HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1979-030 ORDINANCE NO. 79-30
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING "THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, " BY AMENDING CHAPTER
18 , ART. 1, SECTION 18-19 (C) BY CHANGING THE
MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FROM SIXTY-FIVE (65)
TO SEVENTY (70) IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH 29 USC
621 AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967 ;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS :
46.0 Section 1 . That Chapter 18, Art . 1 , Section 18-19 (C)
of the Code of Ordinances , City of Grapevine, Texas , is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"Chapter 18, Art . 1, Sec . 18-19 (C) Retirement Age:
All employees of the city will be automatically retired from
service upon attaining the age of seventy (70) years , with the
exception, that on request from an employee, two (2) one-year
extensions may be granted for one (1) year at a time under the
following conditions :
(1) An individual request from the employee for a
one (1) year extension, submitted through and
approved by the department head, personnel
office, city manager, and city council . It is
mandatory that each required official must
approve in the affirmative or the application
will be rejected and the employee automatically
placed on retirement.
(2) Each application must be accompanied by a state-
-4, ment of physical fitness from a medical doctor
and the physician used must have prior approval
by the city manager . The examination will be
at the expense of the employee making the re-
quest . The city manager, at his option, may
request additional physical examinations at six
(6) month intervals but in all instances an
employee must have an annual examination.
(3) If after obtaining the age of sixty-seven (67)
years , an employee needs additional calendar
quarters to improve his social security retire-
ment , he may, with the approval of the depart-
ment head, personnel office, and city manager ,
work to and through the ensuing December thirty-
first of the year in which the age of sixty-
seven (67) years is reached.
Section 2 . Emergency. The fact that the present
ordinances of the City of Grapevine do not comply with 29 U. S . C .
621, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 , creates an
urgency and an emergency and in the preservation of the public
health, safety and welfare requires that this ordinance shall
take effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases
provides .
DULY PASSED by the C ` Council f the City of
Grapevine, Texas , this the thee_x
- day of , 1979 .
Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas
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