18-05 Create Dept of Human Resources & Position of Director

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PLAÇED ON 1 ST READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 3/7/05. PLACED ON 2ND READING 3/21/05. ORDINANCE NO. 18-05 BY: Cö:crigan~ J;)e;mro~. DevEr~> Dunn, FitzGerald, Màiigan', séèÎ1Er:"" ;~:;«:'~ AN ORDINANCE creating the Department of Human Resources and position of Director of Human Resources. WHEREAS, Council is authorized by Article IV, Section 1 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood to create departments of the City as the public service may require; and WHEREAS, the demands upon the City and its Administration to successfully manage and lead the City's employees have increased both in volume and sophistication, including: mandated City-wide programs for workers' compensation, public employment retirement, and workplace environment and safety; labor negotiations and labor contract administration with multiple unions organized under OhiO's public employee collective bargaining law; and increasingly difficult efforts to control the cost of hospitalization, employee assistance, and related employment benefits; and WHEREAS, the expectation of Lakewood taxpayers to have their elected officials be accountable for efficient, responsive, and cost-effective management of the City's employees, and the recent recognition of a new administrative employees unit of American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union, accentuate the need for direct responsibiiity for the management of employment issues under an executive head, who shouid be appointed with the approval of Council; anC'J WHEREAS, the economic and fiscal pressures upon municipal government have made improving the efficiency and productivity of current municipal employees through increased training and better use of technology, rather than expanding the size of the workforce, an immensely important priority for both the Council and the Administration; WHEREAS, the creation of the Department of Human Resources with a Director of Human Resources will facilitate the formalization of methods and practicès for training City Employees to improve productivity and efficiency and maximize the advantages of new technology; Now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Department of Human Resources is hereby established. Section 2. That the position of Director of Human Resources is hereby established. The Director of Human Resources shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of Council and may be removed by the Mayor. The Director shall be in chargè of the Department of Human Resources; shall make rules and regulations for the government of the Department and shall employ personnel and engage in programs as alloWed by ordinance, statute and the budget approved by Council.