Ordinance 3336-13 - Laserfiche WebLink

political purposes, to assist in an individual's election to political office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition. (E) Responsibility for Promotional Costs. All promotional costs associated with the Campaign related to City employees shall be the responsibility of those Charitable Organizations and Federations designated by the Employee Committee to participate in the Campaign. It shall be the obligation of every Federation, or Charitable Organization with more than one funding program, to provide a brochure for each City employee to specify intended division of donations among member organizations or programs. (F) Voluntary Participation. City employees' participation in Campaigns shall be strictly voluntary. No City employee shall be coerced to participate in any Campaign presentation or coerced to make any donation to a Charitable Organization or Federation. No City employee shall be penalized for failing to participate in a Campaign or for failing to donate to a Charitable Organization or Federation. Section 5. General Duty. It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this Ordinance. It is the specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any term used in this Ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees. Nothing contained in this Ordinance is intended nor shall be construed to create or form the basis of any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees, or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of this Ordinance by its officers, employees, or agents. Section 6. Severability. Should any section, subsection,paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or its application to any person or situation, be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to any other person or situation. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection,paragraph, sentence, clause,phrase, or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, clauses,phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 7. Savings. The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal, or other matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal, which may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. Page 9 of 10