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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE PROvIDING FOR TSIE FORMATl'ON AND OPERATION Or'
A. PERSONiTEL COMb1ITTEE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
W13EREAS, the employees of the City of West Memphis need a group
of employee representatives to relate their concerns, ideas and problems
to the P•Sayor and the City Council; ~~nd ~
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NOW, THEI.r.,x.~'0-kE, BE IT O;RDATNFID BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST MEMPHIS , AItiI:ANSAS
Section 1. That there be, a'ad there is hereby, authorized the
formation of a Personnel Committee to be composed of five (5) employees,
Mayor, three (3} Aldermen, ~'i.nance i~:i_rector. , and Personnel Director .
---., ^ection 2. That the five (5'i employee members of the Pcrsonne]_
Committee be e] ected by their. fellow employees for a one (1) yeax tc~•-rm
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from January 1 through Dece.r~ber 31 ~~nd that the five (5) employee members
be elected from the following departments:
Police Depaxtm`~nt 1 member
FirU Departmen% 1 member
Public Works 1 rn::m'oe:°
Utilit.1~ Do;~~:~rt~~aoi~t 1 rlember
All Other De,*~ax-tm.rits 1 member
Section 3. That: thF, three (3} Al derrnen members be appointed by
the 2•Iayor for a one (i} yc~cr tarrn I'rorn January 1 tkirougli I)ecemLar 31
alld tha'~ ri0 Al deY_ft;'Y1 bC` c1YJ~7C~:J_'lt_^d ~'Oi" tW0 (Z) COn5eCl7.t:1'tie terllla.
Section 4. .That the M~Lyor sh4111 be the Chairman of the Personnel
Committee.
Section 5. That tk,e Pei~sc~nnel Committee, have one regulci:c.- meeting
z.ach month with tk~e dai_F~ anc3 t:iznf o:i= thy: .r_egt~:l«~:' rnr:~eting to be set by
th:.~ Committee at it,_, first mew tint{ i.n Jazluary of each year.
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Section 6. What the duties o~: th.~ c:olnrnittee are to di:,c^lose,
rt-:ri.~~w, and ma}>e r.ecommendations tc t.l:e Dlayor, City Counci_l., Department
Heals and employees on i.s.-cucs of cor:cern t_o employees and city
rilc~naQc.lil~Ilt .
Section 7. That all ordinan~^~~~s and parts thereci.f_ in confl.r.t
~` horewi.th are hereby repea]_ed to t}le extent, o E such conflict.
Section 8. It is a.,ce.r_ta.:ined and declared that the- public Peace,
Health and safety of the City of LVest Memphis are jeopardized by the.
e:~,~~loy~e u,irest and lack of communication between the employees and i_'ie
C~_k-~,~ Co1~~lc:i1.. It i.s, th~'rE~Ec,re, dc~r:i.ared that an emergency ex~.sts,
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~fect alld be in force from and a.f.t^r its passage. "
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