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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969 Ordinance No. 026I 'I Introduced •• a Bill by councilman Parkinaon. BY AU'l'BORITY ORDillAllCB RO. 26, SBRIBS OP 1969 All ORDIDRCB RBPBALDIG SBC'l'IOBS 6.1 THROUGH ARD INCLUDING 6.6-15, 6.7-7 '1'BIOUOll Alm DICLUDillG 6.7-9, 6.7-29 ARD 6.7-30 OF '1'BB llUBICIPAL CCJDB OP '1'BB CITY OP B&GLBllOm>, 'J.'OGB!'BBR WITH MY Oi&BR ORDDIAllCBS DICOBSISTD'l' BBRBWI'l'B, Alm ADDDG 'l'O CBAP'l'BR 6 OP '1'BB Mlm!CIPAL CQDB OP '1'llB CITY OP mGLBllOCI> llBW SBC'l'IOBS 6.1-1 ; I .• I~·; Alm !9CLUDillG 6. 3-9 'l'O PROVIDB POR 'l'BB BS'l'ABLISBMBRT Alm Amll•IftM'fIC. OP A CARDR SBRVICB SYS'l'Bll, ARD '1'0 PROVIDB FOR 'fllB APIODllllml OP A PBRSCllMBL DIRBC!'OR, RBCORDDG SBCRB'l'ARY ARD O'i'BD DCBSIARY CLBRICAL mlPLOYDS BY '1'BB CI'l'Y MAllAGBR TO AID THE BOARD OP CAUBR SDVICB CQlllISSIOBBRS D TBB PBRPORMABCB OF THEIR DU'nBS AllD RBSPOmlIBILl'l'IBS BBRBUBDBR ARD '1'0 PBRPORM SUCH OTHER DU'fIBS A8 ARB .or lmSJ8'fBW'l' '1'BBRBlfI'l'B. BB I'l' ORDAJllBD BY 'l'BB CITY COUllCIL OP '1'HB CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORAD01 !fttion 1. Section 6.1 through and including Section 6.6-15, Sec~on 6.7-7 through and including Section 6.7-9, Section 6.7-29 and Section 6.7-30 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bngl...aod, t09ether with any Ordinance• inconaistent with the pro- viaion• of section 2 hereof, are hereby repealed. Section 2. Chapter 6 of the Municipal Code of the City of BnglevoOd la hereby -ended by the addition thereto of new Section• 6.1-1 through and including 6.3-9, which shall read as followaa •16.l JIUnicipal .. ploYl!ent Adminiatration 16.1-1 iarftr Service ~d. There i• hereby created a Boar o car .. r serVCe COllllliaaioners, here- after referred to•• the •aoard,• which •aid Board shall conaiat of thr .. qualified elector•, ayapathetic with the intent and pgrpoaea aet forth in Article XV of the City Charter. One =caber of aaid Board •hall be appointed by the Council for a term of two years, begin- ning June 1, 1959: one IDellber for a term of four years, beginning June 1, 1959: and one amber for a term of aix yeara, beginning June 1, 1959. Thereafter, each CGlllU.aaioner •hall be appointed for a term of six years. M911bera of the Board •hall hold no other appointive or elective aunicipal office during their tenure on such Board. 'l'hey ahall receive auch cmapenaation and/or reillbur•-ent for expen•e• a• may be determined f rOID tille to tiae by the Council. · 16.1-2 Re•en•ibilitf of career Service Board. !'he Board •hall ~general y reaponalbie for the adminis- tration of the career service ayatem of the City of Bngl.wood, a• the amne is eatabliahed by the provisions of thi• Chapter 6, and •hall perform auch duties as may now, or hereafter, be ilapoaed upon th .. by the Charter or any ordinance. 'l'he Board •hall have the authority to adopt neceaaary rule• and regulation•, not inconsistent with th• proviaiona of thi• Chapter 6, •• may be neceasary or appropriate to adlliniater aaid ayatem·or to carry out it• reaponaibilitiea and duti•• iapoaed thereby. 16.1-3 Peraonnel Director. (a) '!'he City Manager shall, after consultation with the Board, appoint, auapend, remove and tranafer, an .-ploy .. of the City a• Peraonnel Director who •hall, for purpoaea of Section 138 of the Charter and 16.2-1 of thi• COde, be conaidered to be a department head. (b) 'l'he Peraonnel Director •hall give such aid and •••iatance to the Board, in the performance of its reaponaibiliti•• and dutiea, •• may be neceaaary, including, without lillitation1 (1) Generally auperviaing all other employees deaignated by the City Manager to render clerical and general office assistance to the Board: . (2) Preparing and rec0111Dending to the Board all neceaaary rule• and regulations to carry out the provision• of this Chapter 6: .. (3) Interpreting and enforcing, subject to review by the Board, all such rules and regulationa1 (4) Aaaiating the appointing authority all department• of the City, and the Board in eatabliahing qualifications for poaitiona with the City, preparing and holding exlllllinationa and passing upon the qualification• of applicants, establishing eligibility liata and certifying eligible applicant• to the appointing authority to fill vacancie•1 (5) Preparing for the approval of the Board a poaition claaaification plan with apecificationa, and