1962-040 ORDINANCE NO ~
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PERSONNEL SYSTEM FOR OFFICERS
~D EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TE~AS~ CREATING THE
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL OFFICER~ PRESCRIBING THE POWERS AND
DiUTIES OF THE PERSONNEL OFFICER; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIV~
DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTIO~ 1 ADOPTION OF PERSONNEL SYSTEM
In ,order to establish an equitable and uniform policy for
de~ling with personnel matters, to attract to the municipal
services the best and most competent persons available, to
assure that appointments an0 promotions of employees will be
based on merit and fitness, and to provide a reasonable degree
of secu=ity for q~alified employees, the following personnel
system is hereby adopted.
SECTI~ 2. PERSONNEL OFFICER
The City Manager shall be the Personnel Officer He may dele-
gate any of the powers and duties conferred upon him as Per-
sonnel Officer under this Ordinance to any other officer or
employee of the City, or may recommend to the City Council
that any one or more of such powers and duties be performed
by contract The Personnel Officer shall
(a) prepare and maintain a position classification
plan including class specifications. Such plan,
and any revisions thereof, shall become effective
upon approval by the council;
(b) prepare and maintain a compensation plan covering
all positions in the classif~ed service Such
plan, and any revisions thereof, shall become
effective upon approval by the Council;
(c) /prepare and recommend to the Council the personnel
/rules provided for in Section 4 of this Ordinance,
/ and in like manner prepare and recommend revisions
and amendments thereto Said personnel rules shall
be submitted to the City Attorney for review and
approval prior to submission to the Council for
final approval, and
(d) administer the provisions of this Ordinance and
the personnel rules; except for such powers as
may be reserved to the Council by the Charter of
the City of Denton, or this Ordinance
SECTION 3 CLASSIFIED SERVICE
Ail officers and employees in the service of the City of Denton
sh~ll be included within the classified service, except the
following
(a) elective officers~
(b) me~bers of appointive boards, commissions and committees,
(c) persons engaged under contract to supply expert,
professional or technical services for a definite
period of time~
volunteer personnel, such as volunteer firemen and
police reserves who receive no regular compensation
for such services from the City of Denton,
(e)the City Manager, City Judge, city Attorney, and
City Health Officer, and
(f) the members of the Fire and Police Departments to
the extent to which they are governed by the pro-
visions of the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil
Service Act.
SECTI~N,4,~ PERSONNEL RULES
The Personnel Officer shall prepare personnel rules in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance for adoption by the City
Council by Resolution. Said rules may be amended from time to
tinge and shall establish specific procedures and regulations
governing the following phases of the personnel system
(a) preparation, installation, revision and maintenance
of a position classification plan covering all positions
in the classified service, including employment standards
and q~alifioations for each class,
(b) preparation, revision and administration of a compen-
sation plan directly correlated with the position
classification plan, providing a pay rate or range for
each class,
(c) p~blic announcement of openings in ~e classified
service and acceptance of applications for employment;
(d) screening of applicants for positions in the classified
service through tests and other appropriate means, and
establishment of lists of persons qualified for employ-
ment~
(e) employment of persons for positions in the classified
service from eligibility lists and evaluation during
probationary periods,
(f) transfer, promotion, demotion and reinstatement of
employees in the classified service,
(g) separation of employees from the classified service
through layoffs, suspensions and dismissals,
(h) standardization of hours of work, attendance and leave
regulations, and the development of employee morale,
welfare and training~
: (i) suitable provisions for the orderly and equitable
handling of employee grievances and appeals, and
(J) content, maintenance and use of personnel records and
forms.
S~CTI~ 5~ SE~B~ PROVISIONS
If any Section, subsection, sentence, clause or ~rase of this
Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circum-
stances, is held invalid by a court of competent Jurisdiction,
such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applica-
tions of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this end th~ Dv~visions
of this Ordinance are declared sever~le ,
SECTI~ 6. EFFECTI~ DAT~
This Ordin~ce shall become effective i~ediately upon its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 18th day of Dece~er, A.D 196~
~ayor
City of Denton, Texas
ATTEST~
City 9f Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO ~GAL FO~:
City of Denton, Texas