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(a) Immediately after appointment, the board shall organize by electing one of the members vice chair. The board shall also appoint a secretary, who shall not be a member or adjunct member of the board. The secretary shall serve as director of the civil service department of the city and employ such assistants and employees to positions as the city council may establish.
(b) The secretary of the board shall serve for a period of two years from the date of appointment or until a successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner discharged by the board. The secretary shall be appointed by a majority of all of the members of the board and may not be discharged during the term of office except by a two-thirds vote of all of the board members. The secretary shall receive such compensation as is fixed by the board. (Amend. of 4-2-83, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 5-3-97, Prop. No. 8)
(a) The civil service of the city is divided into the “unclassified” and “classified” service.
(b) The unclassified service shall include:
(1) the directors of departments, assistant directors of departments, and other managerial personnel as designated by city council;
(2) the municipal court clerk and the secretary of the civil service board; and
(3) the labor class, which shall include all ordinary unskilled labor.
(c) The classified service shall include all positions not exempted or otherwise designated according to the Charter. There shall be in the classified service two classes to be known as the “competitive class” and the “noncompetitive class,” as follows:
(1) The competitive class shall include all positions and employment for which it is practical to determine the merit and fitness of the applicant by competitive examination.
(2) The noncompetitive class shall consist of all positions designated to respond to special needs identified by directors of departments and approved by the board or positions requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications or management accountability as may be determined by the rules of the board. (Amend. of 4-2-83, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 5; Amend. of 11-5-24)
(a) The civil service board, subject to the approval of the city council, shall:
(1) adopt, amend, and enforce a code of rules and regulations providing for appointment and employment in all positions in the classified service, which shall have the force and effect of law;
(2) adopt rules regulating reduction of force of employees and in what order they shall be dismissed and reinstated; and
(3) make investigation concerning the enforcement and effect of this section of the Charter and of the rules adopted under the powers granted in this section.
(b) The rules as adopted shall provide for the following:
(1) Notice of no less than seven days of any public meeting of the board.
(2) A lapse of 15 days between a recommended change in the rules by the board and action by the city council.
(3) Notice to all department heads and through them to their employees regarding any recommended changes.
(4) No changes in the rules shall become effective without complying with the notice provisions as stated in this section.
(c) If the civil service rules or any rule adopted by the civil service board, the civil service trial board, or an administrative law judge, and approved by the city council, conflicts with a provision of this Charter or the personnel rules adopted by ordinance of the city council, then this Charter and the personnel rules will prevail.
(d) The civil service board shall make an annual report to the city council at the end of each fiscal year, giving a complete statement of the board’s activities and containing such recommendations with regard to improving the efficiency of the civil service as it may deem advisable. (Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 29; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 5)
The board shall provide for examination in accordance with its code of rules and regulations, and maintain lists of eligibles to each class of the service of those meeting the requirements of said regulations. Positions in the classified service shall be filled from such eligible lists upon requisition of the city manager.
(a) The board shall provide for promotion to all positions in the classified service on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other appropriate evidences of competition and by records of merit, efficiency, character, conduct, and seniority.
(b) The board may, but is not required to, provide for reassignment in the case of:
(1) reduction in force;
(2) removal or reduction for cause under standard civil service hearing and appeal procedures; or
(3) departmental reorganization. (Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 30; Amend. of 4-6-85, Prop. No. 3; Amend. of 5-1-93, Prop. No. 8; Amend. of 11-5-24)
It shall be the duty of the human resources department to recommend personnel rules to be adopted by city council that govern evaluation of conduct and performance and require remedies for nonperformance for positions in the civil service. (Amend. of 4-2-83, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 11-5-24)
In any investigations conducted by the board, it shall have the power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production thereby of books and papers pertinent to the investigation and to administer oaths to such witnesses.
The legal department, the city manager’s office, the city auditor’s office, the city secretary’s office, the library department, the park and recreation department, the radio department, municipal court judges, and the city council office staff are exempted from the provisions applicable to the civil service. (Amend. of 5-3-97, Prop. No. 8; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. Nos. 3 and 5)
(a) Appointments or promotions of city officers and employees in the classified and unclassified service shall not be deemed complete until a period of six months shall have elapsed. A probationer may be discharged, suspended or reduced within said period by the city manager, or the head of the department in which said probationer is employed without right of appeal. A probationary period served as a civilian employee will not satisfy the probationary period for a position in the sworn service with the police department or the fire-rescue department.
(b) Probationary periods may be extended under civil service rules or personnel rules to allow six months on-the-job work performance or completion of any written prerequisites to employment. (Amend. of 4-2-83, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 11-5-24)
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