(a) Membership. After the Municipality obtains the legal status of a "city" under the Constitution and laws of Ohio, or at an earlier date if the Council deems it necessary, there shall be a Personnel Board consisting of three (3) members who shall be appointed by Council. The terms of the original appointees shall be for one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of three (3) years. The Council shall fill all vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term. Each member of the Board shall be a qualified elector of the Municipality and shall neither hold, nor be a candidate for, any public office or be a Municipal employee. Its members shall serve without compensation.
(b) Duties. The Personnel Board shall provide by rule for the ascertainment of merit and fitness as the basis for appointment and promotion in the classified service of the Municipality as required by the Constitution of Ohio, and for appeals from the action of any board, official or member of Council in any case of transfer, reduction, or removal. The action of the Board on any such appeal shall be final except as otherwise provided by the general laws of Ohio or this Charter. The Board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and require production of records.
(c) Personnel Board of Appeals. Until a Personnel Board is appointed by Council, there shall be a Personnel Board of Appeals provided for by Council. The Personnel Board of Appeals shall consist of five (5) electors from the Municipality appointed by Council and shall hear appeals when any officer or employee of the Municipality feels aggrieved by action of the Manager or by any department head who suspends, reduces or removes said officer or employee who then requests such hearing. Decisions of the Personnel Board of Appeals in such matter may be appealed to the Court of Common Pleas within ten (10) days of such decision.
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(d) Tenure of Police Officers. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection (d) was repealed by the voters on November 3, 1992.)