the pay range. The entrance step shall be A, except. as provided in Section 5.1.10. 'Advancement to the second or third higher step above the entrance step shall be made. upon successful completion of a proba- tionary,period of six (6) months and twelve (12) months for Police and Fire personnel, and on the basis of a written recommendation by .the department head and upon the City Administrator's approval. ,Thereafter, advance- ment. to the higher salary range steps shall be made fol- in the lower lowing the completion of a year of service . step of the range on the basis of a written recommenda- tion by the department head and upon the City Administra- to~'s approval. All placement. and adjustments of steps will be .done on an anniversary date or the first date of the month.. 5.1.6 Where a salary range for a given class or for several classes is .revised upward or downward, the incumbents of the. positions in the classes affected shall have their existing. salary adjusted to the same. relative step in the new salary range. 5.1.7 The five-step schematic schedule of salary ranges and a.... steps listed as Table Land Table I L constitutes the com- 25 shall compare the current City salary rates, compensation. policies and personnel developments with those of other public and private employers within the same job market. Changes in the cost of living and employee discussions regarding salary and benefits shall also be considered. 5.2.2 The City Administrator shall then examine the salary range for each class of position to ascertain whether current minimum and maximum salaries should be main- tained,. increased or decreased during the succeeding fiscal year, and, upon the basis of this analysis., shall submit recommendations for amending the pay plan to the Common Council. 5.2.3 Upon receipt of the City Administrator's report and, if in the judgment of the Council it is deemed feasible and advisable, the Gouncil shall by resolution adjust the salaries and rates of compensation and benefits for all City officers and employees. 5.2.4 In addition to the adjustment procedure to be conducted annually as set forth herein, the Council, upon the City Administrator's recommendation, may from time to time effect such other adjustments to the salaries or compen- sation paid to City officers and employees in the City service as the Council may by resolution determine. a~ Section 5.3 APPOINTEE COMPENSATION ct,= v:n'"' 5.3.1 Upon initial appointment to a position, the employee shah receive the minimum salary for the class to which the position is allocated. 5.3.2 However, in the cases when unusual difficulty in filling the vacancy is experienced, or when the appointee is exceptionally qualified,. the City Administrator may cause the appointment to be made at a salary level above. the minimum, but not more than the maximum, for the class. 5.3.3 An employee who due to the lack of qualification or ex- perience may temporarily underfill a position at a salary less than that for the class. Section 5.4 PAY DAY 5.4.1 Normally, employees shall be paid on the fifth calendar day of each. month. If the fifth calendar day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, employees shall be paid on the last working day preceding the fifth calendar day of the month. 5.4..2 An employee may elect to receive a partial payment far the first fifteen (15) days. of the month. The maximum ,r,- partial payment an employee may receive shall not exceed 27 thirty percent (302) of the employee's gross monthly earnings.. An employee shall be limited to one partial payment in each thirty (30) day period. Section 5.5 OVERTIME 5.5.1 Department heads and supervisors shall assign to each. employee regular work duties and responsibilities which can normally be accomplished within the established work- day and workweek. Employees shall not work overtime without prior written approval from a supervisor. 5.5.2 When employees are required to work overtime, department heads may authorize compensatory time off or overtime pay which shall be one and one-half (1~) times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay. Whenever possible, depart- ment heads shall schedule time off within a workday, workweek or work period. to maintain scheduled work hours. In situations in which compensatory time. is allowable under this section, the determination as to whether to make cash payment or grant compensatory time off shall rest with the department head who shall give due con- sideration to the desires of the employee, to budgetary controls and to the provisions of Section 5.5.3 of these policies. - 5.5.3 Compensatory time accumulation shall. not exceed one work- day. Once this maximum accumulation has been reached, `l{``~ all overtime compensation earned by the employee shall be scheduled off at the earliest possible time by the depa;tment head who shall give due consideration to the desires of the. employee. 5.5.4 For some positions, overtime is considered part of the job responsibility and, therefore, does not justify over- time compensation. Compensation. for overtime shall not be granted to the following positions: (a) City Administrator (b) Administrative staff (c) Executive, administrative and professional personnel as defined by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. 5.5.5 The City Administrator may grant time off with pay for positions described in Section 5.5.4 due to unusual cir- cumstances such as extra hours worked on specially re- quested projects and meetings attended outside the normal position description. 28 RESOLUTION N0. 484 A RESOLUTION REVISING PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHEREAS, Chapter 2.48 of the Central Point Municipal Code authorizes and directs. the City Council to adopt rules relating to personnel matters, and the City Council having heretofore by Resolution Numbers 280, 300, 321, 346,. 359, 396, 415, 434 and 442, and 454 adopted and revised such rules, and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City to make certain revisions thereto, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, that the revised personnel policies and procedures attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A", and by this reference incorporated hereto, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and adopted. Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its. passage this 17th day of Suly 1987. f ~ - - ;. ~-.~-- Mayor ATTEST: City Representative Approved by me this 17th day of 1987. .,-1 _- Mayor Reso. No. 484 1 of 1 ~'~. r++ti ~y. P E R S O N N E L P O L I C I E S A N D PROCEDURE S Exhibit A TABLE OF CONTENTS t` Section Page No. Resolutio n. . . . 1 PURPOSE, VARIANCES AND DEFINITIONS 1.1 Purpose. 2 1.2 Variances. . 2 1.3 Definitions. 2 PERSONNEL POLICIES & PROCEDURES 2.1 Appointment. 8 2.2 Probationary Period. . 9 2.3 Hours of Work. .10 2.4 Attendance. . . 10 ,~., 2.5 ~~Y A Personnel Records. .10 t rV y 2.6 Promotions, Demotions, Transfers, DisciplinQ, and Discharge . 11 2.7 Transfers. .12 2.8 Promotions. 12 2.9 Layoff. 12 2.10 Leave of Absence Without Pay. 12 2.11 Outside Employment and Off-Duty Activities. 13 2.12 Residence Requirement. .13 2.13 Departmental Rules and Regulations. 13 2.14 Travel Expense. . 14 2.15 In-Service Training. .14 2.16 Selling and Peddling Among Employees. . 15 2.17 f Political Activity. . , 15 i Table of Contents (continued) i Section Page No. 2.1.8 Relatives in the Gity Service. .15 2..19 Examinations and Testing. 15 2.20 On-Call Status. 16 2.21 Biography of Administrative Personnel. . .16 2.22 Conflict of Interest ... 17 GENERAL CONDUCT, DISCIPLINE, TERMINATION, AND APPEAL 3.1 Personal Appearance and Conduct 18 3.2 Causes for Warning, Suspension or Dismissal. .18 3.3 Form of Disciplinary Action. .19 3.4 Grievance Procedure. .20 3.5 Resignation. . .22 ,_, 3.6 Re-Employment. .22 ~ ~ 1:` fi ` 3.7 Cost Consciousness. . 22 3.8 Safety. 22 3.9 Legal Liability. . .23 3.10 Equipment. . .23 CLASSIFICATION PLAN 4.1 Position Classification Plan. . 24 4.2 Titles and Specifications. .25 4.3 Reclassification . .25 4.4 New Positions. . . .25 PAY PLAN AND COMPENSATION 5.1 Pay Plan. . 27 { 5.2 Analysis of Pay Plan. . . 28 ii Table of Contents (continued) (, Section Page No. 5.3 Appointee Compensation. . 29 5.4 Payday. 29 S.S Overtime. . 30 5.6 Payment Upon Classification Change. . 31 5.7 Part-Time Employment. .. 32 5.8 Government-Funded Program. .32 FRINGE BENEFITS 6.1 Holidays and Leave in Lieu of Holidays. . 33 6.2 Vacation Time 34 6.3 Sick Leave. 36 6.4 Leave of Absence with Pay. .37 cE- "`~ 6.5 Educational Opportunities. .38 6.6 Retirement. . . 39 6.7 Retirement Age. 39 6.8 Social Security. .39 6.9 Industrial Accidents. 39 6.10 Medical and Hospital Insurance. 40 6.11 Life Insurance. . 40 6.12 Additional Group Coverage. . .40 6.13 Disability Insurance. 40 6.14 Dental Insurance. 40 6.15 Reserve Police Officers. .40 6.16 Uniform Issue. and Replacement. .41 { . iii Table of Contents (continued) ~. Section Page No. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY AND PROGRAM 7.1 Statement of Policy. .42 7.2 Goals. . .42 7.3 Recruitment and Selection. .42 7.4 Employment Forms and Classification Systems. .43 7.5 Promotions. 43 7.6 Rate of Pay - Compensation. 43 7.7 Responsibility for Program. 43 7.8 Grievances. . 43 7.9 Employment Goals. 43 POSITION CLASSIFICATION PAY PLAN - July, 1985 - TABLE I. .44 ~ F TABLE OF `~ BASIC SALARY RANGES - TABLE IL .45 ORGANIZATION CHART. . 48 iv PURPOSE, VARIANCES AND DEFINITIONS Section 1.1 PURPOSE. The purpose of this resolution is to provide systematic and equitable procedures and regulations relating to the hiring, compensation, hours of work, leave, safety, training, working conditions, promotions, transfer, discipline, removal and other matters affecting the status of employees of the City of Central Point. Said rules and regulations are provided to maintain uniformity and equity in personnel matters which will make the City service attractive as a career and to encourage each employee to give his best service to the City. Section 1.2 VARIANCES. The City Administrator shall have the power to vary or modify the strict application of the provisions of this resolu- tion in any case in which the strict application of said provisions would result in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships. Section 1.3 DEFINITIONS. As used in this resolution, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated. Throughout. this document the masculine is intended to include the feminine and vice-versa.. (a) Administrative Staff. A person directly responsible to the City Administrator. ~~,. (b) Advancement. A salary increase within the limits of a pay ~-:€ range established for a class.. (c) Allocation. The assignment of a single position to its proper class in accordance with the duties performed and the author- ity and responsibility exercised. (d) Anniversary Date. Anniversary date means the first date of the month following date of employment of officers and employ- ees unless the employment begins on the first day of the month in which case the day of employment applies.. (e) Appeal. A request to a supervisor, department head or City Administrator for consideration of and a decision or ruling on a problem or situation. (f) Appointing Power. The City Administrator or department head to whom authority is delegated to make the appointment to fill a vacant position. (g) Calendar Year. Twelve (12) month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31. (h) Central Personnel File. A file maintained in the office of the appointing power which contains complete personnel records of all City employees. 2 (i) City Administrator. The chief executive officer and the head of the administrative branch of the City government who is directly responsible to the Common Council for the proper !