Subject: 9653/Amend Code/Art III/Temporary Assignments
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1991 12:15:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9653
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, ARTICLE III, BY ADDING THEREIN A
                   NEW SECTION RELATIVE TO LIMITING TEMPORARY
                   OR INTERIM ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO
                   DEPARTMENT HEAD STATUS TO A NINETY (90) DAY
                   PERIOD, AND RETURNING ALL EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE
                   ENJOYED HIGHER PAY AS A RESULT OF SUCH
                   ARRANGEMENTS TO THEIR FORMER POSITIONS AND
                   COMPENSATION AFTER 90 DAYS.
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Chattanooga requires
       that department heads shall be nominated by the Mayor and
       confirmed by the City Council; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, it is recognized that vacancies occur from time
       to time which require the filling of such positions on a 
temporary
       or interim basis, pending selection and confirmation of a
       permanent appointee; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, it is essential that such temporary assignments
       not become a means of de facto circumvention of the City Charter;
       	    	 SECTION 1.  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
       COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Part II,
       Article III, Chattanooga City Code, be amended by adding thereto 
a
       new section to provide as follows:
            Temporary or interim assignments of employees to
            department head status shall not continue for more than
            90 days and all such employees who have operated above
            their normal pay grade and step shall be returned to
            their normal pay grade and step and shall be returned to
            their regular salary and benefits at the expiration of
            90 days or upon the confirmation of a new department
            head, whichever shall first occur.
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That all employees
       who have enjoyed higher pay as a result of such arrangements for
       more than 90 days as of the effective date of this ordinance 
shall
       be returned after 90 days to their permanent assignments and
       compensation unless confirmed as the permanent department head.
       	    	 SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance
       shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage, as
       required by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading Dec. 17, 1991.	     _/s/______________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:______ DISAPPROVED:______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:________________ _____, 1991.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     _/s/______________________________
       	    	      	   	     	           MAYOR
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