36-79 VOID
ORDINANCE NO. 36-79
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 PER-
SONNEL, AND SETTING FORTH THE FUNCTIONS OF THAT DE-
PARTMENT; AND CREATING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF
PERSONNEL AND PRESCRIBING 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 Opportunity
Commission statistics and accounting systems; preparing annual E.E.O-4
report; and keeping Department heads apprised of Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission requirements and prohibitions;
(4) Drafing policies for City Manager approval; and giving
explanations and interpretations of policies to employees 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; performing
research and gathering statistics; writing reports, briefs and corre-
spondence; keeping notes on negotiating sessions and current status of
negotiations;
(7) Employment recruiting, screening, interviewing and testing
of applicants, and certifying exhausted eligible lists, in order to
maintain a flow of applicants into vacant City positions;
(8) Applying for and administering federally funded personnel
programs;
(9) Classification, evaluation and reclassification of jobs;
(10) Maintaining personnel files on all employees;
(11) Performing such other duties as the City Manager from time
to time 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 performance 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 per-
formance of such other duties as the Ci. ty 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 de-
clared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity 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 AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the ~ day of , 1979.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
First Reading
Second Reading
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