revisions thereof when neceaaary1 performing position audit• and reco111Dending to the Board the allocation or reallocation of all poaitiona to claaaea within the classi- fication1 (6) Batabliahing and maintaining a file of all career aervice employee• and such recorda, form8 and procedures as neces- aary to facilitate peraonnel transactions: 9 (7) Collecting peraonnel data, relating to wagea, from throughout the Denver metro- politan area, comparing the same with the preaently effective pay plan for City .. ployeea and, baaed thereupon, recom- mending to the Board an annual pay plan for aubllliaaion to City council: (8) Performing auch other duties as may be neceaaary to impl ... nt the career service ayat-. (c) In addition, the Peraonnel Director shall, under the auperviaion of the City Managers (1) Recaaaend and adminiater an employee in- aervice training program: (2) RecOlllllend and adminiater an employee aafety proqram1 (3) Conault with .. ployeea on matters relating to .. ployee probl .. a or ccmplaints which cannot be reaolved within any department and report thereupon to the City Manager: (4) Accumulate peraonnel data relating to employee benefit• of municipal employees in the Denver metropolitan area and report thereupon both to the Board and to the City llanager1 (5) Carry out auch other aaaiqnments, not inconaiatent with the foregoing, which he may be delegated, from time to time, by the City Manager. 16.1-4 Recording Secretary. In accordance with Section 53 of the Charter, the city Manager ahall designate a recording aecretary for the Board, who ahall keep a record of all proceeding• before the Board. 16.1-5 Other Clerical Aaaiatance. The City Manager -y, frcm time to t&e, upon recc: endatlon of the Board, designate auch other and further .. ployeea of the City to aid the Board in the performance of neceaaary clerical and general office work. 16.2 CarHr Service Syatem 16.2-1 Applicability and Purpoae. The provisions of 116.2-1 through 6.2-11 •hall be known aa the "Career Service System of the City of Bnglewood" and ahall apply to all employee• of the City (hereinafter called "claaaified .. ploy•••") except all elective officer•, all appointee• of Council, all department heada, one confidential aecretary in the office of the City Manager, and at th• option of any head of a departaent, Board or COlllDiaaion, one confidential secretary in the office of each department, Board or CCllllU.aaion. 'fh• Board i• hereby charged with the adminiatration of aaid ayat .. and, in interpreting the proviaiona hereof, aaid Board, and all other .. ployeea or officer• of the City, ahall ever be cognisant of the principle that appointment to municipal aervice abould be baaed upon qualification and aerit and thatt.rmination of auch 911ployment ahould only be for good cause. I I I I I I 16.2-2 •on-Dimcriaiation. ..ither th• City of B09l.wood nor any officer or maployee thereof, •hall diacrillinate again•t any applicant for .. pl~ent, or any .. ployee, in •electing applicant• for .. ployment or in prC110ti09, laying off or teraiating any .. ployee, baaed upon the race, creed, color or political affiliation of auch applicant or .. ploy ... 16.2-3 Job Cl•••ifiqatiop '}ft· 'fh• Board •hall aurvey the job dUtlea and reapon• liti•• of each cla••ified po•ition with th• City, and •hall, ba•ed upon •uch •urvey, a••ign each •uch po•ition to a job cl•••, to th• end that all poaition• within the City which involve 8Ub•tantially the .... kind and level of duti•• and r••pon•ibiliti•• •hall be •••igned to the ••• job cla••, •hall bear the •-d••criptive title, and 8hall be •ubject to the ... e qualification requir ... nta, the •aae teat of coapetence and the aame pay 9rade. '!he initial cla••ification plan •hall be revi•ed by the Board frcm till• to tiae •• chan9ing conditiona require, upon reccarendation of the appointing authority. Such revi•ion• .. y con•i•t of the addition, aboliahaent, conaolidation, diviaion, or amendment of exi•tiDCJ cl•••••· . 16.2-4 .. Plefint St~dard•. 'fhe eligibility of applicant• for or(jlial .. i)oyaent •hall be determined by open, fr .. and cClllpetitive examination• a• to fitness for .. ployaent ca; en•urate with the cla••ification of the po•ition. Bligibility li•t• for each class as here- inafter defined •hall be ••t up in the order of final acore•, includi09 veteran'• preference credits, but in no event •hall a veteran'• perference be credited to the acore of an applicant who fail• in an examination without auch credit. 