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Board advances personnel ordinance for city administrator amid calls to strengthen protections
Summary
On first reading the Board advanced Ordinance 16-90 to amend how the city administrator is covered by personnel regulations and grievance procedures; members asked staff to incorporate explicit procedural protections (witness interviews, representation, right to face accusers) before second reading.
The Board approved Ordinance 16-90 on its first reading, a measure that would amend the municipal code on the office of city administrator and align the position with the city's personnel regulations and grievance procedures. The vote on first reading carried unanimously, and members directed staff to refine language before the second reading to ensure the city administrator has the same procedural protections available to other employees.
Several aldermen expressed concern that the draft ordinance did not yet include explicit protections for the city administrator in the grievance and disciplinary processes. "If we're going to make the city administrator subject to the personnel regulations, we also need to make him subject to any protections those regulations give him," one alderman said, calling for the ordinance to include rights to call and question witnesses and access to representation. City staff and the city attorney indicated they will amend the ordinance to reflect those protections before the next meeting.
