HomeMy WebLinkAbout18501&INANCE NO. _ 18- SM 49
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3 A ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE JURISDICTION OF THE
4 LITTLE ROCK CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION; AND FOR
5 OTHER PURPOSES.
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7 WHEREAS, the Little Rock City Council created the Little Rock Civil Service Commission (the
8 "Commission ") by the enactment of Little Rock, Ark. Ordinance No. 5,475 (July 12, 1937) ( "LRO No.
9 5,475'), which applied to non - uniform employees, but excluded members of the Little Rock Police
10 Department ( "LRPD ") and Little Rock Fire Department ( "LRFD "), and
11 WHEREAS, LRO 5,475 was based upon Act 322 of 1937, which provided that it was in the best
12 interest of cities have a population of more than 75,000 to employ and discharge employees according to
13 their merits rather than political expediency, and
14 WHEREAS, the Little Rock City Council adopted LRO No. 7,948 on April 11, 1949, pursuant to
15 the authority of Act 326 of 1949, which abolished the existing civil service commission and replaced it
16 with the current five member commission which has jurisdiction over employees of the LRPD and LRFD,
17 along with the employees covered by the original commission, and
18 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock ( "City") subsequently adopted a policy abrogating the
19 employment at -will doctrine, thereby providing that City employees, with the exception of the City
20 Manager and City Attorney, would be disciplined only with just cause, providing due process for all
21 employees and fulfilling the original intent of creating a civil service commission, and
22 WHEREAS, the current Arkansas statutes addressing civil servants, especially the hiring and
23 promotion of such employees, are more uniquely applicable to sworn employees of the LRPD and LRFD,
24 and have little or no application to non - uniform employees, and
25 WHEREAS, the Arkansas statutes addressing non - uniform civil service systems conflict in many
26 respects with those addressing uniform civil servants, thereby making them difficult to apply, and
27 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors wishes to modify the jurisdiction of the Commission.
28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
29 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
30 Section 1. The Board, recognizing that the non - uniform employees of the City receive
31 complete due process prior to any disciplinary action being taken, hereby finds that the jurisdiction of the
32 current five member Little Rock Civil Service Commission should be limited to the sworn employees of
33 the Little Rock Police Department and Little Rock Fire Department. Any and all other employees
34 heretofore designated as civil servants are no longer so classified, and no longer come within the
35 jurisdiction of the Commission. The responsibility of developing and maintaining hiring, promotion and
36 disciplinary procedures for non - uniform employees is delegated to the City Manager.
I Section 3. Severabilion the event any portion of this ordina6is declared or adjudged to be
2 invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this
3 ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
4 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
5 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which are in conflict with
6 any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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8 ATTEST: _ APPROVED:
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11 N cy Wo d, City Cler& Yin' Dailey, Mayor
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13 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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16 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Atto y
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