Ord 2012-91ORDINANCE NO. 91
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT AMENDING THE
OPERATIONS CODE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
GENERAL MANAGER AND PROVIDING FOR PERSONNEL RULES AND A
DISTRICT EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
WHEREAS, the Board has appointed a General Manager and does hereby
desire to clarify and expand the authority given to the General Manager to serve as the
District's Personnel Officer; and
WHEREAS, the Board has adopted Personnel Rules to govern the rights and
duties of employees and related matters; and
WHEREAS, the Board has also authorized the General Manager to adopt
Administrative Regulations covering administrative matters; and
WHEREAS, th�Board does hereby desire to ratify the Personnel Rules as set
forth in the attached District Employee Handbook and to provide the General Manager
with further authority to amend the District Handbook or, by Administrative Regulation,
to supplement or interpret the Personnel Rules, provided no significant increase or
decrease in benefits are thereby afforded; and
WHEREAS, the Board does further desire to provide the General Manager with
increased authority to amend the District Employee Handbook or Administrative
Regulations whenever necessary to comply with the law, including changes to the law;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. That Section 3.02.010 of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District Operations
Code is amended to read as follows:
"3.02.010. General Manager. The Board may appoint a General
Manager to plan, manage, and operate the District and to report to the
Board. The General Manager's duties shall also include acting as the
Personnel Officer, whereby he will hire and fire, develop classification
plans, adopt organization charts, and perform other duties related to
personnel matters. Said duties may be more fully set forth in the District's
job description for said position and in any employment contract with said
person which shall be kept with the District's official records."
Section 2. That Section 3.02.060 of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District Operations Code
is amended to read as follows:
"3.02.060. Personnel Rules and Administrative Regulations. The
Board has adopted the Personnel Rules and the District Employee
Handbook incorporating those rules. The General Manager is authorized
to make minor revisions to that Handbook and issue Administrative
Regulations further clarifying those rules provided that no significant
increases or decreases in compensation are made thereby. The General
Manager shall also be authorized to make changes when required by the
law."
Section 3. Should any part, clause or section of this Ordinance be declared by any
Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance
shall nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect and the Board of Directors of
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, hereby declares that
each and every section, clause, provision or part of this Ordnance would have been
adopted and made a part of this Ordinance without the adoption of any other portion
thereof and that the invalidity of any part or provision hereof shall not in any way affect
the validity or enforcement of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance that may stand
on their own.
Section 4. Pursuant to. Health and Safety. Code Sections 6490 and 6491.3, the
District Clerk shall cause this ordinance or a summary thereof to be published in a
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the District according to law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 28r day of JUNF! .1 2012.
SecrCtary
APPROVED AS TO FORM
District Counsel
President
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
f, Scott Carroll, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify that the
above foregoing Ordinance No. 91 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by said
Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 28 day of June 2012
by the following vote:
AYES: President Ooten, Directors Ferryman, Scheafer, Fitzpatrick, and Perry
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this 28 day of June 2012
Clerk ofthe'Costa'T,Vlesa^:Sanitary District
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