Pursuant to Chapter 41.12 RCW, a civil service system for the police officers of the city of Marysville is established for the following purposes:
(1) 
To provide for promotion on the basis of merit;
(2) 
To give police officers tenure;
(3) 
To provide for a civil service commission to administer the system and to investigate by public hearing removals, suspensions, demotions and discharges by the appointing power to determine whether such action was or was not made for political or religious reasons and whether it was or was not made in good faith and for cause.
(Ord. 480 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1255 § 1, 1982; Ord. 2961 § 1, 2014)
A civil service commission for the city police department is established, and shall be composed of three members to be appointed by the mayor. The commissioners shall serve without compensation. All commissioners shall be citizens of the United States, residents of the city of Marysville for at least three years immediately preceding their appointment, and electors of Snohomish County. Residence and eligibility to vote within the limits of any territory which has been included in, annexed to, or consolidated with such city is construed to have been residence within the city. The term of office of such commissioners shall be six years; said terms shall be staggered so that not more than one expires each two years. Any member of the commission may be removed from office for incompetency, incompatibility or dereliction of duty, or malfeasance in office, or other good cause.
(Ord. 480 § 2, 1962; Ord. 835 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1255 § 2, 1982; Ord. 2819 § 1, 2010; Ord. 2961 § 1, 2014)
The civil service commission shall have all powers and duties specified in RCW 41.12.040. It shall adopt civil service rules and regulations which substantially accomplish the purposes of Chapter 41.12 RCW. The duty of the civil service commission to approve payrolls of police personnel is delegated to the city finance officer; provided, that the civil service commission shall retain the power to disapprove payroll disbursement to police personnel in cases where such personnel, or their appointment to the classified service, violate civil service rules and regulations.
(Ord. 480 § 4, 1962; Ord. 1255 § 3, 1982; Ord. 2961 § 1, 2014)
All full-paid, uniformed and commissioned employees of the police department, including custody officers and community service officers, but excluding the chief of police, assistant chief of police, analysts, code enforcement officers, and clerical employees, shall be included in the classified civil service and shall be participants in the civil service system; provided, that such employees must first successfully qualify for permanent employment to a classified position. An employee on disability leave shall remain subject to the civil service system until such time as he or she receives disability retirement and reaches the age of 50.
(Ord. 480 § 3, 1962; Ord. 1255 § 4, 1982; Ord. 1567 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1587, 1988; Ord. 2124 § 3, 1997; Ord. 2961 § 1, 2014; Ord. 3231 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022)
Provisions of Chapter 41.12 RCW are adopted by reference, except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted by the Marysville civil service commission, in which event this chapter and said rules and regulations shall prevail.
(Ord. 480 § 5, 1962; Ord. 1255 § 5, 1982; Ord. 2961 § 1, 2014)