G59-09 • Ordinance No. G59-09
AN ORDINANCE
CREATING A LABOR RELATIONS AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
WHEREAS; Section 2.08.080Y of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, provides
that special committees of the City Council may be appointed at any time by the City Council or by
the Mayor to consider any special problem and shall continue until discharged by the appointed
authority; and
WHEREAS,the City of Elgin is a home rule unit pursuant to the Constitution of the State of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS,the City of Elgin,as a home rule unit, may exercise any power and perform any
function pertaining to its government affairs; and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that it is necessary and desirable to provide for
a new City Council committee to be known as the Labor Relations and Personnel Committee; and
WHEREAS,the establishment of a City Council Labor Relations and Personnel Committee
pertains to the government affairs of the city.
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. Labor Relations and Personnel Committee Created.
There is hereby created the Labor Relations and Personnel Committee for the purpose of
evaluating and recommending policies to the City Council regarding labor relations and personnel
issues for the City of Elgin.
Section 2. Membership.
The Labor Relations and Personnel Committee shall be comprised of three (3) members.
One (1)member of the committee shall be the Mayor. Two (2) members of the committee shall be
the two most senior members of the City Council. In the event members of the City Council have
equal seniority with respect to a membership on the committee, the City Council shall determine
which member of the City Council with equal seniority shall be appointed to the committee. The
Mayor shall serve as chairman of the committee.
Section 3. Meetings.
The Labor Relations and Personnel Committee shall meet as soon as practical and shall
establish such meeting dates and times as determined by the committee. The Labor Relations and
• Personnel Committee may establish rules regarding the conduct of meetings and where not otherwise
• provided Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall apply. Minutes shall be taken at all
meetings. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.
Section 4. Staff.
The City Manager,from time to time, in his direction shall make available the services of the
City's professional staff to aid and cooperate with the Labor Relations and Personnel Committee in
carrying out its responsibilities.
Section 5. Powers and Duties.
The Labor Relations and Personnel Committee shall have the power and duty to evaluate and
recommend policies to the City Council regarding labor relations and personnel issues for the City of
Elgin. Any and all reports regarding the activities and recommendations of the committee shall be
provided by the committee to the City Council.
Section 6. Dissolution of Committee.
The Labor Relations and Personnel Committee shall remain in existence until such
time as dissolved by the City Council.
Section 7. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
• of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 8. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage in the manner provided by law.
E Schock, Mayor
Presented: October 28, 2009
Passed: October 28. 2009 ° R
Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 1 , gSFLUt�j�� r
Recorded: October 29, 2009 '
Published:
Attest:
Diane Robertson, City Cle
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