(A) The Personnel Board shall serve in an advisory capacity in the administration of the city's Personnel Program and shall have the following powers:
(1) To advise and assist the Chief Administrative Officer or his or her designated representative and the Director of Human Resources in adopting such Personnel Rules and Regulations as are considered necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article;
(2) To advise and assist the Chief Administrative Officer or his or her designated representative and the Director of Human Resources in the improvement of personnel standards in the classified service;
(3) To advise the Chief Administrative Officer or his or her designated representative and the Director of Human Resources upon problems concerning personnel administration and recommend corrective action; and
(4) To inquire, after consultation with the Chief Administrative Officer, into any matter which it may consider desirable concerning the administration of affairs of personnel.
(B) The Personnel Board shall render a decision upon the appeal of classified employees of the city who have been suspended without pay for more than five days, demoted for disciplinary reasons or discharged, as provided in § 3-1-25.
(C) Meetings of the Personnel Board, including hearings, shall comply with the New Mexico Open Meetings Act, §§ 10-15-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.
(D) The Personnel Board shall establish rules and regulations governing the conduct of its meetings and its grievance hearings.
('74 Code, § 2-9-5) (Ord. 52-1978; Am. Ord. 69-1988; Am. Ord. 29-1998)