NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1249

SENATE BILL 1002

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE REAL PROPERTY AND DISCLOSE PERSONNEL INFORMATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 17 of the Charter of the City of Durham, the same being Chapter 671, Session Laws of 1975, is amended by striking from the second line of subparagraph (1) of the sixth paragraph of said section the words and figures "one thousand dollars ($1,000)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)".

Sec. 2. The Charter of the City of Durham, as contained in Section 1 of Chapter 671, Session Laws of 1975, is amended by adding a new section to read:

"Sec. 120. Personnel Records.-Notwithstanding any provision of G.S. 160A-168, the city manager may, with the approval of the city council, inform any person or corporation of any promotion, demotion, suspension, reinstatement, transfer, separation, dismissal, employment or nonemployment of any applicant, employee or former employee employed by or assigned to the city or whose personnel file is maintained by the city and the reasons therefor and may allow the personnel file of such person or any portion thereof to be inspected and examined by any person or corporation when the city manager shall determine that the release of such information or the inspection and examination of such file or portion thereof is essential to maintaining the integrity of the city or to maintaining the level or quality of services provided by the city; provided that prior to releasing such information or making such file or portion thereof available as provided herein, the city manager shall prepare a memorandum setting forth the circumstances which he deems to require such disclosure and the information to be disclosed. The memorandum shall be retained in the files of the city and shall be a public record."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.