City Council Approves Positions for Its Own Administrative Staff, Legal Advice

Amended ordinance approved by City Council belowThe City of Bridgeport’s Civil Service Personnel Director, Labor Relations Director, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), City Attorney and all other appropriate city staff shall advise and assist the City Council in identifying existing positions in the City’s Civil Service table of organization and/or creating new Civil Service positions and associated job descriptions pursuant to the City Charter authority of the Civil Service Commission and the City Council in order to staff the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services to assist the members of the Council in the performance of their official duties.The staff of the Office of Legislative Services shall be supervised and directed by a Special Project Coordinator.Pursuant to the Charter of the City of Bridgeport, Chapter 17, Sections 205 and 205.1, the positions in the Office of Legislative Services shall be allocated to the City’s classified civil service; and due to the confidential nature of such positions shall be allocated as appropriate to the City’s unaffiliated workforce (see Code of Ordinances Sec. 2.36.010)PROPOSED AMENDMENTS(Amended Section)(>NEW  SECTIONS)2.06.080 – Legislative Liaison for the City Council.(A) The Council shall have the power to appropriate sufficient funds to appoint up to 5 legislative liaisons to the City Council.(B) Subject to appropriation and availability of funds, the Legislative Liaisons in the Office of Legislative Services shall be filled in accordance with selection procedures in accordance with the Civil Service provisions of the City Charter (Chapter 17), as well as the Bridgeport Code of Ordinances, Civil Service Rules and Regulations, applicable collective bargaining units, and all governing federal and state laws.2.06.090 – Legislative and Legal Counsel to the City Council.