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July 24, 2018
Mayor and City Council
Kevin Crawford, City Manager
Sheila Cobian, City Clerk Services Manager
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Subject: Ordinance No. CS-336 -Amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Section
2.44.020 -Personnel Officer
Recommended Action
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-336 amending Section 2.44.020 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to grant
the City Manager the authority to make revisions to job descriptions for positions not in the
classified service.
Executive Summary /Discussion
Ordinance No. CS-336 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on July 17,
2018. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tern Blackburn, seconded by Council Member M. Schumacher,
the City Council voted 5/0 to introduce the Ordinance. The second reading allows the City Council
to adopt the ordinance which will become effective thirty days after adoption.
Fiscal Analysis
No direct fiscal impact is anticipated as the result of this action.
Next Steps
The City Clerk will have the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance published in a newspaper of
general circulation within fifteen days following adoption of the ordinance.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065, this action does not constitute a "project"
within the meaning of CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in
the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and
therefore, does not require environmental review.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. Ordinance No. CS-336.
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-336
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.44.020 OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL CODE TO GRANT THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO
MAKE REVISIONS TO JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR POSITIONS NOT IN THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.44.020 establishes the city manager as the
personnel officer; and
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.44.020 currently requires all revisions of
the city classification plan be approved by city council; and
WHEREAS, the city council and city manager saw the need to make changes to the
Management Compensation and Benefits Plan, including exempting management classification
revisions from council approval, and voted to make those changes at a public meeting on June
26, 2018;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does ordain as
follows:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.44.020 is amended as follows:
2.44.020 Personnel officer.
The city manager will be the personnel officer. The city manager may delegate any of the powers
and duties conferred upon him or her as personnel officer under this chapter to any other officer
or employee of the city or may recommend that such powers and duties be performed under
contract as provided in Section 2.44.140. The personnel officer will:
A. Administer all provisions of this chapter and of the personnel rules not specifically reserved
to the council;
B. Prepare and recommend to the council revisions and amendments to the personnel rules.
The city attorney will approve the legality of such revisions and amendments prior to their
submission to the council;
C. Prepare or cause to be prepared a position classification plan, including class specifications,
and revisions of the plan. For classifications in the classified service, the plan, and any revisions
Exhibit 1
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thereof, will become effective upon approval by the council; for classifications not in the
classified service, the plan, and any revisions thereof, will become effective upon approval by the
personnel officer.
D. Prepare or cause to be prepared, a plan of compensation, and any subsequent revisions to
it, covering all classifications in the classified service. The plan, and any revisions thereof, will
become effective upon approval by the council;
E. Publish or post notices of examinations for positions in the classified service; receive
applications; conduct and score examinations and certify to the appointing power a list of all
persons eligible for appointment to the appropriate position in the classified service. (Ord. NS-
793 §§ 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 2006; Ord. 1120 § 2, 1970).
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the
City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the
17TH day of :!.!!J.y, 2018, and thereafter.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 24th day of :!.!!J.y, 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
M. Hall, K. Blackburn, M. Schumacher, C. Schumacher, M. Packard.
None.
None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
CELIA A. BREWER, City Attorney 1«J[J/J
MATT HALL, Mayor
(SEAL)
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