The Civil Service Commission shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the powers of home rule authority granted by the Ohio Constitution, and as approved by the City Council, on all matters of examination of merit and fitness for the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, reinstatement, suspension and removal of officers and employees of the City. Proposed rules and regulations and revisions thereto shall be presented to the Clerk of City Council who shall place the same on Council's next agenda for action by ordinance of either approval, modification, or rejection by majority vote of Council within forty-five (45) days. Failure of Council to timely act upon said rules or regulations shall constitute an approval of the same.
(a) That the Civil Service Commission may by rule establish a probationary period of not more than two (2) years for persons appointed to the Classified Service; and
(b) That the Civil Service Commission shall add additional credit to each passing grade on entrance examinations for applicants who received an honorary discharge from United States military service and may further establish by rule additional credit to be added to each passing grade on entrance examinations for applicants who have job related training and/or education. The percentage of the United States Military service credit shall be at least five percent (5%) as established by rule of the Civil Service Commission. The percentage of any other job related training and/or education credit may be established by rule of the Civil Service Commission. Notwithstanding the percentage of each such credit established by rule of the Civil Service Commission, the total additional credit which may be added to any passing grade on an entrance examination shall not exceed twenty percent (20%).
(Amended 11-5-96; 11-3-20.)