(a) Reports and Recommendations. Trial boards, referees or examiners, shall submit a report and recommendation to the Civil Service Commission on each appeal considered by them.
(b) Objections to Reports and Recommendations.
(1) No objection may be made to any decision of a referee, examiner or trial board prior to submission of their report and recommendation.
(2) Objections to reports and recommendations shall be filed, in writing, within ten calendar days after receipt of the report and recommendation.
A. If a report and recommendation is refused, unclaimed or sent to the wrong address due to a party's failure to notify the Commission, in writing, of a change of address, it is deemed received by the party three calendar days after mailing.
B. The author of the report and recommendation may extend the time to file objections to his report and recommendation.
C. Objections to reports and recommendations should include both a brief statement of the case and a concise statement of each area of disagreement together with supporting argument and memoranda.
D. No objection may be considered without a certificate of service on the opposing party.
(3) No party may submit rebuttals to objections to a report and recommendation.
(c) Commission Action on Reports and Recommendations.
(1) The Commission may accept or reject, in whole or in part, any report and recommendation.
(2) The Commission may take additional evidence or remand an appeal to a trial board, referee or examiner, for further consideration or hearing.
(d) Final Orders of the Commission.
(1) A final order shall be signed by the Chairman of the Commission. The original shall be journalized and a copy of the order placed in the case file.
(2) Copies of final orders of the Commission shall be sent by certified United States mail to an affected employee, and by regular United States mail to the other parties and their representatives.
(e) Motions for Reconsideration. Any party may move for reconsideration on a final order of the Commission. Motions for reconsideration shall be filed within ten calendar days of mailing of the final order of the Commission.
(f) Certification of the Record to Court. The Commission shall certify only one copy of the record to the Court of Common Pleas in any appeal. If notice of appeal is filed in more than one court, the record shall be certified to the court in which the appeal was first filed in the Court of Common Pleas.
(Ord. 92-1458. Passed 10-6-92.)
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