Ordinance No. 7103`O6
ORDINANCE NO. 710
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS, AND ACTING AS EX- OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK
DISTRICT, A SUBSIDIARY DISTRICT OF THE CITY,•
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 556 AND CHAPTER 18, SECTION
18 -9, OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE RELATING TO THE
ESTABLISIi:•IENT OF A PERSONNEL SYSTEM.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 18 -9 of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby is amended to
read as follows:
Section 18 -9 Improper Political Activities - Activities Prohibited.
No person holding an office or employment in the competitive service shall:
(a) Directly, or indirectly, solicit political funds or contributions,
knowingly, from other officers or employees of the City of Cypress or
from persons on the employment lists of the City of Cypress. Nothing
in this Section prohibits an officer or employee of the City of
Cypress from communicating through the mail or by other means re-
quests for political funds or contributions to a significant segment
of the public which may include officers or employees of the City of
Cypress;
(b) Participate in political activities of any kind while in uniform;
(c) Engage in political activities during the employee's normal working
hours, or the City /District's normal business hours; or
(d) Engage in political activities on City premises (except in connection
with political organizations that have received Council approval to
hold a meeting on City premises).
Except as provided in this Section and as necessary to meet the requirements of
federal law as it pertains to a particular employee or employees, no restriction
shall be placed on the political activities of any officer or employee of the City
of Cypress. Violation of any provision of this Section is grounds for discharge of
any officer or employee of the City of Cypress.
SECTION 2. Severability.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this ordinance, or the application hereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remain-
ing portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or places. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions or the application thereof to any person
or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cypress,
and acting as ex- officio Governing Board of Directors of th. Cypress Recreation and
Park District, held on the 13th day of June 1983, and f na y adopted and ordered
posted at a regular meeting held on the 27th day of J e 19:
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK THE CIZ"Y OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
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CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council
held on the 27th day of June 1983; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mullen, Partin, and Lacayo
NOES: 0. COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado and Kanel
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CITY CLERK OF CITY OF CYPRESS