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0 R D I N A N C E N O. 147
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 93,
(PERSONNEL POLICIES ORDINANCE) ; AMEND-
ING SECTION I, (E) ENTITLED MEMBERS OF
FAMILY RESTRICTION; AMENDING SECTION VI
(D) ENTITLED PROCEDURE FOR INVOLUNTARY
SEPARATION FOR A CAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS, DULY ASSEMBLED:
SECTION I
The entire portion of Section I, (E) of Friendswood
City Ordinance Number Ninety-three (93) , which in present
form, reads as follows:
["Section I, (E) Members of Family Restriction: No more
than one member of a family shall be employed by the city.
This restriction applies to both permanent and temporary
employment. Members of a family are defined as ; father,
wife, husband, mother, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, first
cousin, or in-laws of any of the aforementioned relatives.
Current employees are exempt from this provision. "] , is
hereby amended as follows :
Section I, (E) Members of Family Restriction; Exception:
No more than one member of a family shall be employed by the
city. This restriction applies to both permanent and tempo«-
rary employment. Members of a family are defined as; father,
wife, husband, mother, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, first
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cousin, or in-laws of any of the aforementioned relatives.
Current employees are exempt from this provision. This �ec-
tion (E) may be suspended by City Council in cases where non-
supervisory personnel are involved.
SECTION II
The entire portion of Section VI (D) of Friendswood
City Ordinance Number Ninety-three (93) , which in present
form reads as follows:
["Section VI , (D) Procedure for Involuntary Separation
for Cause: The employee recommended for separation for cause
will be advised in writing of the nature of the complaint
against him. This written notice shall be signed by the
Mayor, with concurrence of City Council. The employee will
be afforded the opportunity of making a written reply in his
behalf. If employee elects to make a written reply, due
consideration will be given his reply by Council, and upon
Employee ' s request he will be granted a closed hearing. The
Mayor or Department Head may suspend employees without pay
until a decision is made upon his case. " ] is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section VI, (D) Procedure for Involuntary Separation
for Cause: The Mayor and Department Head may complain against,
and suspend any non-supervisory employee with or without pay
after due consideration of a written complaint initiated by
. either the Mayor or the Department Head. If the Mayor and
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Department Head reach a decision that is mutual, the Employee
may then be suspended immediately. If either the Mayor or
Department Head act to suspend on the completed written com�
plaint, the Employee is suspended immediately, with pay, until
the City Council reviews the matter and ta�kes official action.
The suspended city employee may protest the decision or
action of the Mayor and/or Department Head by a written request
to City Council asking a review of such decision or action in a closed
personnel hearing. Such written request must be submitted to the City
Secretary not 7ater than seven days after the employee has been notified
of the action or decision to involuntarily su�end such emplo,yee from
employment by the City of Friendswood. If no such request is submitted�
the suspension shall be considered final termination from the ori,�inal
da te.
Supervisory personnel and/or department heads employed by the City
of Friendswood may be discharqed for cause only by the City Council after
due consideration of such person's case in a closed personnel hearing. A�
such employee, upon written re�uest to the City Council may obtain a
public hearin� before Council at which time he m� offer his case for
continued empl�ment.
PASSED FOR FIRST READING THIS l7th DAY OF June � 1971 .
PASSED FOR SECOND READING THIS lst DAY OF July , 1971 .
PASSE�, APPROVED AND FINALLY ADOPTED THIS 15th DAY OF July , 1971 .
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EDWARD F. STUART, MAYOR,
Friendswood� Texas
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