16.2-5 Probationary tfpointaent. Whenever a vacant po•itlon l• to be filled, e top three name• on the proper eligibility li•t 8hall be •ublllitted to the appoint- ing authority for the •election of one applicant to serve a probationary period of not le•• than •ix months nor more than one year. The original probationary period •hall be fixed by the Board. Such initial probationary period may be extended by the •aid Board only upon written requeat frcm the appointin9 authority atating the reaaon• for nch reqae•t. At any tiae during the probationary period, the .. ployee may be dimni••ed or returned to hi• foraer •tatu• by the appointing authority with the approval of the Board. After satis- factory ccmpletion of the probationary period, the .-ploy .. 8hall be given permanent •tatu•. Pending the ••tllbli•hllent of an applicllble eligibility li•t, temporary appointllent• .. y be .. d• by the appointing authority with the approval of the Board. 16.2-6 PrCIDOtiona. Ccmpetitive examination• for poaitlon• above the entrance level •hall be open to other City .. ploy-•, and the final •core of each applicant 8hall include appropriate con•ideration• of the applicant's qualification•, record of performance, and •eniority with the City, and •hall include the veteran'• preference credit. The recla••ification of a po•ition occupied by a permanent .. ployee •hall not be con•idered aa a pro- motion. 16.2-7 Statu• of Pre•ent .. plovee•. Bach present full tli8 regular •ployee of the city who had on December 19, 1959, at lea•t one year'• •atiafactory employment, except tho•• excluded frcm the career service system, •hall be conaidered a• havi09 permanent status without further examination. 16.2-8 T!ftur•. The tenure of every employee after gaining per11anent •tatu• •hall be conditioned on good behavior and the •ati•faotory performance of his duties. A •igned notice of re•igoation or retirmnent may be with- drawn by the •igner at any time within three days following the effective date indicated in the notice. An employee aay be t .. porarily •eparated f rClil employment by layoff or leave of ab•ence or •u•penaion, or he may be demoted to · a lower claa•ification, or he may be permanently separated by dimai••al, any or all upon directive of the appointing authority and with condition• aa hereinafter provided for in thi• chapter. 266 16.2-9 La~. Whenever there ia lack of work or lack of fund• r ring reduction• in the number of employ- •••, the appointing authority •hall deaignate the orqani- sation unit and cla•••• in which the layoff is to be aade. Upon auch detezaination, the required number of .. ployeea in the affected unit and claaa •hall be placed on a re-.. ployaent liat or tranaferred by the appointinq authority, each in the order of hi• relative lenqth and quality of aervice aa ahown by the peraonnel records, with the approval of the Board. 16.2-10 ae-.. ployaent. (a) Any permanent .. ploy .. in a claaaified position and while in CJOOd atanding, and upon recoaaendation of th• appointing authority and approval by the Board, may for apecific purpoaea be granted a leave of absence with- out pay for a period not to exceed two years. Inmediately after auch grant, he •hall be placed on a re-employment li•t for hi• claaaification. (b) Por 'a period not to exceed two years after accepting an appointment frcm a cla••ified position to an unclaaaified poaition in the city aervice, an employee ahall be placed and continued on the re-employment list for hi• claaaification. (c) Whenever a vacancy within any classification ahall occur, the poaition ahall be offered first to any peraon who ia on the re-.. ployaent list for such classi- fication by virtue of paragraph (b) of this section, and if not accepted by hia, the poaition •hall be offered to any other peraona on the re-.. ployaent list for such claaaification in the order of their placement on the liat. (d) Pozaer .. ployeea of the claasif ied service who reaign f rClll permanent atatua while in good standinq may aake written application for re-.. ployaent in his previous claaaification within two year• of the date of resiqnation under the following conditiona1 (1) Written application muat be receive~ by the City prior to the expiration of two years from the date of resignation: (2) The department head and the appointinq authority •hall make such reconmendations to the Board for re-employment as in their diacretion they deem appropriate: (3) The applicant muat po••••• special qualification• for the poaition, or make a ahowing that hi• or her re-employment would materially benefit the City: and (4) ae-.. ployaent •hall be made thereafter only with the approval of the Board after auch examination and other conditions as the Board de .. • neceaaary. 