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Ordinance No . 3103
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3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-1 OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE PERTAINING
TO COUNTY OFFICE HOURS
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5 The Board of supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as
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7 Section 1. Amendment of Butte Count Code Section 2-1. Butte County
8 Code Section 2-1 is amended to read as follows:
9 "Except as otherwise provided by law or by resolution of the Board of
10 Supervisors, County offices shall be open for the transaction of
11 business every day except Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and
12 at such other specifically designated times as may be required by law.
13 Upon consideratzan of the public need, budgetary limitations, staffing
14 levels and the desirability of coordinating the times during which
15 various departments are available to the public, the Board of
16 Supervisors may, by resolution, specify those hours during which
17 individual departments will be open to the public. Absent such a
18 specification, all county offices shall be open for the transaction of
19 business from 8:04 a.m. to 4:44 p.m. on the days previously specified
24 herein."
21 Section 2. Severability.
22 Tf any part of this ordinance shall be held void by a court of
23 competent jurisdiction, such part shall be deemed severable, and the
24 invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this
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26 Section 3. Urgency Findings. The Board of Supervisors hereby finds
27 pursuant to Government Code Section 25123 (d) that it is necessary for
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the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety for
this ordinance to take effect immediately upon its passage. The facts
constituting the urgency are as follows:
The County of Butte just completed a complex series of meetings,
discussions and negotiations dealing with the budgetary crisis
confronting the County due to serious revenue shortages.
Among the various actions taken by the Board of Supervisors was
the action to agree with three employee bargaining units to amend
the existing Memoranda of Understanding between said units and the
County to provide for a reduced work week and to reduce employee
compensation.
The effective date of the reduced work week was the commencement
of the pay period beginning October 23, 1993.
In order to facilitate an orderly implementation of the reduced
work week it is necessary to change the general office hours~of
the county as specified in Butte County Code Section 2-1,
effective commencing with the same pay period.
Section 4. Effective Date and Publication. This Ordinance shall be
and it is hereby declared to be in full force and effect immediately
upon its passage, and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after
its passage, this Ordinance shall be published once with the names of
the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against it in
the Oroville Mercury
a newspaper published in the
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1 County of Butte, State of California.
2 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
3 Butte, State of California, on the 26th day of October , 1993,
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5 AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, McLaughlin, Thomas and Chair Houx
6 NOES : None
7 ABSENT: None
8 NOT VOTING: None ~ /
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RY AN E HOUX, Chair of the
10 Butte C my Baard of Supervisors
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12 ATTEST:
13 JOHN S. BLACKLO
Offic and Cle of the Baard
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