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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 12-2007 RESOLUTION NO. 12-2007 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE NEPOTISM POLICY WHEREAS, the City desires to revise its current nepotisln policy; and WHEREAS, the City has consulted with employee group representatives regarding the proposed amended policy and has further revised the policy in response to input from the elnployee group representatives. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby approves the Nepotism Policy attached hereto as Attachment 1. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the policy attached hereto as Attachment 1 shall replace Section 10.07 of the City's Personnel Rules and Regulations. * * * * * I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular Ineeting held on the 28th day of February 2007 by the following vote: AYES: Councihnelnbers Mark N. Addiego, Joseph A. Femekes and Karyl Matsulnoto, Vice Mayor Pedro Gonzalez and Mayor Richard A. Garbarino NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: ATTEST: CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO REVISED NEPOTISM POLICY REPLACES CURRENT SECTION 10.07 OF THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS The following policy shall govern theelnploYlnent of imlnediate family Inelnbers of the City's elected officials, City Council appointees to commissions, and City employees. This policy shall apply prospectively, and existing fmnily relationships that were permitted under the prior Nepotism Policy prior to adoption of this revised Policy may continue, so long as the elected officials, appointees and/or elnployees remain in the smne positions or job classifications they held prior to adoption of this revised Policy. A. F or purposes of this section, "iInlnediate fmnily" shall Inean spouse, domestic partner registered with the State of California, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, including step and adoptive relationships for each of these categories, as well as legal guardianship relationships. B. City Elected Officials: During the tenn of a City elected official, including Councillnelnbers, the City Clerk and City Treasurer, the City shall not elnploy anyone in the City Council member's, City Clerk's or City Treasurer's ilnlnediate fmnil y. C. City Council Appointed Board of COlnlnissioners: During a City Council appointed Board of COlllinissioner's official term, the City shall not elnploy anyone in the Cormnissioner's imlnediate fmnily in a City job classification that may require the elnployee to work on the same issue(s) on which the Commissioner has authority to Inake recOlnlnendations or decisions. Appointed COlnmissioners are not considered elnployees for purposes of this Nepotism Policy. D. City Manager / City Attorney: The City shall not elnploy anyone in the City Manager's or City Attorney's imlnediate fmnily. E. Other City Elnployees: For elnployees other than the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk and City Treasurer, the City may not hire, prolnote, transfer or elnploy an irmnediate family member within the same department, division or facility if one immediate family member would be placed in such a position as to directly supervise, evaluate or discipline the other immediate fmnily member, or would be working as a manager in the same department, division or facility as the other immediate family Inember. "Manager" as that term is used in this Nepotism Policy includes the classifications set forth in Exhibit A to the Personnel Rules. 1. Limits on Employment of Immediate Family Members: No more than two immediate family Inembers may, at any given time, work in the same department, division or facility. Hourly employees shall not count toward this two imlnediate family member InaxiInum. This subsection E.1. shall not apply to either employees who Inarry or become domestic partners while already working in the smne departlnent, division or facility, or to a spouse or domestic partner seeking elnploYlnent in a departlnent, division or facility in which his or her spouse or dOlnestic partner already works. 2. Co-Employees Who Marry or Become DOlnestic Partners: If co- employees Inarry or become domestic partners, the appointing authority shall: a. Evaluate whether making reasonable efforts to assign job duties in their current positions so as to Ininilnize problems of supervision, safety, security or Inorale would sufficiently reduce or eliminate potential conflicts of interest or other hazards to pennit the continued elnploYlnent of both spouses or dOlnestic partners; and b. If the appointing authority determines that job duties in their current positions cannot be Inodified as described in Section E.2.a, the City will determine whether an existing, funded and vacant position for which one of the spouses or domestic partners is qualified exists to which a spouse or domestic partner Inay be transferred. If neither assigmnent of job duties or a job transfer as described above resolve the issue, then one of the spouses or dOlnestic partners will need to voluntarily leave the spouse's or dOlnestic partner's position. If no spouse or domestic partner volunteers, the City will either separate froln City service, or separate from elnployment in the same departlnent, division or facility, whichever spouse or dOlnestic partner has worked fewer years for the City in a full time status. 2 EXHIBIT A The classifications covered by this Exhibit A are Executive Managelnent, Public Safety Managers and employees included in the Mid-Managelnent Unit. As of the date of adoption of the City's revised Nepotisln Policy, these classifications are as follows: Accountant II Assistant Director of Finance Assistant Plant Superintendent Assistant Library Director Associate Planner Chief of Police City Building Official City Planner Community Developlnent Coordinator Director of Finance Director of HUlnan Resources Director of Econolnic and Community Accountant I Assistant City Manager Assistant Engineer Assistant to the City Manager Associate Civil Engineer Battalion Chief Circulation Supervisor City Engineer COlnlnunications Manager Director of Conference Center Director of Information Technology Director of Public Works Development Deputy Fire Chief Director of Recreation and COlllinunity Services Environmental COlnpliance Coordinator Executive Assistant to the City Mgr Financial Analyst IIII Financial Services Supervisor Fire Chief Fire Marshall Human Resources Analyst IIII Information Systelns Adlninistrator Information Technology Manager Library Director Library Progrmn Manager Literacy Progrmn Manager Management Analyst I Managelnent Analyst II Police Captain Manager of Housing and COlnmunity Development Police Lieutenant Police Records Manager Principal Planner Public Works Supervisor Recreation & COlnlnunity Services Mgr Recreation & COlnmunity Services Coordinator Senior Civil Engineer Senior Planner Superintendent of WQCP Technical Services Supervisor Recreation & Community Services Supervisor Superintendent of Public Works Superintendent of Parks & Facilities Maintenance If classifications are subsequently added to Executive Management, the Public Safety Managers or to the Mid-Management Unit, these classifications also will be covered by and included in this Exhibit A. #932951 3