HomeMy WebLinkAbout70-81 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. '70 -fl
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY ON
POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City's personnel policy pertaining
to political activity is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) No employee shall involve the City's name,
symbols, property, or supplies in political activities;
provided, and employee who is a candidate for elected
office may state his position with the City, his duties
and responsibilities, and his length of service.
(b) Thirty days before any primary, runoff, or
general election, in which the employee has an opponent,
an employee who becomes a candidate for the Arkansas
General Assembly or for any national, state, county
or municipal office which is a paid, full-time position
shall take accumulated paid vacation or shall be placed
on leave of absence without pay; provided, no employee
shall become a candidate for a position on the Fayetteville
Board of Directors without first resigning from City
employment.
(c) An employee who is elected to a
county, state-wide or national office may
on leave of absence without pay for up to
or may be terminated at the discretion of
of Directors.
full-time
be placed
two years
the Board
(d) An employee elected to the Arkansas General
Assembly must take leave of absence without pay when
the General Assembly is in regular or extraordinary
session.
(e) No employee shall engage in any political
activity infringing to any extent upon the full discharge
of the employee'sjob responsibilities, or while on duty.
(f) No employee shall engage in any political
activity which creates an actual or apparent threat
to the efficiency and integrity of the Fayetteville
Municipal Government.
(g) No city employee shall participate in the
election campaign of any candidate for the Fayetteville
Board of Directors. No city employee shall solicit
or accept a campaign donation on behalf of any candidate
for the Fayetteville Board of Directors.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this 4% day of (2ert.cd' , 1981.
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`CITY CLERK
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APPROVED:
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State of Arkansas
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For^:nnd
o;,..r for : City of Far,etc.ri';do re-
c,;..y that a;nPgc I or foregoing is record in
my Pears .in Ordinance Nice an I the same ap-
pears
1•r...olution book
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City Clerk aad Ex-Officio
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