Res 2367 7/3/1979RESOLUTION NO. /7 7
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER,
DIRECTORS, AND DEPARTMENT HEADS
WHEREAS, Section 62 of the Wichita Falls Charter provides that, in making
appointments, the City Manager shall give preference to citizens of Wichita Falls;
and,
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has upheld the right of a City
to require that its employees reside within the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager intends to amend Section II, Paragraph 9 of
the Personnel Rules and Regulations for the City of Wichita Falls, regulating the
residency of the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Directors, and Depart-
ment Heads, which is found to be reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF
THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Such residency rule, a copy of which is attached hereto, is hereby approved,
and the City Manager is authorized to establish such rule as a part of the Person-
nel Rules and Regulations for the City of Wichita Falls.
Resolution 1899 is hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the zd day of 1979.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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RESIDENCY RULE
For purposes of this section "residence" means the true, fixed and permanent home
of the employee or applicant for employment, to which whenever he is absent he has
the intention of returning. The term "reside" as used in this section means lives at
the residence. The term "management personnel" means the City Manager, Assist-
ant City Manager, Directors, and Department Heads.
a. In accordance with Section 62 of the Wichita Falls City Charter city residents
will be given preference in all appointments. All applicants for employment
and all present employees except management personnel, may be hired and/or
allowed to maintain residence outside the city limits, as long as such residence
is within 25 miles of the employee's work station.
Prior to the permanent confirmation of an employee to any management position,
that employee must certify in writing to the City Manager that his/her address
and residence is within the city limits of the City of Wichita Falls.
Management personnel who reside outside the city limits prior to July 1, 1979
may continue to reside outside the city limits. Management personnel who have
permission to reside outside the city limits have been granted permission based
on a specific residence address given at the time of approval.
As a part of their working agreement, all management personnel are required
to provide the City Manager with any change of residence address as soon as
possible after the change occurs. Falsification of residence address or fail-
ure to report change of residence address within thirty (30) days of such a change
will be cause for dismissal.
b. No employee residing outside the city limits shall be permitted to drive a city
vehicle to and from his place of residence without written permission from the
City Manager. Such approval shall be contingent on the employee having to res-
pond to emergency calls during normal off duty hours. Approvals must be filed
in the employee's personnel folder.
c. Any employee whose telephone number is considered a long distance number will
be responsible for the cost of all calls originated by said employee. (e.g. em-
ployee calls in sick).