Any officer or employee of the City, may be laid off, suspended or removed from office or employment by the authority by whom appointed. Verbal or written notice of layoff, suspension or removal given directly to an officer or employee, or written notice left at or mailed to his usual place of residence shall be sufficient to put any such layoff, suspension or removal into effect unless the person so notified shall, within five days after such notice, demand a written statement specifically setting forth the reasons therefore and the right to be heard publicly before the officer by whom such notice was given. Upon such demand the officer making the layoff, suspension or removal shall provide the person notified thereof with a written statement specifically stating the reasons therefore and shall fix a time and place for the public hearing. Following the public hearing the officer making the layoff, suspension or removal shall, by a decision in writing, make such disposition of the case as in his opinion, the good of the service may require and such decision shall be final. A copy of the statement of reasons for any layoff, suspension or removal, a copy of any written reply thereto by the officer or employee involved, and a copy of the final decision of the officer by whom the layoff, suspension or removal was made, shall be filed as public records in the office of the Secretary of Civil Service.
(Amended 11-5-13)