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Ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Charter �of the City of Saint Paul � • pertaining to the appointment of Fire Chief. � 9. Resolutinn whereby City Council recommends that the Saint �aul Charter � Commission consider amending Chapter 9 of the St. Paul City Charter and - requesting ��hat after reviewing the proposed amendments , the Charter � Corr�nission propose �said amendments to City Council . - ^fTY iIAI.L SEVt„ti"(�j F1.002 SA?\T YrIT.iL, c`.II\\ES�Tt1 S�I�� :� •�- --.... � WHITE - CITY CLERK pINK - FINANCE `- G I T� \/� 5A I N T YA U L COUflCI� CANARV - DHPARTMENT BLUE - MAYOR File N O. OrdZn�nCe Ordinance N�. � � _ 1 Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date An Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul Per- taining to the Appointment of Fire Chief. . THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, �410.12, sub. 7, and upon the recommendation of the Charter Commission of the City of Saint Paul, the Charter of the City of Saint Paul as approved by the voters on � November 3, 1970 is hereby amended in Section 9. 02 thereof so that the same shall read: Sec. 9 . 02 . Terms of Officers in Unclassified Service. ��e-�}�e-E�}e�-sl�a��-se��e-�e�-a-�e�►-e�-�we-�ea�s eer�et�r�e�t-�a�tk-�ka�-s�-��e-Mape�.- The term of the present Fire Chief shall expire on M_a_� 3 , 9 5. , Thereafter the term of the Fire Chi� shall be for six�ears, the beginning of which shall be June 1, 1985. Other officers in the unclassified service shall serve f or indefinite terms . Section 2 . This ordinance shall become effective ninety (90) days after its passage, approval and publication, unless the effective date is delayed by the filing of a petition pursuant to law. COUNC[LMEN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: Hunt Levine In Favor Maddox McMahon Showalter Against BY Tedesco wlson Form A roved by'City�torney Adopted b_y Council: Date � � , � /� i� Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY / ''1'r � `' '- v""='�— ------ �, - Bc --- — r _ ' r� � r A��nroved b� Mavor: Date I A ro�ed b� Mayor 1or St�miSs.�Da-�t"o Councii , PP �. . : � -----_— <_r ; . - - ; - - � � ,� ------� r . . _�r�.----- ,, B� y ; � � �� , ���. � •,.�= �-- F3� _ __ --------- ----- ------- - -___. __- --.__.. , - -�-- -- -- - --- ----- __ � �. �.., ,, � �-�—-- �i �'tTY p�,: �� G'1'T''�1'.' O F ►S' A I N'1� P A U L o �. '; � OFFICE OF THE MAYOR y� � nut!!Iitii , '�, an t�u n � � 4 �,�, ^� '� ���� 34? CITY HALL � SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102 d� GEORGE LATIMER (612) 298-4323 � MAYOR April 14, 1981 � Council President Ron Maddox and Members of the City Council 7th Floor City Hall Dear Council Members: I am writing to you to propose a change in the City Charter regarding the term of the Fire Chief. At present, the City Charter provides that "The Fire Chief shall serve for a term of two years concurrent with that of the Mayor. Other officers in the unelassified service shall serve for indefinite terms. " (Section 9.02) . The Police Chief, as you know, serves a fixed term of six years after appointment. I have never been comfortable with the Charter provision re- garding the tenure of the Fire Chief and have never understood why that position is singled out for special treatment in the Charter. My reasons for requesting that the term of the Fire Chief be changed from two to six years are the following: 1. The term of the Fire Chief should be consistent with the precedents which are set elsewhere in the Charter. Specifically, the Police Chief, whose primary function is also in the area of public safety, has a fixed term of six years. On the other hand, I know no reason why the Fire Chief ' s term should expire when no other City position has a similar constraint imposed upon it. 2. Because of the way in which the Charter provides for the appointment of the Fire Chief, there is an undue amount of politicking surraunding the appointment. While such a phenomenon may be inevitable, especially over the appoint- ment of such an important position, it is inappropriate for the Charter to build in the opportunity for that phenomenon to occur. In addition, it is a disservice to a mayoral candidate to be pressured to make a commitment to a candidate for Fire Chief when the mayoral candidate has no experience __... _ _ .._. . _ __ ._ .,,..._ . . _.. ._ _. _ _ _. ._ _...�. �.._.� �,,.�_ . q � `� ' . f��� 4� . , �� • - � City Council Members page 2 April 14, 1981 in the Mayor' s position. The Charter eliminates this possibility in its provisions for the appointment of a Police Chief. I believe the same protection should exist for the appointment of the Fire Chief. 3. A fixed term of office for the Fire Chief will give the Chief the security necessary to properly discharge the management responsibilities of the Fire Chief' s position. Again, the Fire Chief' s position is the only City position with a fixed termination date . No other department or office director is faced with that constraint. The manage- ment of the Fire Department should be dictated by good manage- ment practices, not the threat of losing the appointment as Fire Chief. I have attached a Council resolution which requests that the Charter Commission review this proposal and submit its findings to you. As you know, changes to the Charter must be reviewed and approved by the Charter Commission �and then unaniriously passed by the City Council. Your approval is respectfully requested. Sincere y � GE GE LATIMER Ma r GL:kh cc: St. Paul Charter Commission Chief Stephen F. Conroy �a-ry�� Clerk Attachment ,� ,