[R.O. 2011 §2.16.010; Code 1950 §208.1; Prior Code
§2-36]
The Department of Personnel shall consist of a Personnel Director
and a Civil Service Board of five (5) members.
[R.O. 2011 §2.16.020; Code 1950 §208.2; Prior Code
§2-37]
The City Manager shall serve as Personnel Director or delegate
such duties.
[R.O. 2011 §2.16.030; Code 1950 §208.5; Prior Code
§2-38]
A. It
shall be the duty of the Personnel Director to:
1. Hold competitive examinations for all appointments in the classified
service;
2. Give publicity to all announcements of competitive examinations;
3. Establish training and educational programs for municipal employment;
4. Report annually to the Civil Service Board regarding the operation
of the personnel provisions;
5. Prepare and recommend to the Civil Service Board such rules as the
Personnel Director may consider appropriate to carry out the provisions
of the Charter, the provisions of this Code and other ordinances.
[R.O. 2011 §2.16.040; Code 1950 §208.2; Prior Code
§2-39]
Members of the Civil Service Board shall be appointed by the
Council which shall designate one (1) of the five (5) members as Chairperson,
and they shall serve without compensation. They shall be appointed
for a term of three (3) years, except that of the members first (1st)
appointed, one (1) shall be appointed to serve for one (1) year and
one (1) for two (2) years. Vacancies shall be filled by the Council
by appointment for the remainder of the term. A member of the Board
may be removed by the Council for cause, after being given a written
statement of the charges against him/her and after a public hearing
thereon, if requested by him/her. A certified copy of the charges
and a transcript of the record of any hearing thereon shall be filed
with the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2011 §2.16.050; Code 1950 §208.3; Prior Code
§2-40]
Members of the Civil Service Board shall be residents of the
City and shall have resided therein for at least two (2) years immediately
prior to their appointment. Members of official political party committees
shall be ineligible to serve as members of the Board. Members of the
Board shall be required to take the oath of office prescribed by the
Charter for City Officers, including a statement therein that they
are firm believers in the merit system for City employment.
[R.O. 2011 §2.16.060; Code 1950 §208.4; Prior Code
§2-41]
A. The
Civil Service Board shall have the power and shall be required to:
1. Advise the Council and the director on problems concerning personnel
administration;
2. Make any investigation which it may consider desirable concerning
the administration of personnel in the municipal service and report
to the Council at least once a year its findings, conclusions and
recommendations;
3. Approve civil service rules;
4. Hear appeals from disciplinary action;
5. Perform such other duties with reference to personnel administration,
not inconsistent with the Charter, as the Council may require by ordinance.