Ordinance No. 2,2247522
ORDINANCE NO. 2224
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL FOR
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE HEAD OF SUCH DEPARTMENT; REPEALING ORDI-
NANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown has established City
service rules to secure and retain employees on the basis of
merit and fitness for the work to be performed; and
WHEREAS, the Personnel Director has been delegated the
responsibility of developing, administering, and interpreting
this City civil service system; and
WHEREAS, Section 22 of the Charter of the City of
Baytown allows Council by ordinance to create offices and
departments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable to formally
create, pursuant to said Charter provision, the Department
of Personnel and the position of Personnel Director; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 2,
"Administration," Article I. In General, by the addition of
two new Sections 6 and 7, which shall read as follows, to-
wit.
Sec. 2 -6. Department of personnel -- Created; personnel
director to be head; appointment.
There is hereby established the department of personnel
for the city. The head of this department shall be the
personnel director.
Sec. 2 -7. Same -- Duties of personnel director.
The personnel director shall be the chief advisor to
the council, to all offices, departments and agencies and to
all officers and employees in personnel matters. It shall
be his duty to perform all services incident to his position
and to serve as director of the city and /or civil service.
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Section 2: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown, is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 8,
"City Civil Service for Firemen and Policemen," Section 8 -1,
Definitions, by providing a new definition of director,
which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Director. The city personnel director.
Section 3: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown, Texas is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter
8, "City Civil Service for Firemen and Policemen," by repealing
Section 8 -10 thereof, and the same shall cease to have force
and effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 4: That the Code of Ordinances hereof is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 8 -10, Director
of firemen's and policemen's civil service, which shall read
as follows, to -wit:
Sec. 8 -10. Director of firemen's and policemen's civil
service.
The city personnel director shall be the director of
firemen's and policemen's civil service.
Section 5: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with the
are hereby repealed; provided, howe-
shall be only to the extent of such
other respects this ordinance shall
ordinances regulating and governing
covered by this ordinance.
terms of this ordinance
ver, that such repeal
inconsistency and in all
be cumulative of other
the subject matter
Section 6: Savings Clause: If any provision, section,
exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance or the application of same to any person
or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be held
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unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this
ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 7: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown this 12th day
of May , 1977.
TOM GENTRY, May
ATTEST:
ZILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NE L R4CHARDSON, City At rney
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