There is hereby created a Personnel Board in and for the City
of Clairton. The Board shall be composed of five members, to be appointed
by the Council from the registered electors of the City within 90
days after the first organizational meeting after the City's
Home Rule Charter shall take full effect.
The members of the Board shall serve without pay, and any vacancy
occurring on the Board for any reason whatsoever shall be filled by
the Council for the unexpired term within 30 days after such vacancy
occurs.
The Personnel Board first appointed shall organize within 10
days of its appointment and shall elect one of its members as Chairperson
and one as Secretary. The Board shall thereafter meet and organize
on the first Monday of January of each even-numbered year. The Secretary
of the Board shall give each member 24 hours' notice of every
meeting of the Board. Three members of the Board shall constitute
a quorum, and no action of the Board shall be valid unless it shall
have the concurrence of at least a majority of the members present.
The City shall furnish to the Board, on its requisition, such
clerical assistance and supplies as may be necessary for the work
of the Board. The City shall provide a suitable and convenient room
for the use of the Board. The Manager and Council shall provide special
legal counsel upon request of the Board in complex cases.
The Board shall keep minutes of any proceedings before it and
records of other official actions. Such records shall be kept and
preserved in accordance with general law. A stenographic record of
all testimony taken at Board hearings shall be filed with and preserved
by the Board, which record shall be sealed and, in the event the charges
are dismissed, not be available for public inspection.