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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 5584-1971RESOLUTION NO. $584 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULA- TIONS SO AS TO DELETE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESPONSE TIME. BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francis co that: 1. Findings and Determinations: The Council, having considered the need to assure that employees will be available within a reasonable time after call to protect lives or property of the residents of this City both through the employees' routine functions or emer- gency functions, and having further considered the statements of the several department heads, employees, employee repre- sentatives and the recommendations of the Personnel Board, finds and determines that the health, safety and welfare of the residents of this City and the safety of their property require that employees be available within thirty minutes after call to duty. 2. The Council, therefore, orders: A. That the City Manager be and he is hereby author- ized to establish a reasonable response time for employees to report to work after call to duty, said time not to exceed thirty (30) minutes, and he is further authorized to designate areas which are deemed to be within said response time provision. If the health, safety or welfare of the residents of this city or the safety of their property requires a response time less than the said thirty minutes, then the City Manager is authorized lo to so modify the response time. The purpose of the response time and the authorization therefor is to assure employee availability to render services to the residents of this city for protection of life and property and otherwise serve the health, safety and welfare of the residents of this city. B. The residency requirement as now set forth in the Personnel Rules and Regulations shall be deleted and, therefore, the following Rules and Regulations are hereby amended to read: 1. RULE 6.05 RESPONSE TIME The City Manager is authorized to establish a reasonable response time for employees to report to work after call to duty, said time not to exceed thirty (30) minutes, and he is further authorized to designate areas which are deemed to be within said response time provision. The purpose of the response time and the authoriza- tion therefor is to assure employee availability to render services to the residents of this city for protection of life and property and otherwise serve the health, safety and welfare of the resi- dents of this city. 2. RULE 9.05 APPOINTMENT As a prerequisite for employment and appointment the eligible shall be fingerprinted and identi- fication verified by the Police Department. The City Council shall be the appointing power for all department head classes or positions. After interview and investigation and recommendation of the City Manager, the City Council may make appointment from among those certified, and shall immediately notify the Personnel Officer of the person or persons appointed. The City Manager shall be the appointing power for all classes or positions below the position of depart- ment head. After interview and investigation and recommendation of the department head, the City Manager may make appointment from among those certified, and shall immediately notify the Personnel Clerk of the person or persons appointed. The Personnel Officer shall notify the person appointed, and,if the applicant accepts the appointment and presents himself for duty within such period of time as the appointing authority shall prescribe, he shall be deemed to be appointed; otherwise, he shall be deemed to have declined the appointment. · 3. ADDITION OF RULE 6.06 TO PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS. Rule 6.06, which reads as follows, is hereby added to the Personnel Rules and Regulations. 6.06 OFFICERS - RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND RESPONSE TIME (a) Residency Requirement. Officers shall reside within the corporate limits of the city or shall move within the corporate limits within six months after appointment unless such period of time is extended by the City Manager for reasonable cause. The City Manager, for reasonable cause may grant exceptions to said residency require- ment and may modify said exceptions. (b) Response Time. The City Manager is authorized to establish a reasonable response time for officers to report to work after call to duty, said time not to exceed thirty minutes. If the health: safety or welfare of the resi- dents of the city or the safety of their property requires a response time less than said thirty minutes, then the City Manager is authorized to so modify the response time. The purpose of the response time and the authorization therefor is to assure officer availability to render service to the residents of this city for protection of life and property and otherwise serve the health, safety and welfare of the residents of this city. 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 meeting held on the 2~st day of June , 19 7~ , by the following vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN Patrick E.Ahern, Frank J. Bertucelli, William A. Borba, F. Frank Mammini and Warren Steinkamp NOES, " None ABSENT, " None ATTEST: ~ ~ Clerk .