Resolution No. 2240 - Personnel System Rules and Refulations for the City of Colton

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RULE III CIVIL SERVICE BOARD Section 1. Meetings: The Civil Service Board shall hold meetings at such time and place within the city as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board. Any regular meeting may be adjourned to a time certain and to a place designated by the Chairman. In addition, the Board may hold special meetings upon the call of the Chairman or any three members of the Board. Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 2. Public Hearings: Hearings conducted by the Civil Service Board shall be public, unless the Board shall determine that a private hearing is necessary to secure all the facts in the case. Whenever such a finding is made, the Board may limit attendance at the hearing to the members of the Board, officers from whose action the appeal was taken, and such witnesses and other persons as the Board may require to be present. The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules relating to evidence and witnesses. RULE IV CLASSIFICATION Section 1. Preparation of plan: The Personnel Officer, or a person or agency employed for that purpose shall ascertain and record the duties and responsibilities of all positions in the competitive service, and after consultation with appointing authorities and heads of departments affected, shall recommend a classification plan for such positions. The Classification plan shall consist of classes of positions in the competitive service defined by class specifications, including title, a description of typical duties and responsibilities of positions in each class, a statement of the training, experience and other qualifications to be required of applicants for positions in each class. The classification plan shall be so developed and maintained that all positions substantially similar with respect to duties, responsibilities, authority and character of work are included within the same class, and that the same schedules of compensation may be made to apply with equity under like working conditions to all positions in the same class. Section 2. Adoption of plan: Before the classification plan or any part there- of shall become effective, it shall first be approved in whole or in part by the City Council which shall arrange for the holding of one or more public hearings thereon. Notices of such hearings shall be posted in the manner prescribed by the City Council, and the Council may upon the conclusion of said hearing make such changes or modifications of the plan as it shall deem warranted. Upon adoption by the Council, the provisions of the classification plan shall be observed in the handling of all personnel actions and activities. The classification plan shall be amended or revised as occasion requires in the same manner as originally established. Section 3. Allocation of positions: Following the adoption of the classification plan, the Personnel Officer shall allocate every position in the competitive service to one of the classes established by the plan. -4-