OR 2000-928 Authorize City Manager to approve, amend, establish and adopt personnel policiesAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2000928
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO DELEGATE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY
MANAGER TO APPROVE, AMEND, ESTABLISH, AND ADOPT POLICIES
PERTAINING TO CITY PERSONNEL AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY
CHARTER; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ARTICLE 15-10 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE NUMBERS 92-540, 93-584, 93-608,
96-744, 98-820, 98-823, AND 98-854; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Article 3, Section 3.08 of the City of Coppell Home Rule Charter
prohibits the City Council from the administration of the day to day City business; and
WHEREAS, Article 4, Section 4.01 of the Home Rule Charter grants the City
Manager the responsibility for the appointment, suspension or removal of city employees
and appointed administrative personnel; and
WHEREAS, Article 4, Section 4.09 establishes a personnel system under the
management for administrative; and
WHEREAS, Article 15-10 of the Code of Ordinances provides for the Employee
Policy and Procedures Handbook, adopted by Ordinance 93-584, designating the same as
a Special Code.
WHEREAS, the Council recognizes the need to establish a flexible and
responsive personnel system; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to delegate to the City Manager the ability to
adopt and approve personnel rules within the limitations of Article 4, Section 4.09; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in the best interest
of the City to grant the City Manager the authority to approve, adopt, and amend policies
pertaining to the personnel of the City within the limitations of Article 4, Section 4.09.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
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SECTION 1. That the City Manager, or his authorized designee, is hereby
delegated and authorized to approve, amend, establish, and adopt policies for the
personnel system of the City of Coppell.
SECTION 2. That in no event shall such delegation violate the prohibition on
expenditure or commitment of public funds.
SECTION 3. That this delegation must provide the minimum requirements as set
forth in Article IV, Section 4.09 of the Home Rule Charter.
SECTION 4. That Article 15-10 of the Coppell Code of Ordinances is hereby
repealed in its entirety and shall be reserved for future use.
SECTION 5. That Ordinance Numbers 92-540, 93-584, 93-608, 96-744, 98-820,
98-823, and 98-854 be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Coppell, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby, repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance
as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to be
unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of
Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 8. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
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DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 26th
day of September, 2000.
APPR ED.
CANDY SHEE~, MAYOR
ATTEST:
APP~~RM: LIBBY BALL, ghI:Y' S~'CRETARY
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