(A) Within five days after the filing of a written demand for an investigation, the chairperson, after conferring with the other members of the Civil Service Commission, the City Manager, and the accused or counsel for the accused, shall schedule the matter for hearing. The hearing shall be held not less than ten nor more than 20 calendar days after the filing of the written demand for an investigation. The secretary shall notify the accused of the time and place of hearing at least 24 hours before the hearing.
(B) The chairperson may call a special meeting of the Civil Service Commission prior to the hearing. The chairperson shall call such a meeting if requested in writing to do so by one other member of the Civil Service Commission or by the City Manager. At such special meeting, the Civil Service Commission may consider the appointment of special counsel to represent the Civil Service Commission in the hearing, and may enter appropriate orders dealing with the scope of the hearing. If a special meeting is called, the secretary shall cause a written notice of such special meeting stating the date, place, and purposes of such special meeting to be personally delivered to each member of the Civil Service Commission and to the accused not less than 24 hours before the meeting or to be mailed not less than 48 hours prior to the meeting by United States mail addressed to the members of the Civil Service Commission and to the accused. Notice of such special meeting of the Civil Service Commission shall be published in the Star-Herald one time not less than one day prior to the day on which the meeting is to be held or, at the election of the secretary, read not less than four times, the last of which readings shall be completed not less than six hours prior to the meeting, on any commercial radio or television station which maintains a studio in the county.
(Ord. 3486, passed - -1996)