[R.O. 2008 §20.510; Ord. No. 668, 1-24-1964]
A.
The
Personnel Appeals Board of the City of Olivette is hereby created
and established. The Board shall consist of five (5) members each
of whom shall be a registered voter and shall have resided within
the City of Olivette for at least two (2) years immediately prior
to appointment. No Board member shall be a member of any local, State
or national committee of a political party or an elected officer of
any partisan political club or organization. The members of the Board
during their terms thereon shall hold no other public office or employment
in the City and shall not be candidates for any office within the
City Government. The members of said Board shall be appointed by the
Council; of the five (5) members initially appointed, one (1) shall
serve for a term of one (1) year, two (2) shall serve for terms of
two (2) years and two (2) shall serve for terms of three (3) years.
Thereafter, the terms of members of the Board shall be three (3) years.
Members of the Board may be removed by the Council for a good cause.
B.
The
Personnel Appeals Board shall elect its own Chairman and Vice Chairman
who shall serve for such terms as the Board may determine. The Board
may adopt from time to time such rules and regulations as it deems
necessary to carry out the duties prescribed for it.
C.
Meetings
of the Personnel Appeals Board shall be held at the call of the Chairman
and at such other times as the Board may determine. All meetings of
the Board except executive sessions shall be open to the public. The
Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each
member upon each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating
such fact and shall keep such other records as it shall deem necessary.
Executive sessions of the Board may be called by the Chairman.
[R.O. 2008 §20.511; Ord. No. 668, 1-28-1964; Ord. No. 2234, 6-8-2004]
A.
The
Personnel Appeals Board shall, in accordance with ordinance regulations,
serve as an appeals body to hear and make a final determination concerning
the appeals of all persons in the classified service and of all persons
occupying exempt positions and offices coming under the jurisdiction
of the City Manager from all actions of the City Manager relating
to the discharge, suspension, disciplining or otherwise penalizing
of such persons.
B.
Any
employee who has been discharged, suspended, demoted or otherwise
disciplined or penalized by action of the City Manager shall have
the right to appeal said action to the Personnel Appeals Board by
filing a notice of appeal in writing with the said Board within ten
(10) days following such action by the City Manager. Upon the filing
of such notice of appeal, the said Personnel Appeals Board shall designate
a time for public hearing no less than seven (7) days and no more
than fourteen (14) days after the filing of said notice of appeal.
At such hearing the employee may be represented by counsel and may
present evidence in his/her behalf. The City Manager shall have the
right to be heard at such hearing. The Board shall have the right
to require or, upon application of either party to the proceedings,
shall require the attendance of any City employee or officer and shall
further have the right to order the production of any City records
relating to such appeal. At the conclusion of the hearing and upon
consideration of the evidence before it, the Board shall file a written
statement of its findings and determinations with the City Manager
and the appellant. Copies thereof shall be delivered to each member
of the Council. All findings and determinations of the Board shall
be made upon the affirmative vote of three (3) members and shall be
final and binding upon the City.
C.
Said
Board shall perform such other duties and services as may be directed
by the Council.
