§ 88 — Employee development programs

§ 88 Employee development programs.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, the civil service board may provide for the establishment of programs, including trainee programs, designed to attract and utilize persons with minimal qualifications, but with the potential for development, in order to provide career development opportunities for such persons, including but not limited to members of disadvantaged groups, handicapped persons, and veterans entitled to preference under Section 85 of this article. Such programs may provide for probationary and permanent appointment to the classified service upon the satisfactory completion of the training period prescribed by the civil service board. The civil service board shall provide for the establishment of such programs when requested to do so by the city council.