HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1419 ORDINANCE NO. 1419 , NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.?2 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
BY ADDING SECTION 3.72.021 AND AMENDING
SECTIONS 3.72.050 AND 3.72.070.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield that
Chapter 3.72 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield he
amended to read as follows:
Chapter 3.72
TRANSIT EMPLOYEES
Sections:
3.72.010 Status of employees.
3.72.020 Definitions.
3.72.021 Definitions.
3.72.030 Classification and pay rates of employees.
3.72.040 Seniority determines selection of work runs. work
shifts and vacations--Meaning of seniority.
3.72.050 Time and one-half pay for motor., coach :operators.
3.72.060 Pay for operators acting as instructors.
3.72.070 Time and one-half pay for mechanics.
3.72.080 Holiday work pay.
3.72.090 Council may place officers or employees in any step
of classification.
3.72o010 Status of employees. Ail positions of employment in the
operation of the transit system shall be permanent, and all employees
of such system shall be given credit for the length of service in said
system from the date of his original employment by the city under this
chapter. (Ord. 1093. Section 1. as amended by Ord. 1131; July 1. 1957).
3.72.020 Definitions. Whenever in this chapter or in any amendments
hereto, or in any other ordinance of the City of Bakersfield. the term
1.
"Transit System," "Municipal Transit System," "Bakersfield Municipal
Transit System," or "Bakersfield Transit System" is used, it shall
mean the public transportation system or facilities operated and
maintained by the Transit Authority of the City of Bakersfield. (Ord.
1093, Section 1.1, added by Ord. 1135; July 29, 1957).
3.72.021 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter certain
words and phrases are defined, which words and phrases shall be con-
strued as herein set forth unless it is apparent from the context that
a different meaning is intended.
(a) Regular Operator. A regular operator is an operator who
has seniority to select a regular run or assignment and who does not
place himself On the extra board.
(b) Extra Operator. An extra operator is an operator who does
not have enough seniority to select a regular run or assignment, whose
work assignments are all made through the extra board.
(c) Student Operator. A student operator is a new operator
who must be trained and instructed on all lines of the system until
he is capable of performing the duties of an extra operator.
(d) Extra Board. The extra board is the procedure by which
open runs or work assignments are made.
(e) Regular Run. A regular run is a work assignment which is
included, by the management, in a posted breakdown of operating
schedules and contains at least eight hours pay time.
(~ Straight Run: A run that has continuous pay tim~ from
the time of starting to work until the run is completed.
(g) Split Run. A run that has two or more parts with elapsed
time between the ending and beginning of each part.
~) Tripper. Any work shown on a schedule which is not part
of a regular run.
(i) Report Time. Any time spent by an employee who is called
to report for the purpose of protecting the .b. oa~d. : ....
3.72.030 Classification and pay rates of employees. (a) Transit
Authority employees who are placed in the following classifications,
shall receive the hourly rates of compensation respectively, as follows:
After 6 Months After 6 Months
In next Lower In next Lower
Classification Beginning Rate Rate Rate
Hechanic .......... $2.54 $2.68 $2.81
Automotive Paint and Body Man 2.42 2.54 2.68
Motor Coach Operator .... 2.10 2.21 2.37
Mechanic' s Helper ..... 2.18 2.30 2.42
Automotive Serviceman II . . 2.07 2.18 2.30
Automotive Serviceman I . . 1.77 1.86 1.96
(b) Transit Authority employees in the classifications listed
below shall receive monthly rates of compensation as follows:
Classification Monthly Rate
Motor Coach Supervisor ............. ~ ... ~ . $630.00
Mechanic Working Foreman ................ 617.00
Office Manager ..................... 426.00
(c) Transit Authority employees in the classification listed
below shall receive the hourly rate of compensation set forth as
fo llows:
Classification Hourly Rate
Student Operator .................... $1.00
(Ord. 1093, Section 2, as amended by Ord. 1306; June 27, 1960).
