§ 9.060 — Rules

Sec. 9.060 - Rules.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commission shall adopt or amend rules for the Civil Service System, consistent with the provisions of this article. The Commission shall give or cause to be given at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of a public meeting of the Commission on proposed rules by posting the notice and a copy of each proposed rule on the bulletin board of each department and by giving a copy of the notice and each proposed rule to the City Council, the City Manager, each department head, and the president or secretary of each employee organization formally recognized by the City. At the meeting, the Commission shall permit a representative of the City Council or the City Manager, or both, to comment on any proposed rule. Any amendment of the rule governing the number of qualified persons certified to the appointing authority on the Civil Service eligibility list is not effective until the amendment is approved by the City Council. 2. The rules adopted by the Commission must provide for the following matters relating to the Civil Service System: (a) The review and approval by the Commission of minimum qualifications set out in class specifications for positions. (b) Procedures for the review by the Commission of the allocation or reallocation of an employee's position pursuant to subsection 4 of section 9.180. (c) Open and promotional recruitment of employees. (d) The development and scoring of examinations of candidates for positions. (e) The development, maintenance and certification of Civil Service eligibility lists, which must include criteria for the use of selective certification as applicable to a position. (f) Procedures for emergency, temporary, provisional and such other types of appointments as the Commission deems desirable to facilitate the business of the City. (g) The establishment of probationary periods, procedures for the confirmation of employees into the Civil Service System after completion of any applicable probationary period, and procedures for the dismissal of probationary employees, including, without limitation, the identification of circumstances in which a probationary employee, including, without limitation, a promoted employee, may not be dismissed by the head of a department without right of appeal. (h) Procedures for the promotion of employees and any right of promoted employees to return to their previous positions. (i) Procedures for the transfer and layoff of employees. (j) Procedures for investigating and hearing appeals relating to the discipline or discharge of employees or alleged violations of the rules of the Commission. 3. A copy of all rules adopted and all changes in them must be filed in the Office of the City Clerk. The Commission shall cause the rules and all changes in them to be distributed as it deems necessary, except that the Commission shall cause a copy to be made available to all officers and employees of the City on the City's Internet website or in such other format as the Commission determines is appropriate. 4. The head of each department may adopt procedures for the governance of his or her department not inconsistent with this article or the rules of the Commission adopted thereunder. 5. As used in this section, "selective certification" means the certification of a person for inclusion on a Civil Service eligibility list for a position based upon specialized knowledge, skills or abilities of the person, in addition to those required to meet the minimum qualifications for the position, that are required to perform the duties of the position successfully.

(Added—Ch. 553, Stats. 1973 p. 885; A—Ch. 349, Stats. 2013 p. 1834; Ch. 163, Stats. 2015 p. 774)