~ administration of all affairs of the City. (j) Class. A group of positions. sufficiently alike in responsi- bilities and authorities to require similar qualifications.. (k) Class Specification. A written description of each class of position including a class title, a statement of duties, the supervision relationships, and the relationships other than supervision. (1) Compensation. This means the salary, wages, allowance, and all other forms of valuable consideration earned by or paid to any employee by reason of service in any position, but does not include any allowances authorized and incurred as inci- dents to employment. (m) Gompensatory Time Off. Time off from work to compensate the employee for overtime or holiday worked. (n) Continuous Service. Employment with the City without a break or interruption; in computing continuous service for the purpose of this resolution, neither military leaves nor leaves of absence on account of illness, whether with or without pay, shall be construed as a break in employment or service. Other Fr,"~.1 absences aggregating in excess of six (6) months in any period rt~;;l of twelve (12) months. including layoffs on account of lack of work, lack of funds or abolishment of positions shall be con- strued as ,breaking continuous service. (o) Demotion. A transfer of an employee from a position in one class to a position in another class which has a lower salary range. (p) Department. A major functional unit of the City government, (q) Department Head. A person directly responsible to the City Administrator for the administration of a department. (r) Discharge. Termination of employment with the City for reasons attributable to the employee. (s) Disciplinary Action. Imposition of certain personnel actions, e.g., reprimand, warning, suspension, dismissal, demotion, as a result of conduct detrimental to the City. (t) Dismissal. Termination of employment with the City for reasons attributable to the employee.. (u) Duty Day. Any day or shift on which an employee is scheduled to be available for work. 3 (v) Employee. Anyone who receives compensation for employment with the City of Central Point (w) Examination. A test for the purpose of evaluating an i - applicant for an employment vacancy. (x) Exempt Service. All positions of elective and appointive officials specifically designated by the City Council to be exempt from the classification plan. (y} Full-Time Employee. Any employee who works a full work day as herein defined, except for part-time employees, temporary part-time employees and temporary employees. (z) Government-Funded Employee. An employee who may hold either a part-time or full-time position, but due to the nature of the funding, it is to be considered a non-permanent position. This employee. may receive selected City benefits which shall accrue to his or her position,. but no benefits shall be trans- ferable to a permanent position except as provided herein. (aa) Grievance. An employee's oral or written expression of dis- satisfaction with some aspect of his employment, a management decision affecting him, or an alleged violation of his rights for the purpose of attempting to gain an adjustment of said cause for dissatisfaction. (ab) Hourly Rate. Rate of compensation for each hour of work per- formed. It is determined "by dividing. the annual regular ~~.,'. salary by the regular number of hours worked each year. (ac) Immediate ,Family. The husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, or a relative living in the employee's household. (ad) Last Date of Hire. The date of the beginning of the emplo- yee's current term of continuous service. (ae) Layoff. A separation from employment because of organiza- tional changes, lack of work, lack of funds, or other reasons not reflecting discredit upon an employee. (af) Leave of Absence. Time off from work for reasons within. the scope and purpose. of these rules and regulations upon prior approval of the employee's department head or City Administrator. (ag) Mayor. The elected chief executive officer and head of the administrative branch of the City government who is directly responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the City. (ah) Military Leave. Leave of absence for an employee entering reserve military training duty. (,, 4 (ai) Month. One calendar month.. („ (aj) Non-Permanent Position. A position which is established. and is not a position of indeterminate duration, e.g., a government-funded program. (ak) Non-Occupational Disability. Disability from an accident or sickness suffered or contracted by the employee which cannot be attributed to the performance of assigned duties. (al) Overtime. Overtime shall be considered as time worked in excess of eight (8) hours in a workday or forty (40) hours in a workweek, except for the classification of Police Officer, in which event overtime shall be, considered as time worked in excess of 171 hours 3n a twenty-eight (28) day work period, and except for Fire Department employees, for whom overtime. shall be considered. as time worked in excess of 204 hours in a twenty-seven (27) day work period. (am) Part-Time Employee. Apart-time employee is one who works less than 100 of a workweek and of indefinite tenure. Fringe benefits for such part-time employees shall be as outlined herein. _ (an) Permanent Employee. An employee who has been retained in his appointed position after the completion of this probationary - period. ~ri~' (ao) Personnel Action. Any action taken with reference to appoint- `" merit, compensation, promotion, transfer, layoff, dismissal, or other action affecting the status of employment. (ap) Position. Means a group of current duties and responsibili- ties assigned or delegated by competent authority, requiring the full or part-time services of one person. (aq) Probationary Period. A working test period during which an employee is required to demonstrate his fitness for the duties to which he is appointed by actual performance of the duties of the position. (ar) Promotion. The change of position for an employee from a position in one class designation to a position in a class assigned to a higher salary range. (as) Reclassification. A change in classification of a position by raising it to a higher class, reducing it to a lower class, or changing it to another class at the same level. (at) Reserve Police Officer. A member of the Police Department who serves on an on-call basis. Reserve Policemen may be required to respond to alarms. Reserve Policemen are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the City Administrator upon considering recommendations from the department head. 5 (auJ Seniority. Priority of an employee based on the amount of time since the employee's last date of hire, (av) Shift Employee. An employee whose daily hours of work rotate from one shift to another periodically and whose duties are continuous from the start to the end of the shift. (aw) Sleeper Fire Fighter. A volunteer member of the Fire Depart- ment who is assigned to work with one of the full-time shifts. This fire fighter receives his or her room in return for work- ing all scheduled workdays, including weekends and holidays, except for the time which the sleeper fire fighter requires to maintain a full-time position with another organization or to attend a recognized educational institution. A sleeper fire fighter is appointed by and serves at the discretion of the City Administrator upon. considering recommendations from the department head. (ax) Supervisor. Any person. who is responsible to a higher divi- sional or departmental. level of authority and who directs the work of others. (ay) Suspension. Temporary separation of an employee from City service without pay for disciplinary purposes. (az) Temporary Employee. A temporary employee is one who occupies -~ a position normally staffed less than twelve (12) months a year or one who replaces an employee on leave. Temporary haw, employees will not be eligible for sick leave or vacation with pay or other fringe benefits. (ba) Temporary Part-Time Employee. A temporary part-time employee is one who works less than 100% of a workweek of a defined temporary tenure. Such temporary part-time employees do not earn nor accrue any fringe benefits. (bb) Transfer. A change of an employee from one position to another in the same class or to a position in a comparable class within the City service.. (bc) Volunteer Fire Fighter. A member of the Fire Department who serves on an on-call basis. Volunteer fire fighters are required to respond to alarms and participate in regularly scheduled training. Volunteer fire fighters are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the City Administrator upon considering recommendations from the Department Head. (bd) Workday. The regularly scheduled workday shall be eight (8) hours. For fire personnel, the workday shall be twenty-four (24) hours. (b e) Work Period. The work period for the. classification of Police Officer shall be a twenty-eight (28) day recurring period which begins at 0001 hours on June 30, 1986. For Fire 6 Department employees working 24 hour shifts, the work period _: shall be a twenty-seven (27) day recurring period which begins at 8:00 a.m. on July 1, 1986. The work period for all other employees shall be the workweek as hereinafter defined. (bf) Workweek. The regularly scheduled workweek shall be a seven (7) day recurring period which begins at 5:01 p.m. each Friday for all employees except as herein otherwise provided. The regularly scheduled workweek for Communications Department employees shall begin at 0001 hours on Monday of each week. Police and Fire Department employees shall be employed on a work period rather than a workweek basis. ~. 'tl:,iti E~;;r,. 7 ARTICLE 2 - PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Section 2.1 APPOINTMENT 2.1.1 All original appointments to vacancies shall be made by the City Administrator solely upon considering recommen- dations from the department head and on the basis of merit, efficiency and fitness. The appointments shall be relayed to the Council at their next regularly scheduled Council meeting.. These qualities shall be determined through careful. and impartial evaluation of at least the following.: (a) The applicant's level of training relative to the requirements of the position for which he has applied. (b) The applicant's level of education relative to the requirements of the position for which he has applied. (c) The applicant's physical fitness relative to the re- quirements of the position for which he has applied. (d) The results of an oral interview; and (e) Whenever practical,. the results of a competitive written examination or demonstration test., which ~~=~ shall be a fair and valid test of the abilities and ` aptitudes of applicants for the duties to be _performed. (f) Fire Department prospective employees shall first pass a physical test, the standards of which shall be established by the department head of the em- ployee or prospective employee, Such standards shall be adopted in writing and filed with the City Administrator and available for inspection by the employee, prospective employee and general public. They shall from time to time be revised as the department head deems appropriate, but a current copy thereof shall be on file with the City Adminis- trator at all times. (g) Reserve police officers of the Central Point Police. Department shall be appointed only after compliance with certain selection procedures as published in department rules and orders. No agreement, neither explicit nor implicit, shall govern or otherwise control the length or duration of appointment. Z. 1.2 No question in any test or in any application form or by any appointing power shall be so framed as to attempt to illicit information concerning race, color, ancestry, S national origin, or political or religious affiliation .. for the purpose of discriminating. (, 2.1.3 All statements submitted on the employment application or attached resume are subject to investigation and verifi- cation prior to appointment. 