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The Civil Service Commission shall maintain a list of all persons in the classified service, showing in connection with each name the position held, the date and character of each appointment and every subsequent change in status. Each appointing officer shall promptly transmit to the Commission all information required for the establishment and maintenance of such list. The Treasurer shall not pay, nor shall the Commissioner of Accounts issue a voucher for the payment of, any salary or compensation to any person holding a position in the classified service unless the payroll or account of such salary or compensation shall bear the certificate of the Civil Service Commission that the persons named therein have been appointed or employed and are performing service in accordance with the civil service provisions of this Charter and the rules established thereunder. Any sums paid contrary to the provisions of this section may be recovered from any officer paying or authorizing the payment thereof and from the surety on his official bond.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The official in charge of personnel administration pursuant to appointment by the Mayor shall establish standards of efficiency and conduct for the officers and employees in the classified service. It shall be his duty to adopt and administer a plan for the equitable and periodic measurement of such conduct and efficiency. It shall also be his duty to maintain complete records of such measurements which shall be used in determining eligibility for increases in rates of compensation; by appointing officers and the Civil Service Commission for assistance in determining the order of layoff and in disciplinary actions; by the Civil Service Commission for assistance in determining eligibility for promotion; and by other officers, as needed, for the betterment of the public service.
(Effective November 6, 1951)
The Civil Service Commission may make investigations concerning the facts in respect to the execution of the civil service provisions of this Charter and of the rules established thereunder, and concerning the general condition of the civil service of the City or any branch thereof. Written charges of misconduct or inefficiency against any officer or employee in the classified service may be filed with the Civil Service Commission by any person. The Commission shall investigate such charges and report its findings to the authority responsible for the appointment of the officer or employee against whom the charges have been made. Each member of the Commission or any person whom the Commission may appoint to make any investigation authorized or required by this section, shall have power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent to the investigation and to administer oaths to such witnesses.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
No person shall willfully or corruptly make any false statement, certificate, mark, grading or report in regard to any test or appointment held or made under the civil service provisions of this Charter, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud upon the impartial execution of any such provisions or of the civil service rules and regulations.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
No person in the administrative service of the City shall directly or indirectly give, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in giving, soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party or purpose whatever. No person shall orally or by letter solicit or be in any manner concerned in soliciting any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political party or purpose from any person holding a position in the administrative service. No person shall use or promise to use his influence or official authority to secure any appointment or prospective appointment to any position in the service of the city as a reward or return for personal or partisan political service. No person shall take part in preparing any political assessment, subscription or contribution with the intent that it shall be sent or presented to or collected from any person in the administrative service of the City; and no person shall knowingly send or present, directly or indirectly in person or otherwise any political assessment, subscription or contribution to, or request in payment by, any person in such service.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
No person about to be appointed to any position in the administrative service of the City shall sign or execute a resignation, dated or undated, in advance of such appointment. No person in the service of the city shall discharge, suspend, lay off, reduce in grade or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any person in such service, or promise or threaten to do so, for withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or service or any valuable thing for any political purpose. No person in the service of the City shall use his official authority to influence or coerce the political action of any person or body, or to interfere with any nomination or election to public office. No person in the classified service of the City shall act as an officer of a political organization or take part in a political campaign, or serve as a member of a committee of any such organization, or circulate or seek signatures to any petition provided for by primary or election laws, or act as a worker in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
It shall be the duty of the Civil Service Commission to supervise the execution of the foregoing civil service provisions of this Charter and the rules made thereunder, and it shall be the duty of persons in the service of the City to comply with such rules and to aid in their enforcement. Any person who, by himself or in cooperation with one or more persons, willfully or corruptly deceives or obstructs any person in respect to his right to take part in any test for admission to the service of the City; or willfully or corruptly marks, grades or reports upon the test or proper standing of any person tested for appointment in the civil service, or aids in so doing; or willfully or corruptly makes any false representations as to the results of such tests or concerning the person so tested; or willfully or corruptly furnishes to any person special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so tested or to be tested, or to be appointed, employed or promoted; or willfully impersonates any other person or permits or aids, in any manner, any persons to impersonate him in connection with any test, registration, application or appointment, or request to be tested or registered; or who makes known or assists in making known to any applicant for test, in advance of such test, any question to be asked on such test; or willfully or through culpable negligence violates any of the civil service provisions of this Charter, or any of the rules of the Commission made in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before the Municipal Court shall be fined not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. If such person be an applicant for competitive test he shall be excluded therefrom; if he be an eligible his name shall be removed from the eligible list; and if he be an officer or employee of the City he shall immediately forfeit his office or employment.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
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