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Whenever, in the prosecution of any work or improvement under contract, it becomes necessary in the opinion of the city manager to make alterations in such contracts such alterations may be made only when authorized by the commission upon the written recommendation of the manager. No such alteration shall be valid unless the new price to be paid for any supplies, material or work under the altered contract shall have been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and the manager prior to such authorization.
No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriations of more than one year, except public utility contracts, shall be made for a period of more than ten years or otherwise than by ordinance; and no ordinance providing for such a contract shall be valid without public notice at least two weeks before passage by the commission and the approval of not less than seventy-five per cent of the members of commission, unless submitted to the electors of the city at a regular or special election and approved by a majority of those voting thereon.
(Adopted by electorate, November 7, 1978 – Amending Ordinance No. 2-88)
CIVIL SERVICE
The department of civil service shall be under the management and control of the Civil Service Commission who shall have the powers applying to Civil Service under the general law, except that promotions in the police and fire departments shall be by competitive examinations, among the persons in the next lowest position. Said examinations shall be drafted in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Piqua Civil Service Commission and shall be for the purpose of assessing the candidate’s capacity to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position sought. Said examinations may include scores on a written examination, efficiency ratings, psychological testing, seniority ratings and oral examinations. Each of the aforementioned criteria shall be given such weight as the Civil Service Commission shall establish by its rules, except that an applicant for entry level examination only who has served as a cadet or on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or more, and/or an accumulative period of eighteen (18) months or more, and/or received a campaign medal ribbon for service in a specified combat Theater of Operation and discharged under honorable conditions and/or currently serving in the Armed Forces shall receive ten percent (10%) in addition to the applicant's passing written test score. In the event there are less than two candidates in the next lowest position, then persons in the position immediately below that shall become eligible to take the examination. The city manager shall be the appointing authority on behalf of the Civil Service Commission.
(Adopted by electorate, May 3, 1988 – Amending Ordinance No. 2-88; Adopted by electorate, November 4, 2008 – Amending Ordinance No. 16(A)-08)
PUBLIC HEALTH
The city shall, through such officer or officers as may be provided for by ordinance, enforce all laws and ordinances relating to health, and such officer or officers shall perform all the duties and may exercise all the powers relative to the public health provided by general law to be performed and exercised in municipalities by health officers. All regulations for the protection or promotion of the public health, additional to those established by general law and for the violation of which penalties are imposed, shall be made by ordinance and enforced as provided in this section.
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