2.1.4 If required by the department, applicants shall be fingerprinted prior to appointment. 2.1.5 Any job applicant or employee may be required to take a physical examination. In cases where a physical examina- tion is deemed advisable, the City shall pay the cost of the examination. 2..1.6 All decisions regarding hiring, discipline or discharge shall be made without regard to the sex, handicap, race, color, ancestry, national origin or political or religious affiliation of the prospective employee.. No person shall be employed 3n a department in which the prospective employee would be subject to supervision by a member of their immediate family as that term is defined hereinabove. No relative of any member of a current City Council shall be hired unless special permission is given by the Council. Section. 2.2 PROBATIONARY PERIOD ~'~'~~,-~' 2..2..1 All on anal and romotional a ointments shall be tenta- _~. S ~ P PP tive and subject to a probationary period of not less than.six (6) consecutive months' service and twelve (12) months for police and fire personnel. All probationary periods shall begin on the employee`s anniversary date. 2.2.2 In cases where the responsibilities of a position are such that a longer period is necessary to demonstrate an employees' qualifications, the probationary period may be extended an additional maximum of six (6) months. The employee shall be notified in writing of any extension and the reasons therefore. 2.2.3 During the probationary period, the employee shall not be eligible for vacation benefits, but he shall earn vaca- tion credit to be taken at a later date. 2.2.4 Upon completion of the probationary period, the employee shall be considered as having satisfactorily demonstrated qualifications for the position, shall gain regular status, and shall be so informed through his supervisor. 2.2.5 During the probationary period, a probationary employee may be terminated at any time without appeal. The employee shall not have the right to exercise any of the ~- grievance procedures established hereby for demotion, 9 discipline or discharge. 2..2.6 In the case of promotional appointments, the promoted em- ployee may be demoted at any time during the probationary period without appeal, provided that the. probationary em- ployee be reinstated in the class designation from which he was promoted, even though this necessitates the lay- off of the employee occupying the position. Section 2.3 HOURS OF WORK 2.3.1 The hours which City departments shall be open for busi- ness shall be determined by the City Administrator. Section 2.4 ATTENDANCE 2.4.1 Employees shall be in attendance at their work in accor- dance with the rules regarding hours of work, holidays and leaves of absence. 2.4.2 An employee shall not absent. himself from work for any reason other than those specified in this resolution without making prior arrangements with his supervisor. Unless such prior arrangements are made, an employee who for any reason fails to report to work shall make a sin- cere effort to immediately notify his supervisor of his reason for being absent. If the absence continues beyond F.Y;. the first day, the employee shall notify the supervisor v,;:F:> on a daily basis. unless. other arrangements have been made - with the supervisor. 2.4.3 Departments shall maintain records of employees' attendance. 2.4.4 Any unauthorized absence of an employee from duty shall be deemed to be an absence without pay and may be cause for disciplinary action. Section 2.5 PERSONNEL RECORDS 2.5.1 The City Administrator shall cause a service or personnel record to be maintained for each employee in the service of the City. 2.5.2 The personnel record shall show the employee's name, title of the position held,. the department to which assigned, salary, change in employment status, training received, and such other information as may be considered pertinent. 2.5.3 Employee personnel records shall be considered confiden- tial and shall be accessible only to the following: .( 10 (a) The employee concerned. (b) Selected City officials authorized by the City Administrator with just reason and for legitimate City purposes. 2.5.4 No information reflecting critically upon an employee shall be placed in the employee's. personnel records that does not bear either the signature or initials of the employee indicating that he has been shown the material, or a statement by a supervisor that. the employee has been shown the material and refused to affix his signature or initials, or a statement by a supervisor that the employee has been notified by mail that the information was placed in his personnel record. A copy of any such material shall be furnished to the employee upon request. 2.5.5 An employee desiring that material which he feels is in- correct or derogatory towards him should be removed from the. personnel records shall have the right to pursue his complaint through the grievance procedure. 2.5.6 Any employee shall have the right of reasonable inspec- tion of his file during business hours. 2.5.7 Letters of consultation or reprimand shall be considered temporary contents of the record and shall be removed ~r upon request of the employee after five (5) years from ~'i~.t placement in the employee's record. Receipt by an em- °• ployee of five (5) written reprimands within a five (5) year period shall be grounds for automatic termination. 2.5.8 Material placed in the record without conformity to the provisions of the foregoing sections will not be used by the City in any subsequent evaluation or disciplinary proceeding involving the employee. Section 2.6 PROMOTIONS,. DEMOTIONS, TRANSFERS, DISCIPLINE, AND DISCflAROE 2.6.1 The City Administrator shall have the right, upon consi- dering recommendations from the department head, to pro- mote, demote,. transfer, discipline or discharge any employee. Promotions and transfers shall be made in such cases as the City Administrator deems necessary and appropriate to the efficient operation of City business and if the promotion or transfer does not involve a de- crease in compensation, the same shall not be subject to the grievance procedure set forth in these rules. The City Administrator may for good cause demote, discipline or discharge any employee; and any permanent employee de- moted,. disciplined or discharged may seek review of such action under the grievance procedure set forth below. 11 Section 2.7 TRANSFERS 2.7.1 Requests from employees for transfers from one department to another shall be made in writing and shall be directed to the employee's present department head and referred to the appropriate department head and the appointing power. Such. requests shall be given consideration when a suit- able vacancy occurs; however, no employee shall be trans- ferred to a position for which he does not possess the minimum qualifications. Section 2.8 PROMOTIONS 2.8.1 All job vacancies shall, whenever possible, be filled by promoting qualified employees within the City service. 2.8.2 Nevertheless, the appointing power may recruit applicants from outside the City service whenever he has reason to believe that better qualified applicants are available outside the City service. 2.8.3 The appointment to fill the vacancy shall. be made on a competitive basis utilizing. the criteria for appointments established in Section 2.1 of this resolution. Where qualifications and ability are relatively equal, senior- ity within the City service shall be the determining factor. ,u>. _ ws~v Section 2.9 LAYOFF 2.9.1 If there are changes of duties in the organization, lack of work or lack of funds, the appointing power shall first make every reasonable effort to integrate those employees into another department by transfer. When layoffs are required, the appointing power shall base the decision on relative merits, and shall give due consider- ation to seniority in the City service only where the em- ployee's qualifications and ability are relatively equal. Section 2.10 LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY 2.10.1 A permanent employee may be granted leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed one (1) month, provided such leave can be scheduled without adversely affecting the operations of the City. Requests for leave of absence without pay shall be in writing, shall be directed to the City Administrator, and shall contain reasonable justification for approval. No employee shall receive more than thirty (30) days leave of absence in any three (3) year period. 2.10.2 An employee on leave of absence without pay will maintain accumulated sick leave and vacation but neither will accrue for the time spent on leave. Payment for unused 12 vacation will not be made for a leave of absence. 2,10.3 Other benefits for the employee will not be paid for during a leave of absence. Section 2.11 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AND OFF-DUTY ACTIVITIES 2.11.1 In addition to the standards of conduct set forth herein- after under the conduct code portion of this resolution, no employee shall carry on concurrently with his public service any private business or undertaking which affects the time or quality of his work or which casts discredit upon or creates embarrassment. for the City of Central Point. The City Administrator shall in his discretion enforce the terms of this provision, and such enforcement shall be subject to the grievance. procedure set forth herein. 2.11.2 No full-time employee shall accept. outside employment, whether part-time, temporary or permanent, without prior written approval from the City Administrator. Each change in outside employment shall require separate approval.. 2.11,3 To be approved, outside employment shall: (a) Be compatible with the employee's City work; ~~''~ (b} In no way detract from the efficiency of the xi employee in his City work; and (c) In no way conflict with. the interest of the City or be a discredit to the City. Section 2.12 RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT 2.12.1 Residency shall not be a condition of initial appointment or continued employment. Employees are encouraged, how- ever, to live within five (5) miles by road of City Hall and to participate in civic affairs. All residency out- side City limits shall be first approved. by the City Administrator who shall take into consideration the time necessary for personnel to be able to respond if called to work during emergencies.. Section 2.13 DEPARTMENTAL RULES AATD REGULATIONS 2.13.1 Each department of the City is encouraged to establish departmental rules, regulations and procedures. Such rules, regulations and. procedures shall be in harmony with the provisions of this resolution and approved by the City Administrator and shall be binding upon the employee. 13 Section 2,14 TRAVEL EXPENSE 2.14.1 When employees are required City business, reimbursement be determined as follows.: to travel outside the City on for expenses incurred shall (a) Prior to traveling outside the City, the employee shall obtain approval for the trip and the mode of travel from the department head. (b) Travel on official business outside the City by a single individual should be via public carrier or City-owned vehicle. If the employee is authorized to use a private vehicle, mileage shall be paid at the rate of $0.25 per mile. This rate includes all travel, insurance and storage expense of the vehicle. (c) When travel by City-owned vehicle or public carrier is practical but the employee elects to use his own vehicle for personal reasons, the employee shall be reimbursed an amount equal to the fare of the public carrier that would have been deemed most practical to provide the service. (d) Reimbursement for subsistence on official trips - shall only be the amount of actual and reasonable expense incurred during the performance of official ~"~ duty as a City employee for the City's benefit. v+,~ 2.14.2 The #ollowing rates will be considered maximum to be re- imbursed for travel expenses: (for other than training. or convention when staying at the meeting hotel) Lodging Breakfast Lunch Dinner Total per diem $36.00 per night $ 5.00 5.00 10.00 $20.00 2.14.3 City vehicles shall not be used for private purposes. Section 2.15 IN-SERVICE TRAINING 2.15.1 The. City Administrator shall encourage training oppor- tunities for employees and supervisors in order that services rendered to the City will be more effective. He shall assist department heads in meeting training needs in their department and in developing training. programs -~-, designed to meet immediately City-wide personnel needs 14 and. to prepare employees for promotion to positions of ., greater responsibility. 