Ordinance - 2478ORDINANCE NO. 2478
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
2-236 (EXEMPT POSITIONS) OF DIVISION 3 (PERSONNEL
SYSTEM) OF ARTICLE V (EMPLOYEES) OF CHAPTER 2
(ADMINISTRATION) OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, Section 2-236 (Exempt positions) of Division 3 (Personnel System) of
Article V (Employees) of Chapter 2 (Administration) ofthe West Covina Municipal Code provides
that the provisions of Division 3, the classification and salary resolution and the personnel rules
shall apply to all offices, employments, and positions in the City except for those specified within
Section 2-236; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend Section 2-236 to add additional exempt positions
in connection with the City's establishment ofa local health department and to remove positions
that are no longer applicable; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites prior to the adoption ofthis Ordinance have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment to Article V of Chapter 2. Section 2-236 (Exempt positions)
of Division 3 (Personnel System) of Article V (Employees) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the
West Covina Municipal Code to is hereby amended to read as follows:
See. 2-236. —Exempt positions.
The provisions ofthis division, the classification and salary resolution and the personnel rules shall
apply to all offices, employments and positions in the service ofthe city except the following:
(a) Elective offices;
(b) Members of appointive boards, commissions and committees;
(c) City manager and assistant city manager;
(d) City attorney;
(e) Building and safety director;
(f) Controller;
(g) City engineer and assistant city engineer;
(h) Public health director;
(i) Administrative accountant, administrative assistant, administrative analyst, administrative
analyst (Jr.) and administrative clerk;
(j) Personnel officer;
(k) Public services director;
(1) Administrative secretary;
(m)Police chief and deputy police chief,
(n) Cadets (police department);
(o) Fire chief,
(p) Planning director and assistant planning director;
(q) Communications director;
(r) Recreation and parks director and assistant recreation and parks director;
(s) Special services officer;
(t) Street maintenance superintendent;
(u) Persons engaged under contract to supply expert, professional, or technical services for a
definite period of time;
(v) Volunteer personnel who receive no regular compensation from the city;
(w) Any new position hereafter created ofthe department head, assistant department bead, or
staff level, if it is specified as exempt by the city council at the time of creation;
(x) Regular city officers and employees who are assigned to perform duties for the West
Covina Successor Agency.
SECTION 2. Environmental Compliance. The City Council hereby finds that it can be
seen with certainty that there is no possibility the adoption and implementation ofthis Ordinance
may have a significant effect on the environment. The Ordinance is therefore exempt from the
environmental review requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to
Section 15061(b)(3) of Title 14 ofthe California Code of Regulations.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity ofthe remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council ofthe City of West Covina hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its
final passage.
SECTION 5. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or posted in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the 6th day of April, 2021.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
Thomas P. Duaffe
City Attorney
ATTEST
Lisa ick
Ass' nt City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK ofthe City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2478 was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 16th day of March, 2021, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 6th day of April, 2021, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Castellanos, Diaz, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES: Tabatabai
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
L' Sherrick
As istant City Clerk