16.2-11 Diaciplinary Action and Appeals. (a) Any .. ployee having permanent atatua may be dialliaaed, de110ted or auapended by the appointing authority upon filing with the Board and aerving personally or by certified .. il addreaaed to hi• laat known record address upon the .. ployee a written atat ... nt of the causei:>r such action, which cauae ahall relate to the performance of dutiea, peraonal conduct, or any factor• detrimental to the City. (b) Within three working day• after the receipt of the aforeaaid atat ... nt, the Board ahall notify the .. ployee by certified .. il of hi• right to file a written reply with the Board. (c) If the .. ployee fail• to file with the Board auch a written reply within five working days after mailing of the Board'• notice of hi• right to do so, the action of the appointing authority ahall be final, and in the caae of diaaiaaal, the Board •hall declare the poaition vacant. I I I I I (d) ·If the maployee file• auch written reply with the Board within the aaid time limit, the Board •hall set a hearing to be held within thirty daya of the filing of auc:h reply. At aaid heariDCJ the .. ployee •hall be entitled to repreaentation of hi• own chooaing at his own expenae. (e) 'fhe Board, in the conduct of a hearing, may require any .. ployee of the City to teatify and may require any City officer to preaent pertinent records of hi• office. } (f) Within five working day• of the conclusion of aaid hearing, the Board •hall make it• findings a .. tter of record affirming, modifying or reversing the action of the appointing authority. The appointing authority •hall imnediately execute the findings of the Board. 16.3 Cc:apenaation of BIDployeea. 16.3-1 Salaries of Council Appointees. The City Manager, the Municipal Judge, the Municipal Court Clerk, the City Attorney and the Assistant City Attorney shall receive such annual salaries as shall be fixed by the council from tiae to time by motion or resolution, pay- able in equal semi-monthly installments. The City Attorney, Aaaiatant City Attorney or Attorneys, special counael and apecial water consultant shall receive such other and further compensation from time to time for apecial aervicea a• the City Council may determine and allow. •6.3-2 Salariea for Ron-Claaaified Bmployees. 'fhe monthly aalary or wage for each non-classlf ied .. ployee ahall be eatabliahed by the City Manager and ahall be reflected in proper form in the annual budget. In eatabliahing auch aalaries or wages, the City Manager ahall give conaideration to the necessary qualifications, dutiea and reaponaibilitiea of each position for which he eatabli•h•• auc:h a aalary or wage and shall attempt, inaofar a• poaaible, to make auch salary or waqe con- aiatent with the aalary or wage established for similar poaition• within the claaaified service. 16.3-3 Salarie• for Claaaified Bmployees. (a) 'l'he Board shall annually before May lat recan- mend for approval by Council, in whole or in part, a pay plan of aufficient grade• and ranges so as to reflect fairly the differences in the duties, responsibilities and qualification requir .. ent• between classes. All cla•••• in the claaaification plan shall be assigned to proper grade• in the pay plan with due regard to departmental organization. 'l'he plan recamnended by the Board to Council shall include a formula for pay increases within range• of the pay plan on the basis of lenqth and quality of aervice. (b) Upon receipt of the .... by Council, Council •hall conaider the .... and ahall finally adopt a pay plan for the next ensuing fiscal year by written reaolution, utilizing the grade• and achedules set forth in 16.3-5. (c) (1) Bffective on and after December 1, 1968, the classified position• of the Police Departaent are hereby reclassified within th• salary and wage achedule set forth in Section 6.3-4 of this Chapter •• followa1 Rank Patrolman, 4th Cla•• Patrolman, 3rd Cl••• Patrolman, 2nd Cl••• Patrolllan, lat Cla•• Detective Sergeant Lieutenant Captain A••i•tant Chief