CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SEVENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-26-41 ENACTMENT NO. ________________
SPONSORED BY: Brook Bassan
ORDINANCE
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Amending The Whistleblower Ordinance, ROA 1994, Chapter 3, Article 7 (Bassan)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The Whistleblower Ordinance, ROA 1994, Chapter 3, Article 7 is amended as follows:
? 3-7-1 SHORT TITLE. This article may be known and cited as the "Whistleblower Ordinance."
? 3-7-2 FINDINGS AND INTENT. The public health, safety and welfare are better protected by instituting a procedure for reporting improper governmental action [by city employees], encouraging such reporting and protecting those [employees] who properly report such action from retaliation. Proper reporting will provide the opportunity to minimize any adverse impacts of improper governmental actions.
? 3-7-3 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLOWABLE COMPLAINT. A complaint that may be filed pursuant to this article alleging an improper governmental action and meets all other requirements of this article. An allowable complaint does not include a complaint that is frivolous or that discloses information (1) that the complainant knows to be false, (2) with disregard for the truth or falsity thereof or (3) that is a confidential record.
COMPLAINANT'S DEPARTMENT. The director of the department in which the city employee filing a complaint is assigned. If the complainant works for an agency of the city that is not designated as a department, then COMPLAINANT'S DEPARTMENT shall mean the highest[-]ranking [VH1]official of such agency.
CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS. Any record that is confidential under any provision of law, any record that is closed to public inspection pursuant to law, and records that are advisory in nature and p...
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