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~'~ORrDINANCE A1~iTDIlV G ~,
ORDINANCE N0. 12.01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING .ORDINANCE Nt~.12.01 OF THE VILLAGE OF RTCHEIEL.D F~tTITLED;
"AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A POSITION-CLASSIFICA'I`IQV PLAN, A CO~1'EVSATIO~1 PLAN,
A MERIT SYSTEM, AND A BASIC PERSOITNETa POLICY FOR THE VILLAGE OF RICFIFIELD,
MINNESOTA" passed the -26th day of Febuary, 1951, as Subsequently amended.
The Village Council of the Village of Richfield do ordain as follows:
Ordinance No. 12.01 of the Village of Richfield, entitled "An Ordinance to
Establish aPosition-Classification Plan, A CompensatLon Plan, a Merit System,
and a Basic Personnel Policy for the Village of Richfield, Minnesota", passed the
16th day of February, 1951, as subsequen t7.y amended, is hereby amexided in the
fo11ow3.ng respects:
Section 2. of said ordinance is amended to read as follows:
"Section 2. POSITTOVS COWERED BY THE ORDINANCE.
A11 offices and positions in the municipal emplgy, now existing or hereafter
created, shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance, except that:
1. The following offices and positions shall be wholly exempt from the
provisions of this ordinance:
a. Officials elected by the people.
b. Members of boards and commissions.
c. The Village Manager, Village Attorney, director of Finance,
Director of} Public Works, Iai.quor Store Manager, and Health Officer.
2. Those employees who are subject to the Civil Service Statutes and
ordinances shall be exempt form those provisions of this ordinance which
are inconsistent with Civil Services Provisions and law."
.. ~ Section 3. of said ordinance is amended to read as follows:
"Section 3. RECRUITMENT
A11 appointments in the municipal service shall be made according to merit and
fitness.
A. SY EXANiINATI~1
When required by ].aw or by the appointing authority, merit and fitness may
be ascertained by wi~ittsn, oral or other examinations and shall relate to those
matters which w311 test fairly the capacity and fitness of the candidate to
discharge efficiently the dut3.es of the position for which suc]a examinations
are held.
B. WITHOUT EXAMINATI EST
In case of appointment to positions for which ~exarni.nations are not required,
the appointing •authority may appoint any person who appears to meet the- require-
ments listed in the class specifY.cations and whom the appointing authority
deems qualified to perfoxm the duties fo the position
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C. RFLATIQJSHCP TO ETHER PILLAGE PERSaiVNEL AND RESIDENCE.
Wheneeer possible, and with due regard for merit and fulness, the
appointing aut~rity shall avoid the appointment of any person when such
person is related to any elected or appointed officer or employee of
the ~illage,~and shall require that the employeee become and remain
a resident of the village during the period of his employment. Failure
by an employes to become or remaan a resident of the village within
six months after expiration of the probatory period, shall be gx+ounds
for the discharge of such employee."
A person shall be regarded as "related", as used in this paragraph,
if such person is a brother, sis ter, spouse, or the lineal ancestor
or descendant of the prospective employee, or the husband or wife of any
such brother, sister,. ancestor or descendant, or the first cousin or the
spouse of the first cousin of 'the prospective employee.
Sectical 17. Paragraph A. of said ordinance is amended do r®ad as-follows:
~' SECTIQd 17. VACATI(~T LEAVE.
A. 1 MUCH. .
Each provisional, probationary, and- permanent ®mppoyee shall earn
vacation leave a§ follows:
During the first year of full tame service or its equivalent the
employee sha11 earn vacation leave at the rate of one working day per
calendar tenth, with a maximum of one full working week. ,
During the second and every subsequent year of full-tame serviee or
its equivalent, the employee sha7.l receive a vacation leave of tiro full
working weeks, until eomple Lion of fifteen years of 'full time service.
After fifteen years of fu]1 tires servl.ce, or its equivalent the employee
shall receive a vaeat3on leave of three full working weeks during each
year of full time service or its equivalent..
Vacation leave granted probationary employees sha7.1 not be available for
use until satisfactory completion of the initial{not promotional)
probationary patios."
