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BUTTE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. ,729
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A PERSONNEL SYSTEM;
TO REGULATE THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION
AND RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES ON THE BASIS OF MERIT
AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PERSONNEL MERIT SYSTEM.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State
of California, do ordain as follows:
1. TITLE. This ordinance shall be known and may be
cited as the "Merit system ordinance of the County of Butte _"
2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to
regulate the method of. appointment of persons in the employ of
the County of Butte as provided by Section-25300 of the Government
,Code, State of California, and by Article III of the Charter of
the County of Butte, by the establishment of a personnel merit
system to the end that persons shall be appointed, promoted and
retained on the basis of merit.
3. PERSONNEL, RULES. The Bozrd of Supervisors, upon
the passage of this ordinance, shall aaopt a resolution setting
forth the rules for the administration of the merit system.
4. ADMINISTRATION. A Personnel Director shall be
appointed. He will be responsible for the administration of the
merit system. A department head may appeal an action of the
Personnel Office to the Board of Supervisors_ The Personnel
Director shall have authority to appoint such,-employees for
personnel work as may be allowed in the budget and in the salary
ordinance. He shall provide the Board of Supervisors with such
reports and information as the Board may require and shall
establish methods and procedures necessary for the proper
functioning of the merit system in an efficient and economical
(manner.
5. CLASSII'ICATION OF POSITIONS. A11 positions, except
those held by elective officers, shall be included in a class-
ification plan and shall be classified according to duties and
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1 responsibilities in such a way that schedules of compensation may
2 be applied equitably, The number of positions allocated to the
3 various classes of the classification plan shall be set forth
4 in a salary ordinance, Each class shall have a written
S specification defining the class, describing the duties and
g typical tasks related to the position in the class, and setting
ry forth qualifications required of persons appointed to positions
g in the class. The concept of position classification applies
g to the particular work being performed as described in the class
10 specification and does not apply to the employee holding the
11 position, except that an employee may be designated as having
12 the title of the position for the purpose of identifya,ng him,
l3 6. COMPENSATION. A11 classes of positions in the
14 classification plan shall be assigned a sa7.ary range or rate
15 as provided for by a salary ordinance. Employees appointed to
16 positions in the classification plan shall be paid a salary
l7 within the monthly range or rate so provided for in the. salary
18 ordinance and according to the procedures established by the
19 Personnel Resolution.
20 7o APPOINTMENTS.. All appointments to administrative
21 positions shall be made by the Board of Supervisors unless
22 otherwise provided by law. All other appointments to positions
23 in the classified service shall be made by department .heads as
24 provided by the Personnel Resolution.. A department head shall
25 appoint only froze among those persons certified to him by the'
26 Personnel Office as being qualified for appointment to a particular
27 class of positionb except that elective officers may, upon
28 approval by the Board of Supervisors, be entitled to have one
2g position exempt from this requirement. Appointments shall be
30 made in writing on farms prescribed by the Personnel Office.
31 The Personnel Office shall, before approving any appointment,
32 determine that there is a vacancy in an authorized position as
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1 allocated in the salary ordinance, that the work to be performed
2 relates to the concept of the position as described in the class
3 specification, and that the appointee is qualified. A copy of
¢ the approved appointment shall be delivered to the Auditor
5 before payment shall be made to any employee accupying a position
6 in the classified service.
ry 8. STATUS OF EMPLOXEES. Appointive department heads
8 shall hold their positions for a term of office as provided by
9 law or at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors, as the case
10 may be, as set forth in the Personnel Resolution. Except for
11 an employee holding an exempt position as described in Section 7,
12 any other employee appointed to a position in the classified
13 service who successfully completes a probationary period of six
14 months following his appointment shall have regular status. An
15 employee who has regular status, who is promoted to a more
16 responsible position and who successfully completes a probationary
17 period of six months in the new position shall have regular
18 status in the new position„ The status of Welfare Aepartment
19 employees shall be as provided by the Personnel Resolution and by
20 the rules of the Welfare Merit System of the.State of California.
21 9. MERIT ADVANCEMENT. An employee shall receive a
22 merit advancement provided he earns it by satisfactory performance
23 according to the provisions of the Personnel Resolution.
2¢ l0. DISCHARGE. An employee may be discharged only
25 for reasonable cause. When a department head believes reasonable
26 cause exists, he shall give the employee a written notice of
27 discharge, specifying reason or reasons for discharge.
28 11. APPEAL COMMISSION. At the beginning of each
29 fiscal year, the Board of Supervisors shall appoint an appeal
30 commission consisting of three persons to hear any appeal from
31 discharge which may be made by an employee who has regular status.
32 When an appeal is made, the commission shall conduct a hearing.
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At the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall make an
official finding. as to whether or not the employee was discharged
for reasonable caused The appeal commission may make any
(appropriate recommendation it deems advisable. The commission's
finding shall be a matter of public record. Any action of the
appeal commission shall be final and not subject to judicial
review ,
12. SERVICESo The Personnel Office shall provide
such personnel services and assistance to department heads and
employees that will contribute to efficient conduct of the
County's business and to the morale of the county employees,
13, RECORDS. The Personnel Office shall maintain such
records which are necessary for the effective administration of
the personnel program, including a file for each employee which
will be available to the employee and authorized persons at all
reasonable tixneso Any record kept by the Personnel Office may be
destroyed as provided by law.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty {30) days
after its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen {15) days
after its passage, it shall be published with the names of the
members voting for .and against the same, once in a local newspaper
published in the County of Butte, State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California, at the regular meeting
thereof on the 207~h day of November, 1961, by the following vote:
AYESs Supervisors Alldredge, Pittman, Pryde, Steinegger and
Chairman Giles
NOES s None
ABS~T t None
NOT 'V'O'~INGs None II ~~--'
FLO G LEST Chairman of the Board of
H7.IRRTETT „TAMES Supervisors of the .County of Butte,
County G1erk and e~officio State of California
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By ...-
Dep y Clerk
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