A CHARTER ORDINANCE AMENDING. SECTIONS 3, 4, 5 and 6 OF CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 8 OF THE CITY OF CANEY, KANSAS, RELATING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF EMPLOYEES, HIRING AND EMPLOYMENT OF NEW EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE HIRING NOMINATION BOARD AND RECOMMENDATION FOR EMPLOYMENT FROM EMPLOYEE HIRING NOMINATION BOARD.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CANEY, KANSAS:
SECTION 1:
Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Charter Ordinance No. 8 of the City of Caney, Kansas,
relating to the Recruitment of Employees, Hiring and Employment of New
Employees, Employee Hiring Nomination Board and Recommendation for Employment
from Employee Hiring Nomination Board is hereby amended as hereafter set forth:
SECTION 3: Recruitment
of Employees.
The following
procedure is hereby adopted by the City Caney, Kansas, for the recruitment of
new employees:
A. The City
Administrator, Mayor or Department Head, as appropriate, shall cause to be
placed advertisements for job applications in four (4) area newspapers: Caney,
Coffeyville, and Independence, Kansas, and Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Newspaper
advertisements for job applications shall include the following:
1. Description of
the job available;
2. List of
required qualifications for any employment position; and
3. Deadline for
application - two (2) weeks from date first advertisement is published.
B. The City
Administrator, Mayor or Department Head, as appropriate, shall contact the
unemployment offices in the four (4) city area.
This Section does
not apply to promotion of current City employees unless the Governing Body doe$
not approve the promotion.
SECTION 4: Hiring
and Employment of New Employees.
The following
procedure is hereby adopted by the City of Caney, Kansas, for the hiring and
employment of new employees.
A. In hiring new
employees, the following general factors, together with any other appropriate
factors not listed, should be considered:
1. Age of
applicant (if of majority age);
2. Work experience
of applicant;
3. Education and
training of applicant;
4. Physical ability
of applicant to perform job functions; and
5. Residence of applicant
(preference may be given to city residents of equal qualifications).
B. With respect to
the following specific types of employment, the prospective employee’s review
and evaluation should include:
1. Law Enforcement
Officers, Emergency Medical Technicians, or Intensive Care Technicians and
Dispatchers; generally:
(a) Department
Head and City Administrator will conduct oral interview;
(b) Department
Head or City Administrator will contact past employers;
(c) Department
Head or City Administrator will complete National Crime Information Center
check for criminal record and obtain prospective employee’s fingerprints.
2. Law Enforcement
Officers:
(a) Must pass the
psychological tests and tests required for entrance to Kansas Law Enforcement
Academy within one (1) year of initial employment;
(b) Must take
entrance examination administered by the Department Head;
3. Emergency
Medical Technicians or Intensive Care Technicians:
(a) Preference
will be given to applicants who are certified by the State of Kansas.
(b) Must take
entrance examination administered by the Department Head.
4. Dispatchers:
(a) Must take
entrance examination administered by the Department Head.
5. Street, Water,
Sewer or Solid Waste Department:
(a) Interview conducted by Department Head
and City Administrator;
(b) Department Head or City Administrator
will check past work record;
(c) Department Head or City Administrator
will check applicant’s working knowledge of all pertinent job functions
6. City Clerk’s Staff:
(a) Department Head and City Administrator
will conduct interview;
(b) Department Head or city Administrator
will check past work record;
(c) Department Head will check applicant’s
office skills.
7. Chief of Police, City Superintendent
and City Clerk: (a) City Administrator and
Mayor will conduct interview;
(b) All other
requirements above set forth in this section for the specific types of
employment above set forth will be considered.
c. After the initial interviews have been
conducted by the Department Head, City Administrator or Mayor, as appropriate, and
the deadline for applications has expired, the City Administrator shall submit
and furnish to the Governing Body the names, employment applications and
personnel files of the three (3) applicants whom the Department Head, City
Administrator or Mayor, as appropriate, consider best qualified for the
position to be filled along with their hiring recommendations.
In the event of
the proposed promotion of a current City employee, the procedure set forth in
this section need not be followed, unless the Governing Body, does not approve
the promotion.
SECTION 5:
Employee Hiring Nomination Board.
This section is
hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: Recommendation for Employment from Employee
Hiring Nomination Board.
This section is
hereby repealed.
(06-03-1996; Repealed by C.O. No. 18a)