Section 22 of said ordinance is amended to read as follows:
~iSECTION 22. HOLI~gS
Municipal employees, whether working an a full-tame basis, hourly, daily, or
monthly, ~y obsess eight ho7a.days unless such employees are required to be on
regular duty. The eight ho7a.days shall be New Year's , Labor Day, Decoraticn
Day, ~anksgiving Day, Fourth of July, Ar~mista.ce Day, Christmas Day, and either
Lincoln's Birthday or Washington's Birthday, whichever shall be determined by
the Village Manager at the begirming of the calendar year.
When the following Holidays fall. on Sunday, the following Monday shall
be given as a holiday: New Year's Day, Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Christmas
day. _
All employees who are required to be cap duty any holidaye shall either
be given the following day of vacation leave, at the discretion of e
appointing authority."
As passed by the Village Council of the Village of Ri field thi 9
day of R9ec r, 1952. _ ~ ~'
Attest:
P,~~H. HAU .
MANAGER VILLAGE CLERK
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STATE OAF ]!$INN~SOTA ~
COUNTY O'1~ H~NNEFIN
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sworn on oath says:. that he° a w is, and during all the times herein
stated has been the •pulslisher....tand printer....of the newspaper
known as The Rch~&eld-IB~loomington Messenger and has full knowl-
edg~e bf the facts herein s#ated.
That for more than one year immediately prior to the publication
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therein of the printed ... I>. a_ ~ ~,`~, ~ c~".
hereto attached, said newspaper was printe~t and published in the
. L+"nglisli language from its known office of publication within the
Village of ltich~fielil in the County of Hennepin, Mate df Minnesota,
on Thursday o'f each w~eeQc in column and sheet form eijtiivalent in
space to over 450 running inches of single colu!tnn two inches wide; has
been issued from a known dffiae established in said place of pu~blica-
- tion eguipped with Skilled nvorkmen and the necessary material for
preparing and printing; ,the starve; has liad in its makeup not less. than
twenty-five .per cent ,off its news, columns devoted to local news of
interest to said' community at purports to serve, the press work off
which has been dome in its said known office of publication; has eon-
tained general news comments an•d miscellany; has not dupiicated
any other pulbli~cation; has not been entirely made up of patents,
plate anatter and advertisements; has •been cireuAa#ed at and near its
said place df .gubliration to the extent of over 24o copies regularly de-
livered to Paying swbssiribers; has lbeen entered as second class ttnail
• matter in the loccal post oflfice ~ its said .place of publication; that
hh~ere h'as been oa ale in the o~flfice of the- County Auditor of said:
county the a:fifdavit o'f a person having first hand knowledge of the
f'a~cts constituting its qualification as a newspaper for publication of
legal notices; and• that its publishers have coiaiplied with all demands
of said County Auditor for proofs of the said gtaali~ficatian.
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attached as ra part hereof was cut from the columns of said news-
paper; was published therein in the J~nglish language once each
week tor....:...~.....successive weeks; tha# it was first published
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on the.. ~~ .........day of„• "'' :? :....... ~fl ~.-~, cad that the
following is a copy of the lavve¢~ case alphra'bet which is acknowledged
to have beeat the _ size and kind of type used in the publication of
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visions and law."
.'Section 3. of said ordinance is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 3. RECRUITMENT
All appointments in the mu-
nicipal service shall be made ae-
cordiag to merit and fitness.
A. BY E~MINATION
•When required 'by law or by the
appointing authority, merit and
fitness may be ascertained by
written, oral or other examin-
ations and shall relate to those
matters which will test fairly the
~~~~~~~N14~QE A~ME~I~DI~1'G capacity and fitness oP the ~an-
didate 'to discharge efficiently
'~~R~'~~AN~'E ~'0. ~ Z.~~ .the duties of the position for
N ORDINANCE A~MENDINC• which such examinations acre
RDINANCE No. P2.Oi OF THE hold.
