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Date: September 17, 2021
To: Mayor and City Council
FR: Gary Ritter, City Administrator
India Riedel, Finance Department
RE: City Council Agenda Item September 27, 2021
Suggested Motion: Motion to amend Chapter Two Employment - Qualifications, Item 3
of the City of Okeechobee Personnel Policies and Procedures.
3. Except for Department Heads, and Police Department Employees, appointees must be
residents of Okeechobee County, or any areas bordering Okeechobee County, by the end of the
six (6) month probation period, and appointees must be citizens or resident aliens of the State of
Florida and the United States of America.
Upon employment by the City, a Department Head will enter a three (3) month probationary
period. After the probationary period ends satisfactorily, a Department Head will be allowed up
to six (6) months to become a resident of Okeechobee County, Buckhead Ridge area of Glades
County, or any areas lying outside the Okeechobee County line, but have Okeechobee
addresses, and appointees must be citizens or resident aliens of the State of Florida and the
United States of America.
Background: This amendment would broaden the applicant base for all departments for vacant
positions being advertised currently and in the future.
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