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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02837 ORD - 08/01/1950AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND APPROVING CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS.GOVERNING FIREMEN AND.POLICEMENT EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF,CORPUS CHRISTI; PROVID- ING FOR..A.FIREMEN!S AND POL.10EMENtS CIVIL SER- VICE COMMISSION; PRESCRIBING DUTIES AND.FUNC- YIONS OF SAID COMMISSION -, REPEALING ALL ORDIN- ANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE- WITH; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN.EMERGENCY", AND BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2475, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 15TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1949,.BY AMENDING ARTICLE 20,THEREOF BY ADDING TO SAID.ARTICLE.20 A TO BE KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS.ARTICLE 20 SECTION lb,,. PROVIDING, FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MILITARY SERVICE.FROM THE EMPLOYMENT.OF THE.. CITY, STATING-THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS_UNDER WHICH LEAVE OF ABSENCE.. WILL BE GRANTED AND THE CONDITIONS OF REINSTATEMENT, PROVIDING FOR NO PAYMENT FOR ACCUMULATED VACATION TIME OR AC- CUMULATED SICK LEAVE DURING LEAV3)OF,ABSENCE FOR MILITARY.SERVICE­ PROVIDING FOR SENIORITY CREDIT DURING ABSENCE, PROVIDING FOR NW ACCRUAL OF SICK LEAVE OR VACATION.TIME.DURING LEAYE_OF_ABSENCE;. AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, It is now proper and necessary for employees and officers of the City of Corpus Christi, especially those of the Police Division and Fire Divi- sion of the Public Safety Department of said City, to enter military service, and it is desirable that their existing employment and position be open for reinstate- ment of such employee upon return from such military service; and WHEREAS, The Civil Service Rules and Regulations governing firemen and policmen employed by the City contain no provision for leave of absence for military service, it is desired that the same be amended so as to include such amendment; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION I. That Ordinanced No. 2475, entitled: "An ordinance adopting and approving Civil Ser- 2957 vice Rules and Regulatins governing Fire- men and Policemen employed by the City of Corpus Christi; Providing for a Firements and Policemen's Civil Service Commission; Prescribing duties and functions of said Commission; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; Containing a Saving Clause; and Declaring an Emergency." passed and approved by the City Council on the 15th day of February, 19499 be amended by amending Article 20 thereof by the addition to said article of a section to be known and numbered Article 20, See- tion lb, reading as follows: "Article 20, Section lb. MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE: In time of war or national em- ergency, any fireman or policeman permanently employed by the City in the classified ser- vice who leaves a position to serve in the Armed forces of the United States shall be granted a military leave of absence without pay, and shall be eligible for reinstatement to his former position, or its equivalent, at the then current rate of pay, upon presentment to the Firemen and Policemen's Civil Service Commission of a certificate of honorable dis- charge within ninety (90) days after his dis- charge, provided such employee be physically and mentally qualified for reinstatement, and, further, provided his service with the Armed forces began at or about the time he left the Cityvs employment therefor. At the time of his reinstatement he shall receive full senior- ity credit for the time he was absent for military service. If upon termination of such leave of absence, the employee is physically or mentally incapacitated and not qualified to per- form the duties of the position held by the employee at the time of the commencement of such absence, he shall, nevertheless, be eligible for placement in such other position for which he may qualify. No payment for accumulated vaca- tion time or sick leave shall be made upon the granting of such leave of absence, and no ad- ditional credit of either vacation time or sick leave shall accrue during absence; but, the status as of the time of beginning of such leave shall be resumed upon reinstatement." SECTICN II. The fact that the authority granted herein to the Firemen and Policemen's Civil Service Commission is immed- iately necessary for the efficient administration of the claasi- fied Firemen and Policemenss Civil Service in that it is neces- sary and proper at this time for employees and officers of the City to enter military service and it is necessary that certain standards be had and maintained as to such military leave of absence at all times creates a public emergency and imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the day of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency and necessity does exist, requesting that such Charter rule be suspended and that this ordinance be passed finally on the day it is intro- duced and shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED, This the I t ay of 1950. OR R O - c Ok ATTEST r CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI acre ary APPROVED AS TO AL FORM: Ci ` A orney Corpus Christi, Texas 1950 TO THE MMERS OF TFB; CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen- For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore- going ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, 'or at the present meeting of the City Council, Respectfully, �, City of Corpus Christi; Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest Barney Cott Sydney E.'Heradon George L. Lawman The above ordinance was passed by the following votes Leslie 4asserman Jack lleForrest Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lowman 2.837