2008-046 Administrative Policy & Procedure Manual• RESOLUTION 2008-46
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE
MANAGER TO UPDATE AND MODIFY THE ADOPTED PERSONNEL
RULES AND REGULATIONS MANUAL ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND
INCORPORATE THE REVISED POLICIES INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Village Council adopted the Village's current Personnel Rules and Regulations
Manual through the adoption of Resolution 27-97; and
WHEREAS, Section 1.03 of the Personnel Manual provides that amendment of the rules and
regulations set forth therein may be proposed by the Village Manager and approved by
Resolution ofthe Village Council; and
WHEREAS, portions of the Personnel Manual aze outdated and incomplete and have been
subsumed by the Comprehensive Pay and Classification Plan, while others have been modified
and amended in a "piecemeal" approach without a comprehensive index; and
• WHEREAS, as a result, the existing Personnel Manual is wnfusing, sometimes wntradictory,
and difficult to administer; and
WHEREAS, in the last few years, the Village Administration has created several new policies
that did not exist within the Personnel Manual, which are being maintained as part of an
Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual; and
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 5 of the Village Charter requires the Village Manager to direct
and supervise the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of the Village; and
WHEREAS, Village Administration is the process of updating, revising and supplementing the
Personnel Manual and the Village Manager wishes to implement these updated, revised and
supplemented polices and incorporate them within the Administrative Policy and Procedure
Manual on an ongoing basis prior to presenting the Village Council with a completely revised
document; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council detemvnes that it is in the best interests of the Village to allow
the Village Manager to implement such policies as set forth in this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
• Section 1. The foregoing recitals aze hereby ratified and incorporated herein.
• Section 2. The Village Council hereby authorizes the Village Manager to update, revise and
supplement the existing Village Personnel Manual and enact personnel policies on an ongoing
basis to be incorporated within the Village Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual. These
policies may be enacted by memorandum from the Village Manager and copied to the Village
Council. Once the Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual is complete, it shall be
presented to the Village Council for formal adoption by resolution.
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Section 3. All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with this Resolution shall be
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 26th DAY OF JUNE. 2008.
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