62-81 ORDINANCE NO. 62-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH BY
ADDING SECTION 2-26, CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL,
AND ~SETTING FORTH THE FUNCTIONS OF THAT DEPARTMENT; AND
CREATING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL AND PRE-
SCRIBING THE DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED BY SAID DIRECTOR;
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Personnel functions of the City of Delray Beach have
increased to the point that a separate Department is needed; and,
WHEREAS, to complement a Department of Personnel, the position of
Director of Personnel should be created,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACh, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That. Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding
Section 2-26 to read as follows:
Section 2-26 Department of Personnel created and its functions;
Office of Director of Personnel created and duties of office.
(A) Department created; functions of Department.
There shall be and there is hereby established in the City, a
DePartment of Personnel. The functions of that Department are as follows:
(1) Administration of the City health insurance program;
(2) Processing and investigating unemployment compensation
claims, and representing the City at hearings and on
appeals of such claims;
(3) Keeping and updating annually Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission statistics and accounting systems;
preparing annual E.E.O-4 report; and keeping Department
heads apprised of Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-
sion requirements and prohibitions;
(4) Drafting policies for City Manager approval; and giving
explanations and interpretations of policies to em-
ployees and department heads on a daily basis;
(5) Administering City's Workmen's Compensation and injury
benefit programs including processing and investigation
of claims; and monitoring rate of claims;
(6) Attending labor relations negotiation sessions; per-
forming research and gathering statistics; writing
reports, briefs and correspondence; keeping notes on
negotiating sessions and current status of negotations;
(7)' Employment recruiting, screening, interviewing and
testing of applicants, and certifying exhausted eligi-
ble lists, in order to maintain a flow of applicants
into vacant City positions;
(8) Drafting applications for and administering federally
funded personnel programs;
(9) Maintaining the classification and pay plans and con-
ducting studies and evaluation regarding same;
(10) Maintaining personnel files on all employees;
(11) Perfo~ing such other duties as the City Manager from
time to t~e shall require.
(B) Director of Personnel office created; duties.
There shall be and there is hereby established in the City, the
Office of Director of Personnel. The City Manager shall appoint the
Personnel Director who shall be responsible for the perfo~ance of the
duties imposed on the Director by this Section 2-26, which shall include
the supervision of and carrying out of the functions of the Department of
Personnel as set out in Section 2-26(A) above, as well as the perfo~ance
of such other duties as the Ci~ Manager, from time to time, shall require
of the Director.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared
by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validi~ of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof
other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED ~D ~OPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 8th day of September , 1981.
M A Y O~
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
' ~ citY clerk
First Reading August 25, 1981
Second Reading September 8, 1981
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