2.15.2 Training sessions may be conducted during regular work- ing hours at the discretion of department heads. Section 2.16 SELLING AND PEDDLING AMONG EMPLOYEES 2.16.1 No peddling, soliciting, or sale for charitable or other purposes shall be allowed among or by employees during working. hours without the approval of the City Administrator. Section 2.17 POLITICAL ACTIVITY 2.17.1 No employee shall engage in political activity of any nature during his or her hours of employment, and no employee shall engage in any political activity purport- ing to act in his official capacity or on behalf of the City of Central Point. 2.17.2 Nothing contained within this section shall affect the right of the employee to hold membership in and support a political party, to vote as he chooses, to privately express his opinions on all political subjects and can- didates, to maintain political neutrality, and to attend political meetings. rte" ~zg- Section 2.18 RELATIVES IN THE CITY SERVICE 2.18.1 Two (2) members. of an immediate family shall not be employed under the same supervisor. Neither shall two (2) members of an immediate family be employed at the same time,. regardless of the administrative department, if such employment will result in an employee supervising a member of his immediate family. 2.18.2 The provisions of this section shall apply to promotion, demotions, transfers, reinstatements, and new appointments. Section 2.19 EXAMINATIONS AND TESTING 2.19.1 If requested by the City, employees shall submit to and successfully pass the following: (a) An annual medical examination at City expense to be conducted on or before the employee's employment anniversary date with the standards for passage thereof to be determined by the physician selected by the City for the administration of such examina- tion having due regard for the work to be performed by the employee. 15 Section 2_20 ON-CALL. STATUS 2.20.1 Public Works - Due to the potential for emergency situa- tions affecting the health and safety of the citizens of the City of Central Point, all Public Works employees shall be on "public works on-call status" at such times. as are scheduled for that employee by the City Administrator or department head. It shall be the re- sponsibility of any employee on call to at all times keep the Police Department dispatcher advised of his or her location, and to be immediately available to perform emergency maintenance or repair work. Public Works employees shall receive one (1) day compensating. time off for each two (2) weekend days of on-call status and one (1) day off for each holiday on call. No additional compensation will be granted if the employee is called upon to perform work while on call. 2.20.2 Fire Department - (a) Regular City employees may serve on Fire Department on-call status at the discretion of the City Administrator. They shall be relieved of their City duties during fire emergencies whereupon they shall report immediately to~their assigned fire duty. (b) Other Volunteers. Non-employee volunteers shall be ~~:: required to attend. training and fire calls through- [~S~' out the. year. Section 2.21 BIOG$APHY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL 2.21..1 The biography of any individual considered for any administrative staff position shall be submitted. to the City of Central Point and shall contain the following information: (a) Name, title and address. (b) Professional Experience: Briefly describing the principal positions held with title,. name of employer, and salaries received. (c) Educational Experience: Listing all post-secondary educational institutions attended and all degrees and. honors received. (d) Affiliations: Listing all organizations of which the administrative personnel has been a member during the previous ten (10) years, including a statement of any offices held in such organizations (e) A statement whether or not the administrative personnel has been charged by any law enforcement '. 16 authority with the. commission of a crime related to ,. the position, and if so, the disposition of the charge. (f) Personal references. Section 2.22 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 2.22.1 No employee shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract with the City, or any department thereof, and no employee shall participate as either an elected or appointed officer or board member of any outside govern- mental body or private organization in any capacity in which he or she would potentially be likely to make any decision that would be adverse to or conflict with the City's financial interests. ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL CONDUCT,. DISCIPLINE, TERMINATION AND APPEAL Section 3.1 PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT 3.1.1 Public relations shall be an integral part of each. emplo- yee`s job. 3.1.2 All employees shall be neat and clean in appearance and . shall conduct themselves in a manner which is appropriate for an employee in the public service. ~y< 3.1.3 Employees shall be courteous, efficient and helpful to everyone in their work and shall do the best job possible on every assignment. Section 3.2 CAUSES FOR WARNING, SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL 3.2.1 When an employee's conduct falls below desirable stan- dards, he may be subject to displinary action. 3.2.2 General reasons for which an employee may be disciplined include: (a) Drinking intoxicating beverages or use of illegal drugs on the job or arriving on the job under the influence. of intoxicating beverages or drugs; (b) Violation of a lawful duty; (c) Insubordination; (d) Breach of discipline; (e) Being absent. from work without first notifying and securing permission from an employee's supervisor; (. (f) Being habitually absent or tardy for any reason.; 17 (g) Misconduct; (h) Conviction of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (i) Using religious, political or fraternal influence; (j) Accepting fees, gifts, or other valuable things in the performance of the employee's official duties for the City; (k) Inability to perform the assigned job; (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention to or dereliction of duty; (m) Dishonesty, intemperance, drug addiction,. immoral conduct, insubordination or discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee; (n) Willful giving of false information or withholding of information with the intent to deceive when applying. for employment or in connection with per- formance of employment; (o) Any other willful failure of good conduct tending to be harmful to the City of Central Point or its ..,,. citizens. - ~~t .1~ il3 (p) Violation of any Personnel Policies and Procedures contained herein or departmental rules and regu- lations adopted pursuant to Section 2.13. Section 3.3 FORM OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION 3.3.1 Disciplinary action ranges from oral or written repri- mands to suspension, demotion and. finally dismissal from the City service, and depends on the severity of the offense, as well as the number and the frequency of pre- vious acts of misconduct. 3.3.2 It shall be the duty of all City employees to comply with and assist in carrying into effect the provisions of the City's personnel rules and regulations. No permanent employee shall be disciplined except for violation of established rules and regulations; and such discipline shall be in accordance with procedures established by the personnel rules and regulations. 3.3.3 Every supervisor shall discuss improper or inadequate performance with the employee in order to correct the deficiencies and to avoid the need to exercise disciplin- ary action. Discipline shall be of increasingly progres- sive severity whenever possible. 18 3.3.4 A written notice shall be given each employee for each disciplinary action stating the reasons for the disci- plinary action and the date it shall take effect. The notice shall be given to the employee at the time such action is taken. A copy of the notice signed by the employee shall be placed in the employee's personnel file and shall serve as prima facie evidence of delivery. 3.3.5 All permanent employees shall hav disciplinary action taken against calendar days. after the effective action. Appeals shall be made as accordance with the provisions of resolution. Section 3.4 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE the right to appeal them within ten (10) date of disciplinary grievances in Section 3.4 of this 3.4.1 A grievance is defined to be any question or controversy between any employee and the City involving the. application of the provisions of this resolution. 3.4.2. When such problems arise,. an attempt will be made by the employee and his immediate supervisor to settle them informally. A problem which cannot be resolved infor- mally will be processed as a grievance. 3.4.3 Each grievance will lie processed in the following manner: Step 1 Within ten (10) calendar days after the occur- rence of the cause of complaint, the employee involved will reduce his grievance to writing stating his reasons therefor and the relief requested and will present it to his department head, provided, however, that if the aggrieved did not become aware of the occurrence. until a later date, then he must initiate action within ten (10) calendar days following actual knowledge of such occurrence. Within two (2) workdays after the grievance is submitted to the depart- ment head, the department head will discuss the grievance with the employee involved and their immediate supervisor and attempt to resolve it. If he wishes, the employee involved may be accompanied at such meeting by a representative. Within two (2) workdays after this meeting., the department head will state his decision in writing and provide a copy to the employee. Step 2 If the employee is not satisfied with the deci- sion concerning his grievance made by the depart- ment head, he may, within two (2) workdays of his receipt of such decision, forward his griev- .~ once to the. City Administrator. The City 19 Administrator will schedule a hearing on the grievance within five (5) workdays of its receipt by him and. will notify the employee and the department head of the time and place of hearing.. 'Within three (3) workdays following such hearing, the City Administrator shall state his decision in writing and provide a copy to the employee. Step 3 If the employee is not satisfied with the dis- position of his grievance by the City Administra- tor, he may request, within five (5) workdays upon receipt of said decision,. that the question be brought before the City Council at executive session. The City Administrator, upon receipt of such request, shall cause said matter to be placed upon the agenda of the next. executive ses- sion of the. City Council of the City of Central Point; and notice of the time and place of said session shall be provided to the employee.. The employee, the department head and any other in- terested persons shall be given the opportunity to be heard at the time of the said executive session, provided, however, that witnesses may be _ required to remain outside of the executive ses- Sion, except for the time that they are actually testifying in regard to the grievance. The City Council shalt then render a decision within ten r~;~, ,.:;, (10) days of the date of said executive session.; - and unless said decision is rendered at the time . of the executive session and in the presence of the employee, said decision shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be provided to the em- ployee. The decision of the City Council shall be final. 