2013/01/08 City Council Resolution 2013-007RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -007
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT OF THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES, AND OF
THE OUTLINE OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, FRINGE
BENEFITS, AND SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT UNIT
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2004 -299 on November 9, 2004,
approving the City's current Personnel Rules and Regulations which presently apply to all
management employees except the City Manager and City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2012 -61 on June 12, 2012, approving
the Outline Of Certain Conditions Of Employment, Fringe Benefits, And Salary Adjustments For
The Management Unit ( "Management Outline ") which presently applies to all management
employees except the City Manager and City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the organizational utility of voluntary at -will
employment at the executive management level, and intends to establish such a category of
employment and will amend the Personnel Rules and Management Outline to reflect the rights
governing the at -will employment relationship; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that incumbent executive management level
employees shall remain in their current employment status subject to the Personnel Rules and
Management Outline, unless the employee voluntarily elects to enter into a mutually acceptable
at -will employment agreement with the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park that it does hereby authorize and approve the following: 1) the amendment of the City's
Personnel Rules and Regulations, Section 1 as shown in the attached "Exhibit A," which is
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, to exempt executive managers entering
into at -will employment agreements with the City from specific provisions of the Personnel
Rules; 2) the amendment of the Management Outline to remove the executive management job
classes of the City (defined as department heads and exempt management employees assigned to
the Office of the City Manager), as the positions become vacant or incumbent employees enter
into at -will employment agreements; and 3) the City Manager to negotiate at -will employment
agreements with incumbent management level employees subject to Council approval and
ratification.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to execute documents pertaining to same for and on behalf of the City of Rohnert Park.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 8th day of January, 2013.
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Exhibit Attached
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EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -007
SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION
A. Purpose - The City Manager, as Personnel Officer for the City or his /her designee, is charged with
the responsibility of the City's personnel practices. In order to establish an equitable and uniform
procedure for dealing with personnel matters and to attract to municipal service the best and most
competent persons available, to assure that appointment and promotions of persons will be based
on merit and fitness and to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees, the
following rules and regulations are established.
B. Coverage - These rules and regulations apply to all offices, all regular full -time employees, regular
part- time employees, and all positions and employments in the service of the City, except;
1. Elective officers in the performance of their elective duties and Members of appointed boards,
commissions and committees.
2. Persons engaged under contract to supply expert, professional, technical or other services.
3. Volunteer personnel, such as volunteer auxiliary firefighters and public safety reserve officers.
4. City Manager and City Attorney.
5. Probationary employees, except as expressly provided herein.
6. Limited Service Personnel (i.e. temporary or seasonal employees employed by the City not more
than six (6) months during the fiscal year for special purposes).
7. Part-time employees paid by the hour or day who do not meet the definition of regular part-time
employees.
C. Executive Management Employee Exemptions
Executive management employees (defined as department heads and exempt management
employees assigned to the Office of the City Manager) who have entered into an at -will employment
agreement with the City are exempt from the following rules and regulations: Section 2 (Pay Plans
and Compensation), Section 4 (In -House Recruitment) Section 5 (Recruitment Process); Section 6
(Separation and Reinstatement) and Section 8 (Disciplinary Action) This group will remain subject
to the remaining Personnel Rules and Regulations.