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The mayor and council shall by ordinance determine the powers and duties of the civil service commission except that in any event it shall be the duty of the said commission with reference to the classified service:
(a) At a public hearing and after affording a reasonable opportunity to the city officers and employees for consultation with the commission, and after due notice to the public by posting notice in three (3) public places, to adopt and from time to time amend rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this Charter and the ordinances of the mayor and council governing the classified service.
(b) To establish, according to merit and fitness determined insofar as practicable by competitive test, lists of eligibles from which all appointments shall be made.
(c) To establish procedures regulating entrance into retentions, promotions, transfers, and layoffs of employees in the classified service.
(d) To certify payrolls to the end that no person shall receive compensation for services rendered in any position who has not been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, the ordinances of the mayor and council, and the rules and regulations of the civil service commission.
(Mo. of 4-1-41, eff. 5-16-41; Ord. No. 3706, eff. 1126-71; Ord. No. 7274, § 1, eff. 12-11-89)
Editors Note: Ord. No. 3706, § 1, adopted by the mayor and council Aug. 25, 1971, approved by a referendum election Nov. 2, 1971, certified by the mayor Nov. 17, 1971, and approved by the governor Nov. 26, 1971, amended ch. XXII of the Charter by revising § 4 in its entirety pertaining to the same subject matter to read as hereinabove set out.
Proposition 105 of an election called by Ord. No. 7274 on Nov. 7, 1989, approved by the governor Dec. 11, 1989, amended the section in its entirety to remove references to personnel matters now under the jurisdiction of the human resources director in ch. XXX.
The director of the human resources department shall act as secretary to the commission and shall keep its minutes and make a record of all its work. Such minutes, eligible registers and employee roster cards shall be open at all times to the public during office hours, subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service commission; the examination materials and other confidential records and reports shall in like manner be open to the public only if and as provided for by the rules and regulations of the civil service commission. The commission shall never delegate its duty of hearing the appeal of anyone holding a position in the classified service, under the provisions of this Charter.
(Ord. No. 7274, § 1, eff. 12-11-89)
Editors Note: Proposition 105 of an election called by Ord. No. 7274 for Nov. 7, 1989, approved by the governor Dec. 11, 1989, added a new § 5. Former § 5 is now § 6.
The salaries of the civil service commission shall be determined by the mayor and council, and a sufficient sum shall be annually appropriated to carry out the civil service provisions of this Charter.
(Ord. No. 7274, § 1, eff. 12-11-89)
Note: See the editor's note to § 5.
Whenever a reduction of employees is required because of a shortage of funds or work or material changes in duties or organization, employees shall be laid off within specific job classifications in inverse order to total length of continuous service with the city. Any permanent employee laid off from a position shall be permitted to take employment in a lower class in the same class series, or in some other lower class in which the employee has completed probation, each of which must be, or have been under the same appointing officer under which the layoff occurred, provided that the employee is physically fit to perform the duties of the position and the action does not cause the layoff of another employee with greater total length of continuous service with the city.
(Ord. No. 7274, § 1, eff. 12-11-89)
Editors Note: Section 7 was added by Proposition 105 of an election called for Nov. 7, 1989, by Ord. No. 7274, approved by the governor Dec. 11, 1989.