SECTION 3. Title 3 (Personnel) is hereby added to the Dixon Municipal Code to read as follows:

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1 SECTION 3. Title 3 (Personnel) is hereby added to the Dixon Municipal Code to read as follows: TITLE 3 PERSONNEL Chapter 3.01 Merit System of Employment Merit System of Employment Effective Date Publication Merit System of Employment A. A merit system of employment is hereby established. The City Council shall adopt personnel rules by resolution to implement this system. The rules shall include: 1. Preparation, installation, revision and maintenance of a position classification plan covering all positions in the City service, including employment standards and qualifications for each class. 2. Preparation, revision and administration of a plan of compensation directly correlated with position classification plan, providing a rate or range of pay for each class. 3. Public announcement of all vacancies, acceptance of applications for employment and preparation and conduct of examinations. 4. Making of provisional and emergency appointments. 5. Evaluation of employees during the probationary period. 6. Transfer, promotion, demotion, reinstatement, disciplinary action, separation and layoff of employees in the City service. 7. Standardization of hours of work, attendance and leave regulations, working conditions and the development of employee morale, welfare and training. 8. The establishment of adequate personnel records. 9. The establishment of grievance and appeal procedures. 7

2 Effective Date This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption Publication The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in the Dixon Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Dixon, within 15 days of its enactment; shall certify to the enactment and publication of this Ordinance, and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the City. Chapter 3.02 Training of Law Enforcement Officers City to Receive State Aid Adherence to State Standards City to Receive State Aid. The City Council declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid from the state under the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 4, of Part 4 of the California Penal Code Adherence to State Standards. The City will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training created pursuant to California Penal Code section and as that section may be amended from time to time. Chapter 3.03 Police Reserve Organization Definitions Created; Composition; Appointment; Control Eligibility for Membership Qualifications and Standards for Membership Members Deemed Public Officers Compensation and Benefits Public Services to be Rendered as Ordered by Chief Preparation Against Perils to Life and Property Enforcement Powers Uniform and Equipment Unlawful Impersonation of a Reserve Officer. 8

3 Dismissal of Reserve Member Return of Certain Equipment Upon Separation Enforcement of Chapter Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: A. Chief shall mean the chief of police of the City, or his or her designee. B. Members shall mean a member of the police reserve. C. Reserve shall mean the police reserve Created; Composition; Appointment; Control. The police reserve is hereby created and established. Such reserve of no more than fifteen men and women, appointed by the Chief of Police, with the concurrence of the City Manager, shall make up such reserve. Rank within such reserve shall consist of one lieutenant and two sergeant positions. The reserve shall be under the direction of the Chief for administrative, operational and technical control Eligibility for Membership. To be eligible for membership in such reserve, each applicant must indicate his or her willingness to serve an average minimum of eight hours per month in the public service, and to abide by; together with those other rules and regulations as the same are contained in the organization objectives of the police department, which are incorporated herein Qualifications and Standards for Membership. The Chief, with approval of the City Manager and the consent of the City Council, shall by rule promulgated by him or her, prescribe the qualifications and standards by which applicants for membership in the reserve shall be governed. Persons possessing such qualifications and conforming to such standards may be appointed to the reserve Members Deemed Public Officers. All persons appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed public officers Compensation and Benefits. 9

4 A. The reserve shall be a voluntary organization, and shall only receive that compensation as may hereinafter be fixed by action of the City Council. B. Members of the police reserve, while acting in such capacity, shall be entitled to those workersman compensation benefits as the same are defined in the California Workers man Compensation Act, under the provisions of Division 4 of the California Labor code of the state, as well as all other benefits, privileges and immunities required to be provided to reserve membersprovided by law Public Services to be Rendered as Ordered by Chief. Members shall perform only such public service as may be ordered by the Chief and it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully resist, delay or obstruct any member in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duties of his or her office Preparation Against Perils to Life and Property. In addition to the duties assigned by the Chief, the reserve is hereby assigned the duty of preparing against the perils to civilian life and property that may be expected to result from attack from or during war or from any disaster that may threaten lives and property in the City Enforcement Powers. In the enforcement of the penal laws of the state, or the penal laws of the City, and in the performance of such other duties as may be designated by the Chief, every duly authorized member while on duty, shall be deemed to have all the powers of a peace officer Uniform and Equipment. The uniform, badge and equipment to be worn and carried by the members, while on duty only, shall be as prescribed by the Chief, and shall conform to the uniform code for the police officers in the City Unlawful Impersonation of a Reserve Officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to impersonate or falsely represent himself or herself to be a member of the reserve, or to wear, use or possess a badge used by the reserve Dismissal of Reserve Member. The Chief, with the concurrence of the City Manager, may dismiss a member from the reserve for just cause without any hearing whatsoever, and each member shall have the right to resign from such reserve at any time Return of Certain Equipment Upon Separation. 10

5 Upon separation from the reserve for any reason, whether dismissal, termination or resignation, the member shall return the badge, identification card and cap shield issued to him or her by the Chief, and the member so returning such items shall not be entitled to any compensation therefore Enforcement of Article. The Chief is hereby authorized, directed and empowered to prepare and promulgate such rules and regulations and any revisions or amendments thereof, as may be in his or her discretion necessary to carry out the express intent of this article;, provided that and such rules and regulations shall first have the approval of the City Manager and the concurrence of the City Council. 11