The Two Rivers City Council adopted a resolution amending the city’s personnel manual to refine which positions are subject to a 15-mile residency requirement. The change is intended to align city policy with 2013 state legislation in the biennial budget that limited municipal authority to require employee residency to certain emergency-response functions.

Under the revised policy the city manager, public-works and utilities operations staff (including wastewater and water-plant operators), streets personnel, parks and facility maintenance staff, and line and electrical utility workers remain subject to the 15-mile residency requirement because their roles include emergency response responsibilities. The information-technology director and police assistant chief were also retained in categories subject to the requirement to ensure support for emergency systems and command continuity.

The revision explicitly removes or clarifies that several administrative and clerical positions — examples cited include finance, city clerk, library director, tourism director, and parks-and-rec programming staff — are not subject to the residency mandate. City labor counsel reviewed the language and the personnel-and-finance committee recommended the amendment.

City officials said the amendment is not expected to force current employees to move; rather it narrows and clarifies who the city can lawfully require to live within 15 miles because the 2013 state provision does not define ‘‘emergency response’’ and the municipal policy had previously used broader language to cover many department heads and staff.