Resolution 18-085 Amending Personnel Regulations

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager/Personnel Director

RESOLUTION 18-085

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING CITY OF HOMER PERSONNEL REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3.13 PART-TIME APPOINTMENTS, SECTION 3.14.1 EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5.1.2 SCHEDULE REVISIONS, CHAPTER 6, SECTION 6.1.1 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, SECTION 6.2 LEAVE WITH PAY, SECTION 6.8.1 PART-TIME, SECTION 6.91  PART-TIME, SECTION 6.10.1 PART-TIME, SECTION 6.11.1 PART-TIME, CHAPTER 7, SECTION 7.2.1 PROBATIONARY PERIOD, CHAPTER 8, SECTION 8.8.3 STEP 3, SECTION 8.8.4 STEP 4, SECTION 8.9.3 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

WHEREAS, Pursuant to Regulation 1.6, Revisions and Amendments, the City Manager may recommend revisions to the Personnel Regulations at any time with the revisions effective upon the approval of the City Council; and

WHEREAS, The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 3, Section 3.13 Part-Time; by clarifying that when part-time employee moves to full-time status their date of hire will be the day the employee accepted full-time position when pertaining to the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), and past service hours will be given credit when pertaining to leave; and

WHEREAS, The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 3, Section 3.14.1 Employment of Relatives to expand the definition of “family member” to include grandchild; and

WHEREAS,  The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 5, Section 5.1.2 Schedule Revisions to remove “exclusive of the medical portion”; and

WHEREAS,  The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 6, Section 6.1.1 Part-Time Employees to remove the five year requirement/waiting period to receive pro-rated Holiday Pay; and

WHEREAS,  The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 6, Section 6.2 Leave With Pay to remove the five year requirement/ waiting period to receive pro-rated Leave With Pay; and

WHEREAS,  The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 6, Section 6.8.1 Part-Time, Section 6.9.1 Part-Time,  Section 6.10.1 Part-Time, Section 6.11.1 Part-Time to remove the five year requirement/ waiting period to receive pro-rated Sick Leave, pro-rated Birthday Leave,  pro-rated Christmas and New Year’s Eve Leave, and pro-rated Bereavement Leave; and

WHEREAS, The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 7, Section 7.2.1 Probationary Period to require newly-hired Fire Department personnel to serve a  probationary period of 12 months; and

WHEREAS,  The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 8, Section 8.8.3 Step 3 of  Ethics Complaint Procedure to allow Division Heads (not just Department Directors) to be on an Ethics Committee and clarify that the Committee may meet more than once; and

WHEREAS,  The City Manager recommends amending Chapter 8, Section 8.8.4 Step 4 of  Ethics Complaint Procedure to allow Ethics Committee ten (10) working days after close of hearing to provide a written finding to the City Manager; and

WHEREAS, The City Council passed and adopted Ordinance 17-17 on April 10, 2017, the City Manager recommends amending Chapter 8, by removing Section 8.9.3, which aligns the Personnel Regulations with City Code.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby amends the City Of Homer Personnel Regulations, Chapter 3, Section 3.13 Part-Time Appointments, Section 3.14.1 Employment Of Relatives, Chapter 5, Section 5.1.2 Schedule Revisions, Chapter 6, Section 6.1.1 Part-Time Employees, Section 6.2 Leave With Pay, Section 6.8.1 Part-Time, Section 6.91  Part-Time, Section 6.10.1 Part-Time, Section 6.11.1 Part-Time, Chapter 7, Section 7.2.1 Probationary Period, Chapter 8, Section 8.8.3 Step 3, Section 8.8.4 Step 4, Section 8.9.3 Political Activity as outlined above.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 22nd day of October, 2018.

CITY OF HOMER
 

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KEN CASTNER, MAYOR
 

ATTEST:

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MELISSA JACOBSEN, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: $6,951