ARTICLE III. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Editor's note— The city complies [compiles] and publishes separately additional administrative regulations in its manual of personnel policies and procedures. The manual includes regulations and standing operating procedures pertaining to operation of the departments created in section 2-1. The retirement plan for city employees as established by an ordinance adopted November 7, 1974, is administered by the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 47-5-1 et seq. Official copies of the referenced documentation are on file in the office of the city clerk.

Charter reference— City manager, § 2.30.

Cross reference— Any ordinance fixing the salaries if any city officer or employee saved from repeal, § 1-11(4); emergency management, § 30-31 et seq.

State Law reference— Expenditure of county funds for insurance and employment benefits, O.C.G.A. § 36-1-11.1; personal liability of councilmembers and other municipal officers, O.C.G.A. § 36-33-4; power to define, regulate and alter the powers, duties, qualifications, compensation and tenure of municipal officers, agents and employees, O.C.G.A. § 36-34-2(2); authority to establish retirement systems for municipal employees, O.C.G.A. § 36-34-2(4); authority of municipality to provide insurance, retirement and pension benefits, O.C.G.A. § 36-35-4; code of ethics for government service, O.C.G.A. § 45-10-1; Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978, O.C.G.A. § 45-19-20 et seq.; municipal or county governments not to require residence as condition of employment, O.C.G.A. § 45-2-5; random drug testing of state employees in high-risk jobs, O.C.G.A. § 45-20-90 et seq.; Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right to Know Act of 1988, O.C.G.A. § 45-22-1 et seq.; Drug-Free Public Work Force Act of 1990, O.C.G.A. § 45-23-1 et seq.; social security coverage for employees of the state and political subdivisions of the state, O.C.G.A. § 47-18-1 et seq.; Public Retirement Systems Standards Law, O.C.G.A. § 47-20-1 et seq.; Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, O.C.G.A. § 47-5-1 et seq.; authority to maintain and modify retirement or pension systems, Ga. Const. art. IX, § II, ¶ III(a)(14).