3.4.4 If the grievance procedures are not initiated within the time limits established by this section, the grievance shall be considered not to have existed. 3.4.5 Any grievance not taken to the next step of the grievance procedure shall be considered settled on the basis of the last reply made and received in accordance with the pro- visions of this section. 3.4.6 If the City fails to meet or answer any grievance within the time limits prescribed. for such action by this sec- tion, such grievance shall automatically advance to the next step. If the City fails to meet or answer any grievance on the last step of the grievance procedure within the time limits prescribed for such action by this section, it shall be deemed that the City has considered the grievance to be in favor of the grievant and shall resolve the matter accordingly. 20 3.4.7 The time limits prescribed in this section for the ini- tiation and completion of the steps of the grievance procedure may be extended by mutual consent of the par- ( ties so involved. Likewise, any step in the grievance procedure may be eliminated by mutual consent. Mutual consent shall be indicated in writing and shall be signed by all parties involved. 3.4.8 No employee shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way because of the employee's proper use of the grievance procedure. Section 3.5 RESIGNATION 3.5..1 To resign in good standing, an employee shall give the appointing power not less than fourteen (14) calendar days prior notice of such resignation, unless the appointing power agreed to permit a shorter period of notice because of extenuating. circumstances. The notice of resignation shall be in writing and shall contain the reasons for leaving the City service. 3.5.2 Failure to comply with this section shall be entered in the employee's service record and may be cause of denying future employment by the City. - Section 3.6 RE-EMPLOYMENT 3.6.1 Permanent (and probationary) employees with a satisfac- tory record of service who resign their positions (in acco;dance with the provisions of this resolution for resignation from the City service) may,. on their written request, withdraw such resignation within ninety (90) days from the effective date thereof and be considered for re-employment in the same or comparable classifica- tion to the one resigned. Section 3.7 COST CONSCIOUSNESS 3.7.1 City employees shall practice every economy possible in the discharge of their duties. 3.7.2 Employees are encouraged to recommend to their supervi- sors work procedures which will result in a cost saving or improved service to the public. Section 3.8 SAFETY 3.8.1 The Gity Administrator shall be responsible for the de- velopment and maintenance of a safety program. Such program shall include safety regulations and discipline controls. ~- 3.8.2 Department heads, supervisors and employees shall guard 21 the safety of themselves, fellow employees and the public. 3.8.3 When accidents occur on City property, the employee shall contact his supervisor immediately; and the supervisor shall complete a City accident report form. In case of a motor vehicle accident, the Police Department shall also be notified immediately. 3.8.4 The City Administrator shall be notified of all accidents involving City employees and City equipment as soon as possible and not later than the next workday.. Section 3.9 LEGAL LIABILITY 3.9.1 Employees shall abide by all laws and regulations which govern the performance of their duties, and shall perform their duties as reasonable, prudent persons. Employees who are reasonably cautious and prudent in the performance of their duties are not negligent and, there- fore, neither legally nor morally liable for accidents or injuries which may occur. 3.9.2 If an employee. is negligent in the performance of duties and responsibilities, and if an accident results from such negligent performance of duties and responsibili- ties, the employee ma'y be held personally and legally (~ ~A~.\ ~^\(v'nY F':_N liable. Section 3.10 EQUIPMENT 3.10.1 Equipment owned by the City of Central Point shall be used only on the City's business. 3.10.2 Provided that they reside within the City limits, the. City Administrator, Fire Chief, Public Works Director and Police Chief may use a City vehicle to commute to and from their residence, but for no other personal use. Any other individual duly authorized by the City Admini- strator or department head, may take a City vehicle home on an as-needed basis to fulfill City responsibilities. In no event shall an employee or officer of the City allow unauthorized persons to use, borrow or rent a City vehicle. Each City employee shall comply with all laws and ordinances regarding the operation of City vehicles and shall be personally responsible for any penalties or damages incurred while driving a City vehicle if the employee is found to be negligent in his action. -{ , 22 ARTICLE 4 - CLASSIFICATION PLAN Section 4.1 POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN 4.1.1 Preparation of Plan. The City Administrator shall record the duties and responsibilities of each employee position in the City, and, after consulting with the department heads, shall recommend a classification plan for each position. When approved by the City Council, the plan shall be known as the "Classification Plan". It shall establish titles for each class and specify training, ex- perience and other qualifications necessary and desirable for successful performance of the duties of employee positions in each class, and specify the relationship between positions and classes. The Classification Plan shall be developed and maintained so that each position substantially similar with respect to duties, responsi- bilities, authority and character of work is included within the same class. The City Administrator may in- clude operational procedures for each department as a part of the Classification Plan. The Classification Plan shall. be readily available for inspection by employees, prospective job applicants and the general public. The plan may be amended and revised from time to time as the Council deems appropriate with an updated version of the same to be maintained at all. times by the City Administrator. 4.1.2 Positions. No new positions shall be created nor shall any person be employed to fill a new position. until the Classification Plan provides for a specific position and the City Council authorizes employment of an individual to fill the position. 4.1.3 Compensation. Compensation of employees so classified shall be in accordance with the City budget for the City of Central P'cint. 4.1.4 The classification of positions for the purpose of this document shall be as contained in the official Book of Class Specification. The official Book of Class Specifi- cation shall be maintained by the City Administrator. (a) The classification of positions may hereinafter be amended. by the addition, division, consolidation or abolishment of classes on the recommendation of the City Administrator and the adoption by the City Council. 4.1.5 Each position shall be allocated to its appropriate class an the basis of duties and responsibilities. The present allocation of positions may hereafter be changed by the City Administrator provided the proposed. change. conforms \`. 23 with this resolution. Section 4.2 TITLES AND SPECIFICATIONS 4.2.1 The position classification plan shall include titles and written specifications for the various classes of posi- tions as a guide toward equal pay for equal work. Job titles shall refer to a particular position not to the individual filling a particular position and shall be used. in all personnel, budget and financial records. 4.2.2 Each position shall be allocated to an appropriate class on the basis of the duties and responsibilities of the position. 4.2.3 Each class shall have a specification that includes a concise, descriptive title., and a description of the duties and responsibilities of each position in the. class. Position specifications take into consideration the requirements of the job and are merely descriptive and explanatory of the work to be performed. They may not include all of the duties and are not intended to replace detailed work assignments. V _?'' 4.2.4 The title of the class to which any position is allocated shall be used in all official personnel records and in all official personnel transactions of the City of Central Point. Section 4.3 RECLASSIFICATION 4.3.1 Positions may be reclassified whenever the duties of the position change materially, provided the reclassification can be accomplished within the limitations of the current budget of the City. 4.3.2 Reclassification of a position shall not be used to cir- cumvent the effects of disciplinary action or to avoid restrictions concerning compensations. Section 4.4 NEW POSITIONS 4.4.1 The City Administrator shall be responsible for keeping the. classification plan current through periodic studies of the positions within the City service. 4.4.2 No position or class shall carry an official title which 'has not been approved by the Common Council as being appropriate to the duties. performed. 4.4.3 The Common Council may create new positions and allocate the positions to an appropriate class. C 4.4.4 In the event a vacancy occurs in any position or class 24 created by this resolution, the City Administrator shall fill the vacancy from qualified persons in the City employ, but if no persons in the City employ are quali- fied, then he may fill such position by persons outside. the City employ. ARTICLE 5 - PAY PLAN AND COMPENSATION Section 5.1 PAY PLAN 5.1.1 The City Administrator shall prepare a compensation plan which shall prescribe a minimum, a maximum and any intermediate rates of pay appropriate for each class. 5.1.2 The rate or range for each class shall equitably reflect the difference in duties and responsibilities and shall be treated to compensation for comparable positions in other places of public and private employment within the same job market. 5.1.3 The salaries or rates of compensation prescribed are fixed on the basis of full-time service in full-time positions unless otherwise designated. ;,r`e: ~y~~ 5.1.4 The rates of pay prescribed shall be deemed to include pay in every form, except for necessary expenses authorized and incurred incident to employment, of except as herein provided. 5.1.5 The letters A, B, C, D, and E, respectively, denote the various steps in the pay range. The entrance step shall be A, except as provided in Section 5.1.10. Advancement to the second or third higher step above the entrance step shall be made upon successful completion of a proba- tionary period of six (6) months and twelve (12) months for Police and Fire personnel, and on the basis of a written recommendation by the department head and upon the City Administrator's approval. Thereafter, advance- ment to the higher salary range steps shall be made fol- . lowing the completion of a year of service in the lower step of the range on the basis of a written recommenda- tion by the department head and upon the City Administra- to~'s approval. A11 placement and adjustments of steps will be done on an anniversary date or the first date of the month. 