(A) The Commission shall, immediately after its appointment and from time to time thereafter, make, amend, alter, and change rules to promote efficiency in the Police Department services and carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(B) The rules shall provide among other things for:
(1) The classification of all offices and employments in the Police Department;
(2) Competitive examination to test the relative fitness of applicants;
(3) Public advertisements of all examinations at least 10 days in advance in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and posting advertisement for 10 days in the City Hall and at each station house;
(4) The creation and maintenance of lists of eligible candidates after successful examination in order of their standing in the examination and without reference to the time of examination. The lists shall be embraced in an eligible register. The Commission may by rule provide for striking any name from the eligible register after it has been 2 years thereon;
(5) The rejection of candidates or eligibles who, after the entry of their names, shall fail to comply with the reasonable rules and requirements of the Commission or otherwise, or who have been guilty of criminal, infamous, or disgraceful conduct, or of any willful misrepresentation deception or fraud in connection with their applications for employment;
(6) The certification of the 3 names standing highest on the appropriate list to fill any vacancy (except where the provisions of the Minnesota Veterans’ Preference Law provides otherwise);
(7) Temporary employment without examination, with the consent in each case of the Commission, in cases of emergency; but no such temporary employment shall continue more than 30 days, nor shall successive temporary employments be permitted for the same position;
(8) Promotion based on competitive examination and upon records of efficiency, character, conduct and seniority;
(9) Policy recommendations to the City Council on service connected injuries, sick leave, salary schedule, uniform allowance, vacation, hours of duty, false arrest insurance, health insurance, and other employee benefits;
(10) Such other rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this act as may from time to time be found necessary to secure the purposes of this act.
(C) Copies of all rules adopted by the Commission shall be kept posted in the police station house, and no rule of general application with reference to employment, promotion, discharge or suspension shall become effective until so posted.
(Prior Code, § 2.01, Subd. 6)