Whenever an officer or permanent employee of the City feels aggrieved by the action of his supervisor in the administration of discipline, he may present a written statement of his grievance to the immediate supervisor of the supervisor who administered the discipline within five working days of the effective date of the disciplinary action taken against him, asking for a review and reversal or modification of the disciplinary action. If such grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the aggrieved employee by the superior so addressed within a period of five working days, he may request in writing, a review of his grievance by his department head, and if still unresolved within five working days, he may request a review by the Personnel Director. If the grievance is not resolved to the satisfaction of the aggrieved employee by the Personnel Director within a period of ten working days, he may request in writing a review of his case by the City Manager, provided the City Manager has not already ruled on such case as a supervisor or the immediate superior of the supervisor who administered the discipline.
In all cases, the written ruling of the City Manager shall be final and binding unless the disciplinary action taken against the employee and approved by the City Manager involves suspension from duty without pay or demotion or discharge, in which case the employee affected shall have the right to request a hearing before the Personnel Appeals Board for purposes of reviewing the final decision of the City Manager. Any such request for a hearing before the Personnel Appeals Board must be submitted to the City Manager in writing within five working days of the date of the City Manager's final decision and shall specify in detail the reasons why the City Manager's decision is in error.
(Ord. 6-77. Passed 2-14-77.)