5.1.6 Where a salary range for a given class or for several classes is revised upward or downward, the incumbents. of the positions in the classes affected shall have their existing salary adjusted to the same relative step in the new salary range. 5.1.7 The five-step schematic schedule o£ salary ranges and steps listed as Table I and Table II constitutes the com- 25 pensation plan applicable to all classes of positions .. included in this resolution. i 5.1.8 All salaries prescribed are monthly rates. For purposes of overtime payments and in those positions where it is more appropriate to pay upon hourly or daily rates, the monthly rates shown in Table I and Table II will be converted to hourly rates by the division of the monthly rate for a 40-hour workweek by a factor of 173.33 and for a 56-hour workweek by a factor of 243.33. 5.1.9 No person shall be hereafter employed in or appointed to any position requiring full-time or part-time service, and which position is included in the classification plan and for which a class specification exists establishing desirable qualifications, unless said person possesses in full the desirable qualifications prescribed for that class; provided, however, if qualified persons cannot be recruited, the City Administrator shall authorize the appointment of persons having less than the desirable qualifications. 5.1.10 In the event an employee entering upon City employment is found to possess extraordinary qualifications for a posi- tion through former training and/or experience, the City Administrator may authorize the employment at any step of the appropriate salary range above Step "A". In such event, the employee shall serve a probationary period of six (6) months, but. he shall not. succeed to the next higher step in the pay range until he has completed one (1) Sontinuous year of service in the step at which he entered, and upon written recommendation of the depart- ment head for the City Administrator's approval, as pro- vided in Section 5.1.5 hereof, provided, that department heads may at any time be advanced to a step other than the next succeeding step upon recommendation of the City Administrator and concurrence by the City Council; and provided further that in the event the City Administrator fails or refuses to make such recommendation, the Council may, by four-fifths (4/5) vote, advance such department head to a step other than such next succeeding step. 5.1.11 Fire Department Volunteers and Police Reserve Officers, upon becoming a full time employee will enter the job classification at the rate of starting scale and not necessarily with the classification they enjoyed as a Reserve Officer or as a Fire department Volunteer. However, consideration. may be given by the City Administrator for time credited to the Volunteer or Reserve for past service. Section 5.2 ANALYSIS OF PAY PLAN -•, 5.2.1. At least once each fiscal year, the City Administrator 26 shall compare the current City salary rates, compensation ,„ policies and personnel developments with those of other public and private employers within the same job market. Changes in the cost of living and employee discussions regarding. salary and benefits shall also be considered. 5.2.2 The City Administrator shall then examine the salary range for each class of position to ascertain whether current minimum and maximum salaries should be main- tained, increased or decreased during the succeeding fiscal year, and, upon the basis of thls analysis, shall submit recommendations for amending the pay plan to the Common Council. 5.2.3 Upon receipt of the City Administrator's report and, if in the judgment of the Council it is deemed feasible and advisable, the Council shall by resolution adjust the salaries and rates of compensation and benefits for all City officers and employees. 5.2.4 In addition to the. adjustment procedure to be conducted annually as set forth herein, the Council, upon the City Administrator's recommendation, may from time to time effect such other adjustments to the salaries or compen- sation paid to City officers and employees in the City service as the Council. may by resolution determine. ~~. Section 5.3 APPOINTEE COMPENSATION c+~U, ~~4 1 5.3.1 Upon initial appointment to a position,. the employee shall receive the minimum salary for the class to which the position is allocated. 5.3.2. However, in the cases when unusual difficulty in filling the vacancy is experienced, or when the appointee is exceptionally qualified, the City Administrator may cause the appointment to be made at a salary level above the minimum, but not more than the maximum, for the class. 5.3.3 An employee who due to the lack of qualification or ex- perience may temporarily underfill a position at a salary less than that for the class. Section 5.4 PAY DAY 5.4.1 Normally, employees. shall be paid on the fifth calendar day of each month. If the fifth calendar day of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, employees shall be paid on the last working day preceding the fifth calendar day of the month. 5.4.2 An employee may elect to receive a partial payment for the first fifteen (15) days of the month. The maximum ,,(~. partial payment an employee may receive shall not exceed. \. 27 thirty percent (302) of the employee's gross monthly earnings. An employee shall be limited to one partial payment in each thirty (30) day period.. Section 5.5 OVERTIME 5.5.1 Department heads and supervisors shall assign to each employee. regular work duties and. responsibilities which can normally be accomplished within the established work- day and workweek. Employees shall not work overtime without prior written approval from a supervisor. 5.5.2 When employees are required to work overtime, department heads may authorize compensatory time off or overtime pay which shall be one and one-half (1'-~) times the employee's regular hourly rate of pay. Whenever possible, depart- ment heads shall schedule time off within a workday,. workweek or work period to maintain scheduled work hours. In situations in which compensatory time is allowable under this section, the determination as to whether to make cash payment or grant compensatory time off shall rest with the department head who shall give due con- sideration to the desires of the employee, to budgetary controls and to the provisions of Section 5.5.3 of these policies. 5.5.3 Compensatory time accumulation shall not exceed one work- day. Once this maximum accumulation has been reached, all overtime compensation earned by the employee shall be scheduled off at the earliest possible time by the depa;tment head. who shall give due consideration to the desires of the employee. 5.5.4 For some positions, overtime is considered part of the job responsibility and, therefore, does not justify over- time compensation. Compensation. for overtime shall not be granted to the following positions: (a) City Administrator (b) Administrative staff (c} Executive, administrative and professional personnel as defined by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. 5.5.5 The City Administrator may grant time off with pay for positions described in Section 5.5.4 due to unusual cir- cumstances such as extra hours worked on specially re- quested projects and meetings attended outside the normal position. description. ~; 28 Section 5.6 PAYMENT UPON CLASSIFICATION CHANGE 5.6.1 When. an employee's salary is changed due to demotion or promotion, all. accrued salary and overtime pay shall be converted to cash at the rate earned. In the case of accumulated compensatory time, the employee may request to have a cash payment or have the hours compensatory time at the rate. earned. The determination to grant cash compensation or compensatory time off shall rest with the department head, who shall give due consideration to the desires of the employee, to budgetary controls and to the provisions of Section 5.5.3 of this resolution. 5.6.2 In case of the promotion of, any employee in the City ser- vice,. either from within the same department or from another department, to a position in a class with a higher salary range, such employee shall be entitled to receive the rate of compensation in the entrance step of the class to which. he has been promoted, provided that in the event such employee possesses extraordinary qualifi- cations through long tenure and previous experience in his department, the City Administrator may authorize. the promotion of such employee to be at any step other than such entrance step. In cases where the salary ranges overlap, and the promotion~is far an employee within the same department, promotion may be effected at an increase -- adjusted to the nearest step, but not to exceed five. ~ percent (5%). n ~a'f- 5.6.3 In the case of the demotion of any employee in the City service to a class with a lower salary range, such em- ployee shall be entitled to retain the salary step in the lower range corresponding to that which he was receiving in the higher class before such demotion; in such cases, the employee shall retain his last hire anniversary date. 5.6.4 In the case of the transfer of any employee from one position to another in the same class, or to another class to which the same salary range is applicable, the employee shall remain in the same salary step and shall retain his last hire anniversary date. 5.6.5 Whenever an employee accepts work under a different class of position or in exempt series in the City service, the character and nature of which work is similar and the responsibilities are equal or superior to the work such employee has been performing, and later returns to his former position,. his term of employment under such dif- ferent class of position shall apply on and be added to his term of service in the former class upon his return to same, provided his employment in the City service has been continuous from the date on which the employee accepts work in such different class. 29 Section 5.7 PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT 5.7.1 Except as otherwise provided herein, a daily work schedule less than the number of hours of full-time em- ployment shall be considered part-time service and the actual compensation therefor shall be determined by the relation. that the actual number of hours of service bears to the number of hours required in full-time employment in each class of position. Section 5.8 GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROGRAMS 5.8.1 Employees funded through government programs will be assigned a class specification and appropriate salary ranges. To the extent possible benefits for vacation, holidays, SAIF, unemployment insurance, social security and health insurance will be the same as for permanent. City employees. Other benefits such as PERS and life insurance will. not be in effect until permanent employee status. Upon permanent employee status, vacation will be computed using the last hire anniversary date for con- tinuous service counting. government-funded time from that last hire date. ARTICLE 6 - FRINGE~BENEFITS Section 6.1 HOLIDAYS AND LEAVE IN LIEU OF HOLIDAYS Fs'~`s 6.1.1 Zn lieu of holida time off work with a , Fire De art- ~..;; Y P Y P ment employees working 24-hour shifts shall accrue one (1) shift of paid holiday leave for every two (2) calen- dar months worked, and clerk dispatchers and sergeants shall accrue one (1) day of paid holiday leave for every one (1) month. worked. Such accrual shall continue during paid leave. Holiday leave shall be taken within one year following the month in which it accrues. If such holiday leave is not taken. within such time, it shall be forfeited and no reimbursement shall be allowed unless prior approval by the City Administrator is received to carry forward the holiday leave. 