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RESOLUTION N0. 64-50,:
1 BOARD OF SUPERVTSORS
2 COUNTY 0~' BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
3 RESOLUTION AMENDING PERSONNEL RESOLUTION
No. 625
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S WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte,
6 State of California, has heretofore amended the Code of the County
7 of Butte providing for the addition of the word "demotions', in
8 conjunction with the word "discharge"; and
9 r~IEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the
10 morale of the employees that this provision be made,
11; NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED by the BOARD OF S[TPERVISORS
1.2 of the County of Butte, State of California, that the personnel:
13 resolution No. 625, and the respective sections, be amended as
L4 follows:
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i6 2.2 APPEAL
17~ A written statement by a person who declares in his state-
1$ went his belief that he was discharged ar demoted without reason-
19, able cause.
2Q.: 2.18 REASONABLE CAUSE
21. The condition or conditions existing which may justify the
22 discharge or demotion of any employee. Such conditions for dis-
23 ' charge may;i.nclude but shall not necessarily be limited to un-
24. satisfactory performance, in-subordination, persistent failure to
25 get along with other persons, unauthorized absence from duty,
28 inability to do satisfactory work because of ill health or fraud-
27 ulent employment applications. Such conditions which may justify
2~ involuntary demotion, may include but shall not necessarily be
2..9; limited. tounsatisfactory performance, physical incapability in
30; performing the work, abolishment of the classified position or
3:7; re-classification of the position to a lower classification.
3$; 2.19 REGULAR STATUS
The: status of an employee following the completion of his
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probationary period which entitles him to appeal his discharge or
demotion which he believes was made without reasonable cause.
6.3 APPLICATION 0~' RATES
Employee shall be paid a salary within the monthly range ar
rate or equivalent hourly rate established for the class or posit-
ion to which he has been appointed as provided in the salary
ordinance. No regular employee shall be paid at a lesser rate
than for which he was appointed unless he has been issued a notice
of demotion at least 10 working days in advance, stating the
reason and causes for such reduction.
8.2 STATUS OF NE~nT EMPLOXEES
A new employee shall be on probation during the first six
months of his employment. During this probation period the depart-
ment head shall observe the employee's ability to work. If at the
end of the probation period the department head believes the
employee is doing his work satisfactorily he shall inform the
employee and the personnel director. The employee shall then have
regular status and may enjoy such privileges regarding appeal from
discharge or demotion which are set forth. in ordinance 792 in
section 8.9 of these rules. The status of the `~Telfare Department
employees shall be that which is provided for by this resolution
or by the rules of the Welfare Merit System of the State of Calif-
' ornia.
DEMOTION
An employee may be demoted by a department head only for
reasonable cause. Reasonable cause may include but shall not
necessarily be limited to one or more of the following situation:
1. Unsatisfactory performance
2. Physical incapability to do the work
3. Abolishment of the classified position
4. Reclassification o~ the position to a lower class.
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2 8.7B NOTICE OF DEMOTION
3 Shen a department head believes he has reasonable cause for
4 demoting a regular employee he shall give the employee a written
5 notice of demotion, specifying the reason or reasons for the de-
b motion as well as the wages and duties of the new position. Such
7 notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to the effective date
8 of the demotion. One copy of the .notice shall be given to the
9 employee, one copy to the personnel director, which shall be place
10 in the employee's record. The department head may retain the thin
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12 8.8 APPEALS COMMISSION
13 At the beginning of each fiscal year the Board shall appoint
14 an Appeals Commission of three persons to serve for the fiscal year.
15 Butte Covnty Employees' Association shall nominate one member - The
16 Administrative Council shall nominate a second member - two members
17 so nominated shall in turn nominate a third member. The purpose of
18 the Appeals Commission shall be to hear an appeal from a discharged
19 or demoted employee. If a member of the Appeals Commission is in-
20 volved in a particular appeal he shall be disqualified from parti-
21 cipating in that appeal. In such event, the Board shall appoint a
22 temporary member of the commission to hear the appeal. The nomin-
23 acing process shall be the same as specified in this section.
24 8.9A A~'P :ALS P~20CEDURE
25 Appeal - ~~tithin 20 days after he has received notice of dis-
26 charge or demotion, an employee who has regular status may submit a
27 written appeal to the personnel director. The personnel director
28 shall immediately notify the .appeals commission and schedule a hear
29 ing for the appeal to be heard by the commission within 20 days.
30 The personnel director shall submit to the appeals commission copie
31 of the notice of discharge or notice of demotion and the employees
32 appeal and notify all parties of the time and place of the hearing.
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8.9C FINDINGS AND REPORT
At the conclusion of the hearing the Appeals Commission
shall make an official finding as to whether or not in the opinion
of the Commission the employee was discharged or demoted for
reasonable cause. 'Whether or not the Commission finds there was
reasonable cause for the discharge or demotion, the Commission may
malce any recommendations it believes desirable to the employee and.
or the department head, personnel head, administrative office and
the Board regarding the circumstanceso Such recommendations may
concern any of the following points; eligibility for the future
employment of the employee with the County; reinstatement to the
position from which he was discharged or demoted; suspension of
the employee for a specific period of time, or any other pertinent-
-matter. A copy of the Commissiori''s report shall be given to the
employee, the department head, the personnel director for place-
ment in the employee's file and filed with the Clerk of the Board
as a matter of public record. Any action of "the Appeal Commission
shall be final and not subject to judicial review.
PASSED AND 'ADOPTED by the BOARD OF SUFERVISORS of the
County of Butte, State of California, this 2bth day of May, 1964,
by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Giles, Pryde, Steinegger and Chairman McKillop
DOES : None
ABSENT: Supervisor Alldredge
M LLOF, C airman o t.e
and of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JESSIE ROGERS, County Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
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