Grade and Proqr•••ion 21A 21D 21P 22P 24P 251' 26P 27P 291' 268 GRADB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 as 26 27 28 29 (a) Subject to the provisions of 16.7-31, the rank of each Patrolman presently .. ployed in the Department as well as the rank of each Patrolman who in the future may join the Department shall henceforth be determined by hi• period of service in the Department aa follows: Period of Service Rank O to 12 mo. 12 to 24 mo. 24 to 36 mo. 36 mo. or more Patrolman, 4th Class Patrolman, 3rd Class Patrolllan, 2nd Class Patr611iaa~, .lat' Class The rank of the remaining employees of the Department will continue to be determined a• •et forth elsewh•re in this Code. 16.3-4 Salary and Wage Schedule. The following table I• adopted for uae In determining salaries and wage• for classified employees, upon an equitable basis, pur•uant to the provision• of Section 6.3-3 of this chapter. A - $205 215 226 237 249 261 274 288 302 317 333 350 367 386 405 425 447 469 492 517 543 570 598 628 660 693 727 764 802 .! $215 226 237 249 261 274 288 302 317 333 350 367 386 405 425 447 469 492 517 543 570 598 628 660 693 727 764 802 842 £ $226 237 249 261 274 288 302 317 333 350 367 386 405 &25 447 469 492 517 543 570 598 628 66Q 693 727 764 802 842 884 R $237 249 261 274 288 302 317 333 350 367 386 405 425 447 469 492 517 543 570 . 598 628 660 693 727 764 802 842 884 928 I $249 261 274 288 302 317 333 350 367 386 405 425 447 469 492 517 543 570 598 628 660 693 727 764 802 842 884 928 975 16.3-5 Longevity Coaapen•ation. F $ 261 274 288 302 317 333 350 367 386 405 425 447 469 492 517 543 570 598 628 660 693 725 764 802 842 884 928 975 1,023 (a) In addition to the monthly salaries or wages established pursuant to the provision• of Sections 6.3-1, 6.3-2 and 6.3-3, each anployee of the City, whether or not he is in the cla••ified service, who qulaifie• therefor, shall receive additional annual cOlllpen•ation in the form of longevity coaapensation, which compensation •hall be paid to each employee once annually on or about the lat day of December of each year. The amount of such compensation shall be based upon the number of years of continuous service with the City and •hall be derived from the following schedule: Total Coaapleted Years of Continuous Service Amount of Coaaeenaation 0-4 5-9 Rone. $120, except for those employees who have not completed six full year• of continuous service on December lat of any year, which .. ployeea shall receive an amount equal to $10 for each full month of completed continuous service, after completion of five years of continuou• •ervice, up to December 1. I I I I I I 10-14 15-19 $240, except for tho•• .. ployee• who have not eo11pleted eleven full year• of continuou• aervice on Decmlber lat of any year, which .. ploy .. • •hall receive $120, plus an 8lllOUDt equal to $10 for each full month of caapleted continuoua service, after caapletion of ten year• of continuoua aervice, up to December 1. $360, except for tho•• employees who have not caapleted aixteen full year• of continuou• aervice on December lat of any year, which employee •hall receive $240, plus an lllDOUllt equal to $10 for each full month of eo11pleted continuoua service, after caapletion of fifteen years of continuoua aervice, up to December 1. 20 or more $480, except for thoae employees who have not caapleted twenty-one full yeara of continuous aervice on December lat of any year, which employee •hall receive $360, plus an 111DOunt equal to $10 for each full month of caapleted continuous service, after caapletion of twenty years of continuoua aervice, up to December lat.: provided, however, that the loftCJevity caapensation to be paid on or about December 1, 1968, ahall be paid only from March 1, 1968, and auch compenaation shall be pro- rated fraa that date u•iDCJ monthly increments of $10, $20, $30 and $40, reapectively. (b) Por purpo••• of determining the amount of longevity caapenaation due any employee, any employee who •hall have actually ccaaenced his employment with the City on the firat through fifteenth days of any month •hall be conaidered a• having cC111Denced his employ- ment on the first day of that month and any employee who shall have actually ccaaenced his .. ployaant with the City on the aixteenth or aubaequent day of the month ahall be conaidered as having ccaaenced his employment on the firat day of the aucceeding month. (c) Ro employee •hall be enti'tled to receive any loDCJevity caapensation or any portion thereof when his .. ployment with the City is terminated prior to the first day of December of any year (except those employees whose terminations result fraa their retirement in accordance with Section 6.3-8, provided, however, that any employee who•e employment i• terminated becauae of a reduction in force, or who gives not le•• than thirty (30) days written notice of hi• termination, or whose termination (not being a diacharge for cauae) i• due to circumstances beyond hi• control may, not more than thirty (30) days aubaequent to auch termination, petition the Board to authorize the payment to him of a pro-rata portion of the loDCJevity ccnpenaation for that year. The Board •hall conaider the circumatancea of each employee filing auch petition, ahall determine whether the payment to auch .. ployee would tend to re110ve f raa other employees the incentive to maintain continuous employment with the City, and •hall enter it• deciaion either granting, or denying, to auch employee the right to receive a pro rata portion of his longevity ccnpensation for that year. All payment• of any longevity compensation to such employ- ••• ahall be baaed upon the achedule contained in Section 6.3-5 (a) and •hall be pro rated, based upon the number of 110nth• of continuoua aervice by the employee to the date of termination. 16.3-6 Cca~naation •ottD Bxceed Alpropriations. Rothing contained within 16.3-1 through6.3-S shall be conatrued to authorize the payment of any wage or salary which would reault in expenditures in excess of appropri- ation• therefor. 270 16.3-7 Social Security. The City council has heretofore be Ordinance and agreement extended the benefit• of Old Age and Survivor's Insurance to all of ficera and employee• of the City except those in the police and fire department•. The proper officers of the City are hereby authorized to continue making payroll deduction• from •alarie•, and to make the required payment• by the City, and to do all other things necessary to continue the coverage of the aaid off icera and employ- ••• of the City in the •afd Old Age and Survivor's Inaurance Program. · 16.3-8 Retir ... nt of Blllployeea. (a) (1) All full-time, permanent employees of the City, who•e employment is governed by the provi•ion• of the Career Service Ordinance• •hall be retired upon reaching the age of aixty-five (65) years: provided, however, that, upon request therefor from any such employ .. , and by reason of special or unique conditions, or special quali- fication•, the City Manager may extend the retiranent date of any such employee, from time to time, providing no single extension thereof •hall be longer than one year: and, providing further, that no such extension •hall be granted to any employee who has reached aeventy (70) years of age. (2) The effective date of retirement under the proviaions of 16.3-8 (a) (1) hereof •hall be the last day of the first full month following the month in which such employee reaches the age of sixty-five (65) yeara, or in the case of any extensions of retirement age, the date on which the extenaion expires. (b) 'fhe Board •hall continue to investigate and conaider further and other retirement programs and plans and aubait the aame for conaideration by Council. If and when adopted by Council, the Board, as directed by Council, •hall ••t up rule• and regulations covering the adminiatration of auch program• and plans. 16.3-9 Boapitalization and Life Inaurance Benefits. The city council may, from time to time, authorize, by 110tion or re80lution, the expenditure of City funds for the payment of premium• for life, medical or hospitalization inaurance, or portions thereof, for all City employees, or any part thereof, providing a aufficient sum is appropriated for the payment therefor. Introduced, read in full and paaaed on firat reading on the 16th day of June, 1969. Publiahed in full aa a Bill for an Ordinance on the 19th day of June, 1969. Read by title and pa••ed on final reading on the 7th day of July, 1969. Publi•hed by title a• Ordinance Ro. 26, Serie• of 1969, on the 10th day of July, 1969. ~lAAL1f~~ Ila~ --~-l~ Atteat1 I, Stephen A. Lyon, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing i• a true, accurate and coaaplete copy of an Ordinance pa••ed on final reading and publi•hed by title a• Ordinance Ro. 26, Series of 1969. Attests •• II