6.1.2 All employees of the City except those covered in Section 6.1.1 shall be entitled to the holidays listed below with pay. Full-time employees shall receive regular compensa- tion; part-time employees shall be compensated in propor- tion to the number of hours they are normally scheduled to work. (a) New Year's Day, January 1 (b) President's Day, third Monday in February (c) Memerial Day, last Monday in May (d) Independence Day, July 4 (e) Labor Day, first Monday in September y., (f) Veterans' Day, November 11 30 (g} (h) (i) (J ) (k) Thanksgiving Uay, fourth Thursday in November Day after Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day, December ZS Day before Christmas or the day before New Year's Day, December 24 or December 31 Two floating holidays 6.1.3 If any holiday in Section 6.1.2 falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be given as a holiday. If any such holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be given as a holiday. 6.1.4 Floating holidays in Section 6.1.2 are to be scheduled by department. heads with consideration given to employee requests. 6.1.5 An employee who works on a recognized holiday as part of his regular work week shall. be allowed equal compensating time off. 6.1.6 Holidays in section 6.1.2 which occur during vacation or sick leave shall not be charged against such leave.,. Section 6.2 VACATION TIME 6.2.1 Employees working shifts with less than five (5) years of continuous service shall accrue five (5) shifts per year vacation leave with pay. Employees with more than five (5) years, but less than ten (10) years continuous ser- vice shall accrue seven (7) shifts per year vacation leave with pay, Employees. with ten (10) or more years, but less than fifteen (15) years of continuous service shall accrue nine (9) shifts of vacation leave. Employ- ees with fifteen (15) years or more of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of twelve (12) shifts per year. 6.2.2 Employees with less than five. (5) years of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the. rate of ten (10) days per year. Employees. with five (5) or more years, but less than ten (10) years of con- tinuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of fifteen (15) days per year. Employees with ten. (10) or more years, but less than fifteen (15) years of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of (ZO) days per year. Em- ployees with fifteen (15) years or more of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of twenty-five (25) days per each year. 6.2.2.5 Department heads with less than two and one-half (2'2) years of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with. pay at the rate of ten (10) days. per year. :{ Employees with two and one-half (2~) or more years, but 31 less than seven and one-half (7~) years of continuous ,,, service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of fifteen (15) days per year. Employees with seven and one-half (7~) or more years, but less than twelve and one-half (12~) years of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of twenty (20) days per year. Employees with. twelve and one-half (12'x) yearn or more of continuous service shall accrue annual vacation leave with pay at the rate of twenty-five (25) days per year. 6.2.3 Vacation leave taken shall be earned in the preceding calendar year or portion thereof in the case of new employees. 6.2.4 New employees shall not be eligible for vacation leave during their probationary months of employment although vacation leave shall be accrued. 6.2.5 Annual vacation leave shall accrue on a calendar date basis. To initiate. such procedure, prorated vacation shall be determined by the length of time from the employee's anniversary date to the following January 1. 6.2.6 Vacation leave shall be taken in the year immediately following the calendar year in which it is earned. If vacation time is not taken in the subsequent calendar f~„~ year after it is earned, it shall be considered lost and r.%%~';.~ no reimbursement will be allowed unless prior approval by the City Administrator is received to carry over the vacation. 6.2...7 Vacation accrual shall continue when an employee is absent due to sickness or job-related accident and has status of an employee. 6.2.8 Vacation time-off shall be requested when possible two (2) weeks in advance o£ the time requested with. City work schedules determining whether or not the time off can be allowed. 6.2.9 Permanent part-time employees shall earn an accumulation of vacation days in any one (1) year by direct proportion to the number of hours worked compared with the number of hours worked by a full-time employee in a similar position. 6.2.10 Vacation preference, kThen more than one (1) employee desires the same vacation period and only one can be allowed to take it, preference will be given to the employee with a higher classification. If the classification is the same then preference will be given to the employee with the longer period of continuous =r- service. 32 6.2.11 Unused earned vacation. Upon termination of employment, -- an employee shall be paid far all unused earned vacation. 6.2.12 Department heads shall schedule vacations for their respective employees with due consideration for the de- sires of the employees and the work requirements facing the department. Vacation schedules may be amended to allow the department to meet emergency situations. 6.2.13 Vacation leave shall not be used in blocks of less than five (5) days without department head approval. 6.2.14 During a calendar year in which an employee is eligible for accrual of vacation at a different rate, a prorated vacation will be computed for that year; from January 1 to the anniversary date at the old. rate and from the anniversary date to the next January 1 at the new rate. 6,2.15 Government-funded employees, if employed in a permanent position, may use their anniversary date of the govern- ment-funded position for computing vacation accrual. Section 6.3 SICK LEAVE 6.3.1 Sick leave shall be earned~by each full-time employee at the rate of one (1) workday for each full calendar month of continuous service with the exception of Fire ~ Department employees working a twenty seven (27) day work ~`.~` period who shall earn sick leave at a rate of twelve (12) hours for each full calander month of continuous service. Sick leave may be accumulated to a total~of not more than seven hundred twenty (720) hours for all eligible employees with the exception of Fire Department. employees working a twenty seven (27) day work period who may accumulate sick leave to a total of one. thousand eighty (1080) hours. 6.3.2 Employees may utilize their allowance of sick leave when unable to perform their work duties. by reasons of illness or injury, necessary for medical or dental care, exposure to contagious disease under circumstances by which the health of the employees with whom associated or member of the public necessarily dealt with would be endangered by attendance of the employee, or by serious illness in their immediate families. 6.3.3 Sick leave shall be charged in one quarter ('Z) hour increments. 6..3.4 Abuse of the sick leave privilege shall be cause for dis- missal. An employee who is unable to report to work because of any of the reasons set forth in Section 6.3.2 above shall report the reason for his absence to his `~" supervisor within four (4) hours from the time he is `, 33 expected to report to work. Sick leave with pay shall .. not be allowed unless such report has been made. Sick leave with pay in excess of three (3) working days shall ( be allowed only after presenting a written statement from a physician certifying that the employee's condition pre- vented him from appearing for work. 6.3.5 Unused sick leave shall not be compensated for in any way at the time of resignation or dismissal of an employee. 6.3.6 Sick leave shall not accrue during any period of leave of absence without pay; however, an employee who is re- employed after lay-off or an expiration of leave without pay within a period of thirty (30) days shall have sick leave credits during the previous employment restored. 6.3.7 A leave of absence shall be granted for pregnant employ- ees. Normally, such leave shall begin with the eighth month of pregnancy and terminate within ninety (90) days following delivery. When complications arise as a result of the pregnancy, such leave will be extended based upon the recommendations of the attending physician. Accrued sick leave will be paid during the pregnancy leave; and, at the employee's option, earned and accrued vacation may also be paid. If the sick leave and vacation benefits are depleted, the remainder of the above defined leave. of - absence for pregnancy will be treated as leave without ~,~ pay, Section 6.4 LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITH PAY 6.4.1 Employees may request leave. of absence with pay far the purposes specified in this section.. Each request shall be judged by the appointing power on its merits and on the basis of the guidelines provided in this section. 6.4.2 Compassionate leave. In the event of a death in the employee's immediate family, an employee may be granted leave of absence with pay not to exceed three (3) calen- dar days and to be deducted from sick leave accrued. An extension of this time. may be granted by the City Admin- istrator. 6.4.3 Funeral participation. When an employee serves as a pallbearer, or in some other way participates in a funeral ceremony, the employee may be granted a reason- , able time off with pay to perform such duty not to exceed four (4) hours. An extension of this time may be granted by the City Administrator. 6.4.4 Witness or jury duty. When a City employee is called for jury duty or is subpoenaed. as a witness: _~ (a) He shall not suffer .any loss of his regular City 34 compensation he receives for the performance of such .. duty to the City; however, he shall be required to transfer any compensation received for the perfor- mance of such duty to the City. Time not worked because of such duty shall not affect vacation or sick leave accrued. (b) Part-time employees called for services above shall be paid for such time, but only to the extent that their earnings for such month, plus the amount re- ceived for such service shall be less than their earnings for the previous full month. (c) Reimburse monies received for duty. 6,4.5 Voting. When an employee's work schedule is such that. he would not be able to vote prior to or after his normally scheduled working hours., he shall be granted a reasonable time off duty to vote without Ioss of pay, accrued vacation or sick leave. 6.4.6 Military leave. An employee who has successfully com- pleted the probationary period and who is a member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces shall be entitled, upon application, to a leave of ab- Bence from City service fot a period not exceeding fif- teen. (15} calendar days in any one (1) calendar year. ' Such leave shall be granted without loss of time, pay or r" ;. ~.a~ other leave, and without impairment of merit ratings or , other rights or benefits to which he is entitled; how- .. ever, the employee shall be required to transfer any com- pensation he receives for the performance of such duty to the City. Military leave with pay (Armed Forces and/or the National Guard) shall be granted only when an em- ployee receives bona fide orders to temporary active or training duty, and shall not be paid if the employee does not return to his position immediately following the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to duty. 6.4.7 Conferences and conventions.. Decisions concerning attendance at conferences, conventions or other meetings at City expense shall be made by the department head with the approval of the City Administrator. Permission shall be granted on the basis of an employee's participation in or the direct relation of his work to the subject matter of the meeting. Members of professional societies may be permitted to attend meetings of their society when such attendance is considered to be in the best interest of the City. Section 6.5 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 6.5.1 The City will reimburse an employee for fifty percent JY.. 35 (507) of the amount. of tuition for courses directly .. related to the employee's work offered at an acceptable educational institution and conducted outside the em- i ployee's regular working hours, provided that (a) Funds for such expenditures are available in the current budget; (b) The employee has made. application for approval of the course and tuition reimbursement to his depart- ment head at least ten (10) days prior to the registration for such course; (c) The employee submits evidence of satisfactory com- pletion of the course with a C or better passing grade; (d) The employee is not receiving reimbursement far tuition from any other source; (e) Department head must approve and determine a benefit derived to the City. 6.5.2 Courses which are only offered during regular working hours may be approved by the department head provided time off can be arranged conveniently and reasonable ,, arrangements can be made to make up time off and approved by the department head. ~~.