HomeMy WebLinkAbout023691 ORD - 07/13/1999AN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD RULES
AND REGULATIONS, AS AMENDED, ARTICLE III, SECTION 3,
PROBATIONARY PERIOD, REGARDING POSITIONS WITH 12 -
MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD AND EXTENSIONS UP TO
12 MONTHS; AMENDING ARTICLE VI, SECTION 6, AS
AMENDED, REDUCTION IN FORCE, TO SET OUT CRITERIA
FOR SELECTION OF CATEGORIES OF POSITIONS CITYWIDE
FOR DELETION AND SELECTION OF INCUMBENTS BY
SENIORITY AS DEFINED IN BOARD RULES AND
REGULATIONS AND ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS IF
GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS;
AMENDING ARTICLE VII, PERFORMANCE RATINGS, TO
INCORPORATE PROVISIONS OF CITY MANAGER'S
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PLAN POLICY; AND PROVIDE
FOR SEVERANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Civil Service Board Rules and Regulations, as amended, are
hereby amended by amending Article III, Section 3, Probationary Period, to read as
follows:
The probationary period shall be six calendar months of full-time service for full-
time employees, except that full-time Public Safety Dispatcher Trainees and
Aviation Public Safety Officer Trainee job classifications shall have a
probationary period of 12 calendar months. For purposes of this provision only,
any break in service, other than the use of accrued sick leave, shall not be
included in calculating the probationary period. In the situation where the number
of days of breaks in service exceed 45 cumulative working days, calculation of
the probationary period shall begin anew as of the first day of return to work after
the 456 working day missed. In any instance where an employee's probationary
period is unsatisfactory, the department head and the employee may agree prior to
the expiration date of the probationary period, and with the written approval of the
Director of Human Resources, to an extension for an additional period of up to six
months, except that Public Safety Dispatcher Trainee probationary employee
extensions may be up to 12 months to allow for completion of all training
modules. The probationary employee may be evaluated at any time during the
extension.
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SECTION 2: That the Civil Service Board Rules and Regulations, as amended,
are hereby amended by amending Article VI, Section 6, Reduction In Force, to read as
follows:
Whenever the budget adopted by the City Council makes it necessary to reduce
the workforce, such reductions will be based on operational impact. The City
Manager with the advice of the Director of Human Resources may develop
categories of positions within which the reductions in force will be applied on a
citywide basis. The selection of incumbents in those identified position tides will
be based on seniority and on performance evaluations if generally available in all
City departments. For the purpose of this Rule, seniority is defined as continuous
uninterrupted service in a full-time status with the City back to the most recent
hire date. Preferential consideration shall be given to employees affected by
layoffs in the filling of vacancies.
SECTION 3. That the Civil Service Board Rules and Regulations, as amended,
are hereby amended by amending Article VII, Performance Ratings, Sections I, II, and
III, to read as follows:
SECTION 1. Performance Evaluation Policy
Performance evaluation shall be required and conducted in conformance with a City
Policy as directed by the City Manager. The Performance Evaluation Report shall be
filled out in its entirety before being signed by the rated employee. Performance
appraisals, as with letters of counseling or reprimand that are part of a progressive
disciplinary process, are not grievable under the City's in-house grievance process, except
that an employee has the right to submit a written rebuttal on his/her Performance
Evaluation Report to the Director of Human Resources for placement with the completed
Performance Evaluation Report in his/her official personnel file maintained in the Human
Resources Department. A copy of the completed Performance Evaluation Report shall be
provided to each employee for his/her personal records.
SECTION 2. Minimum Performance Evaluation Rating Requirements
A. Probationary employees will be required to be initially evaluated at 3 months and
again before the end of 6 months from date of hire for designated six-month
probationary periods, and quarterly for positions with designated 12 -month
probationary periods. Extension of a probationary period, as provided in Article
III, Section 3, Probationary Period, will require follow-up evaluations each month
of the extended period. More frequent evaluations, as determined by the
department head, may be conducted whenever justified by performance
shortcomings.
Corpus Christi, Texas
'day of , 1999
TO THE MEMS RS OF H
L
E CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists
requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two
regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this
ordinance fmally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
01,
Samuel L. Neal, Jr., May6r
CITY OF CORPUS RISTI
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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