3.72.040 S. eniority determines selection of work runs~ work shifts
and vacations--Meanin~ of seniority. Seniority in employment shall
dete~-,,,ine the order in which employees may select their work runs, work
3.
shifts and vacation periods in their respective departments, excludin§
superintendent of maintenance and operation, and office manager, and
time served in the employ of the Bakersfield Transit Company shall be
recognized by the city in determining seniority for the purpose of this
section, and the rate of pay as set forth in Section 3.72.030. (Ord.
1093. Section 4; July 30. 1956).
3.?2.050 Time and one-half pay for motor coach opera~.ors. (a)
I~egular Operators.' Ail work performed by regular operators in excess
of nine hours and thirty-six m~nutes per day and forty-eight hours per
week shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half.
(b) Extra Operators: Ail work performed by extra operators.
excluding time on report, in excess of nine hours and thirty-six
minutes per day and forty-eight hours per week shall be paid for at
the rate of ti~ and one-half. There is no m~nimum or basic work day
or week for extra operators. Report Time: Ail report time by extra
operators shall be paid for at the straight time hourly rate of pay
from the time an operator reports until he is released or co-~ences
an assignment. Any employee requested to report for the purpose of
protecting the board shall receive a m~nimum of two (2) hours pay.
Extra work which cannot be handled by the extra board will be assigned
to an employee with a motor coach operator classification that is
available in accordance with the pay schedules herein set forth.
3.?2.060 Pay for operators ,actin~ as instructors. Operators re-
quired to instruct a student four or more hours per day shall be paid
two dollars per day in addition to their regular rate of pay; if less
than four hours, he shall be paid one dollar. (Ord. 1093. Section 6;
July 30. 1956).
3.?2.0?0 Time and one-half pay for mechanics. .Ail work performed
by employees in the mechanical department in excess of nine hours and
thirty-six minutes per day and forty-eight hours per week shall be
paid for at the rate of time and one-half.
4.
3.72.080 Holida7 work pay. Ail work performed on legal holidays
which have been designated by a resolution of..the City Council as
official holidays pursuant to Section 3.64.330 of this chapter shall
be paid for at the rate of time and one half, except that in the event
one of the legal holidays falls on a Sunday and the following day
~onday) is declared a holiday by a resolution of the Gity Council,
then Monday ,on. ly will be considered a legal holiday.for pay purposes.
(Ord. 1093, Section 8, as amended by Ord. 1341; December 2?, 1960).
3.72.090 Gouncil may place officers or employees in any step or
classification. The City Council may, by resolution, place an officer
or employee of the Transit Authority in any step in the classification
to which his position is allocated by this chapter, when it finds and
determines that such action is justified by the nature of the position
held by such officer or employee and the individual capabilities and
exp~i~nce of the officer or employee involved and is in conformity
with the objects and purposes of this chapter. Any officer or
employee so placed shall be paid the salary fixed for such step until
he advances to the next higher step, if any, pursuant to this chapter.
Time served by an employee in a classification and a step at the time
of the adoption of any such resolution shall be credited to the time
to be served in any new or different classification and/or step in
which he may be placed by such resolution, for purposes of advancement
to the next step, if any there be. (Ord. 1093, Section 8.1, as added
by Ord. 1135; July 29, 1957).
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoin§ Ordinance was passed and
adopted by the Gouncil of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 30th day of April, 1962, by the following vote:
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED this 30th day of April, 1962o
Of the City o~ Bakersfield.
of os ng r nan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ~
County of Kern~ ss,
MARIAN S. IRVIN, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that
o~ 1st day of May. . .....
........................................................................................... ,19..6..2 she posted on the Bulletin Board at
the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Counci.l of said City at a
meeting thereof duly hdd o~ ..................t..h...e.....3..0..t_h._...d..a.y..._.o...f.....A_i/rj,~L ..... ,19..~2., which ordinance
was numbered .................. .1...4_.1...9.. ........ New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.72 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF HAKERSFIELD
BY ADDING SECTION 3.72. 021 AND A~.NDING
SECTIONS 3 . 72'. 050 AND 3.72. 070.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
...lat._day of ................. .M..a.~j .................... , 19..6..2....
Nota~ Pub]ia in and for ~e Gount~ of Kern, 8ta~e of CalffoFnla