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10 -12 -2004
ORDINANCE NO. 7217
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE VI OF THE PUEBLO
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ELIGIBLE LIST FOR ENTRY LEVEL FIREFIGHTERS
WHEREAS, the Fire Recruitment Committee, Fire Chief and the Human Resources Director
recommend that the following modification to the certification of names on the entry level firefighter
list will best meet the needs of the Fire Department and the City,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
(brackets indicate matter deleted, underscoring indicates matter added)
SECTION 1
Paragraph a of Subsection (6), Section 6, Chapter 8 of Title VI of the Pueblo Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
The Director shall forward a copy of the appropriate class specification to the Civil Service
Commission, with a request for certification of the names of the five (5) highest- ranking
persons on the appropriate eligible list except for entry level firefighters which will be a
request for the certification of the names of the twenty (20) highest - ranking persons on the
eligible list
SECTION 2
Paragraph a of Subsection (6), Section 6, Chapter 8 of Title VI of the Pueblo Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
If less than five (5) names appear on an eligible list, or twenty (20) names on the entry level
firefighter eligible list, the City Manager may either request that the Commission establish a
new eligible list, or may accept a certification of less than five (5) names or twenty (20)
names in the case of entry level firefighter
SECTION 3
Subsection (8) of Section 6 of Chapter 8 of Title VI of the Pueblo Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of Subsection (6) above, any vacancy in a position in a class
included in the other classified employees bargaining unit which is not filled by one (1) of
the methods set out in Subsections (1) through (4) above shall be subject to the Rule of
Three procedure set out in Subsection (5) above rather than the Rule of Five or Rule of
Twenty procedures set out in Subsection (6) above, unless otherwise provided in the
collective bargaining agreement covering the other classified employees.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2005 and shall be automatically
repealed effective January 1, 2008, and such repeal shall reinstate the sections of the Pueblo
Municipal Code amended hereby as the same existing prior to the effective date of this Ordinance.
INTRODUCED September 27, 2004
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Michael Occhiato
Councilperson
PASSED AND APPROVED October 12, 2004
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Background Paper for Proposed
ORDINANCE
AGENDA ITEM # If i5
DATE: September 27, 2004
DEPARTMENTS: HUMAN RESOURCES — DIRECTOR BETH VEGA
FIRE — CHIEF GREG MILLER
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE VI OF THE
PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ELIGIBLE LIST FOR ENTRY LEVEL
FIREFIGHTERS
ISSUE
Should the number of eligibles certified from the Firefighter entry-level eligibility
list be changed from five (5) to twenty (20).
RECOMMENDATION
The Ordinance be approved
BACKGROUND
Due to the anticipated retirements in the Fire Department, we are expecting that
we will need to hire 25 or more entry-level firefighters in 2006 and 2007. The
Human Resources Director and the Fire Chief found it necessary to take
aggressive recruitment initiatives to target our local population. Among these
initiatives was the formation of a Fire Recruitment Committee made up of
Community Leaders, City employees, Civil Service Commission members and
union officials. Our current rules allow the certification of the top five (5) persons
on the Civil Service List. It is recommended that this number be increased to
twenty (20) to add the ability to look at a larger pool of qualified applicants.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None, this ordinance only changes the number of certified names that Human
Resources will receive from the Civil Service Commission.