~ ~_ (,-',. ^~~. 6.5.3 The City shall allow time off with pay and shall reim- burse an employee for the expenses of attending classes, lectures, conferences or conventions when attendance is on an assignment basis with prior approval of the em- ployee's department head. 6.5.4 Normally,. the cost of textbooks and technical publica- tions required for such courses shall be the responsi- bility of the employee. If the City purchases any of the textbooks and publications, they shall become the property of the City. Section 6.6 RETIREMENT 6.6.1 After six (6) months of employment, employees working more than six hundred (600) hours per year are required. to participate in the Public Employees Retirement System. The employees contribution is paid by the City for all compensation earned after June 30, 1981. Section 6.7 RETIREMENT AGE 6.7..1. The retirement age for City employees is as follows: J (a) Sixty (60) years for fire and. police employees; .\ 36 (b) Sixty-five (65) years for all oEher employees. l 6.7.2 At the end of the month in which an employee reaches re- tirement age,. the employee shall automatically terminate his service with the City. However, the appointing power may grant an extension of the retirement on a year-to- year basis when it is in the interest of the City to do so. Section 6.8 SOCIAL SECURITY 6.8.1 The City shall match the employee's contribution in the Social Security Plan. Section 6.9 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS 6..9.1 All employees shall be covered under the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) for industrial accidents and disease. Benefits include medical treatment and care, as well as disability compensation during. periods of time lost from the job. 6.9.2 Reimbursement for lost-time injury is made by SAZF com- puted for payment on a two_thirds (2/3) gross paycheck and is non-taxable. b.9.3 City of Central Point benefits continue and the City pays medical and dental coverage while employee is on a period of lost-time injury leave covered by Workmen's Compensation not. exceeding thirty (30) days, unless an extension is granted under Section 6.9.4. Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) benefit is not paid. 6.9.4 A thirty (30) day calendar period. is the time limitation to the amount of lost-time due to an accident that can be taken by an employee;: at which time the City would review the possibility of extension of that employee or refil- ling the position. 6.9.5 Sick leave will not be used in a lost-time accident to make the difference in pay between SAIF and the gross paycheck. Section 6.10 MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL INSURANCE 6.10.1 The City shall pay the premium for coverage under the League of Oregon Cities EBS Insurance Trust Plan III covering the employee and 2 or more dependents for all full time employees effective the first day of the month thirty (30) days after the date of employment. ~' 37 Section 6.11 LIFE INSURANCE 6.11.1 $10,000 premium paid by the City on $10,000 term policy.. Section-6.12 ADDITIONAL GROUP COVERAGE 6.12.1 Optional Plan - Disability is paid by the employee - Aetna Life Insurance Company. Section. 6.13 DISABILITY INSURANCE 6,13.1 Public Employees Retirement System (PEAS) Section 6..14 DENTAL INSURANCE 6.14.1 The City shall pay the premium for coverage under the League of Oregon Cities EBS Insurance Trust Plan III covering the employee and 2 or more dependents for all full time employees effective the first day of the month thirty (30) days after the date of employment. Section 6.15 RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS 6.15.1 Reserve police officers of the Central Point Police Department shall not receive certain of the benefits enjoyed by regularly appointed officers and employees of the department. Reserve police officers are and shall be 4cu. provided the rights, benefits and privileges appertaining `fir' to the Oregon State. Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF), and the false arrest insurance coverage benefits provided regularly appointed officers and in accordance with the laws, rules, and policies governing said insurance. Section 6.16 UNIFORM ISSUE AND REPLACEMENT 6.16.1 When Fire Department personnel are initially appointed, they will be given an issue of uniform clothing as deter- mined by the Fire Chief. It will be the employee's responsibility to maintain his uniforms in an appropriate manner, thereby displaying an acceptable appearance as a representative of the City of Central Point.. 6.16.2 Replacement of worn or damaged Fire Department employee uniforms for both paid and volunteer will be made at the discretion of the Fire Chief. ARTICLE 7 - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY AND PROGRAM Section 7.1 STATEMENT OF POLICY 7.1.1 It is the policy of the City of Central Point to provide equal employment opportunities for all persons from all segments of the population without discrimination as to :( race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or 38 handicaps. Central Point's policy is a positive one and consistent with State Executive Order EO-72-7, State Civil Rights Law of 1964,. the Civil Rights Act of 1972, the Federal Age Discrimination Act and Federal Executive Orders 1.1246 and 11375 relating. to discrimination. 7.1..2 Central Point is cognizant that mere passive prohibition of discriminatory practices is not enough to effectuate the principal of equal employment opportunity. Affirma- tive and direct action is required to create an atmos- phere of non-discrimination. Thus, Central Point accepts its legal and moral responsibilities for aggressive recruitment, training and upward mobility of all its staff. 7.1.3 The City of Central Point, in order to carry out its positive. affirmative action policy, adopts and sets forth the following affizmative action program. Section 7.2 GOALS 7.2.1 To improve employment opportunities for minority group persons, women and the handicapped. 7.2.Z To provide positive information about equal opportunity affirmative action to the present staff and encourage and promote employee practice consistent with Gentral Point's ~\Vf affirmative action policy. l fix;, 7.2.3 To ensure that all public announcements of employment opportunities at the City of Central Point include a communication of equal employment opportunity. 7.2.4 To achieve and maintain, at the very least, proportional employment for minority group persons, women and the handicapped in the Central Point organization as vacan- cies occur. Section 7.3 RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION 7.3.1 The City of .Central Point encourages qualified minority group persons, women and the handicapped to apply for employment. 7.3.2 All position 13stings will comply with. State and Federal regulations and guidelines. Position listings will be posted on the bulletin boards in City Hall. 7.3.3 Present employees,. particularly minorities and women, will be encouraged to refer qualified persons for vacant positions when they occur. 7.3.4 All recruitment announcements and. advertisements will include. a brief statement about the City of Central Point /:. 39 equal employment opportunity policy. Section 7.4 EMPLOYMENT FORMS AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS 7.4.1 Central Point's employment forms will be revised to ensure that only needed information is secured. An attempt is made to provide a career ladder of promotional opportunities where passible. Section 7.5 PROMOTIONS 7.5..1 Promotions should come from within; however, the option of hiring from the outside will be pursued in conformity with affirmative action needs and the availability of qualified persons. Section 7.6 RATE. OF PAY - COMPENSATION 7.6.1 Discriminatory practices as they apply to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, or handicaps are not factors in determining compensation. Section 7.7 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROGRAM 7..7.1 The City Administrator of the City of Central Point is the chief Affirmative Action Officer. The City Adminis- trator may designate a responsible and interested person to serve in the. role. ~;"-'~ .;.;,- Section 7.8 GRIEVANCES 7.8.1 All grievances concerning the administration of this plan .shall be directed to the person responsible for its implementation. If the reason is not resolved at this level, it may then be brought to the City Administrator of the agency. Section 7.9 EMPLOYMENT GOALS 7.9.1 City of Central Point employment in total numbers is expected to remain the same or decrease through 1987. Because of this and because of the agency's low attrition rate, no numbers for distribution of hiring of minority group persons can be made. This agency can only provide non-discriminatory hiring practices should any vacancy occur. 40 POSITION CLASSIFICATION PAY PLAN Effective July 1, 1987 TABLE I CLASS AUTHORIZED RANGE STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP TITLE POSITIONS NUMBER A B C D E FINANCE DIRECTOR 1 161 2212 23 Z3 2439 2561 2689 ACCOUNT CLERK 3 107 1131 1188 1247 1309 1374 ADMINISTRATION SECRETARY 1 107 1131 1188 1247 1309 1374 ADMIN. TRAINEE I 1 91 928 974 1022 1076 1130 ADMIN. TRAINEE II 1 107 1131 1188 1247 1309 1374 ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 123 1374 1448 1520 1596 1676 ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. 1 139 1682 1766 1854 1947 2044 COURT CLERK/SECRETARY 1 107 1131 1188 1247 1309 1374 FIRE CHIEF 1 161 2212 2323 2439 2561 2689 FIRE CAPTAIN 3 143 1768 1856 1950 2047 2149 FIRE FIGHTER II 1 128 1467 1540 1617 1698 1783 FIRE FIGHTER III 2 132 1542 1619 1700 1785 1874 POLICE CHIEF 1 164 2296 2411 2531 2658 2791 SERGEANT 2 147 1858 1951 2049 2151 2259 POLICE OFFICER 9 -- 1508 1586 1668 1749 1835 CLERK DISPATCHER 5 107 1131 1188 1247 1.309 1374 ~~a~~ ts,M1~% PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR 1 166 2354 2472 2595 2725 2861 CITY ENGINEER ~ 164 2296 2411 2531 2658 2791 METER READER 2 97 998 1049 1.103 1156 1213 LABORER 2 69 710 745 784 822 863 STREET MAINTENANCE 1 101 1049 1101 1156 1214 1275 PARK MAINTENANCE 1 69 710 745 784 822 863 UTILITYMAN I 2 117 1280 1344 1411 1482 1556 UTILITYMAN II 1 119 1312 1378 1447 1519 1595 UTILITYMAN III 1 122 1363 1430 1501 1576 1655 UTILITYMAN IV 1 127 1449 1521 1597 1677 1761 UTILITYMAN V 1 133 1561 1639 1721 1807 1897 Fire Captain and Firefighter position classifications may be increased one (1) range for each of the following certifications received by the employee filling the position: Structural Inspector C-level with Mobile Home Certification Structural Plans Examiner C-level with Mobile Home Certification Mechanical Inspector C-level with Mobile Home Certification Structural Inspector B-level with Mobile Home Certification 42 w w H w w w 6 H W W 6 F -" 'r j.i/•' w W 6 E W W 6 F