- $' QVITHOII°r EXAIViINATION
ILLACxE OF RICHF'I>, ,r.n EN- of appointment to pos.-
In ease
ITLED' `5AN ORDINANCE Tb, ,
itions for which examinations are
STABLISH A POSITION-+GI.~AS- not required, the appointing au-
IFICATION FLAN, A GOMPEN- thority may appoint any Berson
AT'PON P7iAN, A M9pRIT SYS- who appears to meet. the require-
EM, AND A BASIC PERSON- vents listed in .the class specifi-
EQ. .POILPCY FOR THE VIL- cations and whom the appointing
AG•E OF •RICIIFIE7JD; MINNE- authority dooms qualified to per-
OTA" passed the 26th day of fornb th® duties of t'he ,position.
ebuary, 19b'1, as Subsequently 'C. RE!LATIONS~TiP TO 071IiER
mended. VILLAGE FE~R'SONNEL AND
'The Village Council of the Vil- R~SIDEN'CE.
age of Richfield do ordain as .Whenever
possible, and with.
ollows• due regard for merit and fitness,
Ordinance No. 12.01 of the Vil- the appointing authority .shall
age of Richfield, entitled "A.n. avoid the appointment of any per-
idinance to Establish a Posi- son when •such person is related
ion~Classification Plan, A Com- to any elected or appointed of-
ensation Plan, a Merit System, ggcer or employee of the village,
nd a Basic Personnel Policy Par and shall require that the em-
he Village of Richfield, Minns- ployee become and remain a resi-
ota", passed th® 16th day of Feb- ,dent of the village during the per-
ary, 1961, as subseguently a- iod of his employment. Failure
ended, is hereby amended in the by an employee •to become ar re-
ollowing respects: main a resident of t'he village
:Section. 2. of said ordinance is within six months after expira-
mended to read as follows:
" tibn of •the
prolbatory period,.
15ection 2. POSITIONS COV- .shall Abe grounds for the discharge
RD BY 'r~HE ORDINA'NCE' of such employ®®."
All offices and positions in the A person shall be regarded as
unicipai employ, now existing "related", as used in this para-
r hereafter created, shall •be sub- graph, if such person is a brother,
ect to the provisions of this or- "sister, spouse, or the lineal, an-
inanee, except that: castor or descendant of the pros-
1. The following offices and pective employee, or the husband
os~tions shall be .wholly exempt or wife of any such brother, sis-
rom the provisions of this or- ter, ancestor or descendant, or tho
inancec first cousin or the spouse of the
a. Officials sleeted by the peo- gi'rst cousin of the prospective
le. employe®.
b. 'Mem'bers of baarfls and com- Section 17, Paragraph A. of
lesions. said ordinance is amended to read
c. The Village Manager, Vil- as follows:
age. Attorney, Director of ~`in- "SECTION 17. VACATION
anc®, Director of Public Works, LEAVE
iquor Store Manager, and health' A, pow Mneh,
$icer. Each provisional, probationary,
. Those employees who are and permanent employee shall
. ect to the 'Civil Service Stat- earn vacation leave as follows:
\;and ordinances shall b® ex- During the First year of full
Richf fold-Bloomington
Messenger
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THiTRSDAY, JANUARY S, 18.
time service ar its equivalent th
employee shall earn vacation leav
at the rate of one working da
per calendar month, with a max
imam of one full working week.
During the second and eve
subsequent year of full-time ser
vice or its equivalent, the employ
ee s'hall receive a vacation leav
oP .two full working weeks, anti
completion of fifteen years of full
time servic®.
After fifteen years of full tim
service, or its equivalent the em
ployee shall receive a vacation
leave of three full •working weeks
during eac~t~year of full time ser-
vfce or its `equivalent.
Vacation leave granted probe
tionary employees shall not bo
available Yor use until satis4actor
completion of the initial (not
prlomotional) probationary per-
iod."
Section 2:2 of said ordinance is
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 22. R'OiLI'DAYS
Municipal employees, whether
working on a full-time basis,
hourly, daily, or monthly, may ob
serve eight holidays unless such
employees are required .to be on
regular duty. 'The eight holidays
shall be New Year's Day, Labor
Day, D®coration Day, Thanksgiv
ing Day, Fourth of July, Armis-
tice Day, Christmas Day, and ei-
ther Lincoln's $irth$ay or Wash-
ington's Birthday, whichever shall
lbe determined by the Village Man-
ager at the beginning of the cal-
endar year.
When the following_ Holidays
fall on Sunday, the following
Monday shall be given as a h~oli-
~day: New Year's Day, Decoration
Day, Fourth of July, 'Christmas
Day.
All employees who are required
to be on duty any holiday shall
either be given the .following day
day of vacation leave, at the die
as a holiday or given an additional
cretion of the appointing author
ity."
As passed by the Village Coun
cil of the Village of Richfield
this 29 day oP December, 1962.
Attest:
{Paul H. Haugen
Leroy Trafton