Chapter 2.42
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Sections:

2.42.010    Civil Service Commission established.

2.42.020    Membership.

2.42.030    Meetings.

2.42.040    Duties.

2.42.050    Staff support.

2.42.060    Delegation of Commission duties.

2.42.070    Contract for support.

2.42.010 Civil Service Commission established.

There is hereby established a Civil Service Commission. (Ord. 1794)

2.42.020 Membership.

A. The Civil Service Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the City Council.

B. The members of the Civil Service Commission shall be appointed for staggered, three-year terms.

C. Members of the Civil Service Commission shall be qualified electors of the City. No person who holds any paid public office or employment shall be a member of the Civil Service Commission.

2.42.030 Meetings.

A. The regular meetings of the Civil Service Commission shall be held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall at least once a month on a day and at an hour specified and fixed by resolution of the Civil Service Commission.

B. Three members of the Civil Service Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

2.42.040 Duties.

The Civil Service Commission shall discharge the duties assigned to it by the provisions of the code, to include, without limitation, the following:

A. As necessary, the adoption, revision and administration of a position classification plan covering all positions in the classified service;

B. The establishment of educational, experience and other requirements for entrance into civil service examinations or for employment;

C. The public recruitment of applicants, examination of the fitness of qualified applicants, and the establishment of an eligibility list reflecting the relative fitness of applicants who pass the examination;

D. The establishment and administration of an employee performance report system;

E. If requested by the City Council, the Civil Service Commission shall administer the retirement system prescribed by the City Council;

F. The enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the civil service rules and regulations established under this code;

G. The conduct of investigations and hearings;

H. The preaudit or postaudit of payrolls and related documents to ascertain compliance with this chapter, the compensation plan, the civil service rules and the regulations, orders and decisions thereunder, and may require correction of payrolls or salary and wage payments; and

I. The recommendation to appropriate City officials of measures which are not within the immediate jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission but which are in furtherance of reasonable, equitable and uniform treatment of personnel.

2.42.050 Staff support.

The Civil Service Commission shall be supported by the Director of Administrative Services, or the Director’s designee, whose support duties shall be assigned by the Civil Service Commission.

A. The Director of Administrative Services shall be the custodian of all personnel records to the Civil Service Commission and shall be the official upon or with whom all notices, requests for Civil Service Commission review, complaints, or other official documents for the Civil Service Commission shall be served or filed.

B. In the absence of the Director of Administrative Services, notices, requests for Civil Service Commission review, complaints or other official documents may be served on or filed with the City Clerk.

2.42.060 Delegation of Commission duties.

The Civil Service Commission shall have the power to delegate to one of its members, the Director of Administrative Services, or the City Manager any of its powers and duties set forth in this chapter except the following:

A. Adoption or revision of civil service rules;

B. Adoption or revision of a classification plan; or

C. Final review of evidence and the decision in disciplinary cases.

2.42.070 Contract for support.

The City Council may, on request of the Civil Service Commission, contract with the governing body of a city or county within this State or with a department of the State or other public or private agency for the performance for the Civil Service Commission of any duties under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission, subject, however, to the following exceptions:

A. Those duties which this chapter provides cannot be delegated by the Civil Service Commission; and

B. Those duties of the Director of Administrative Services specified in this chapter.