§ 4 — CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL

SEC. 4. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

(a) The civil service board, subject to the approval of the city council, shall: (1) adopt, amend, and enforce a code of rules and regulations providing for appointment and employment in all positions in the classified service, which shall have the force and effect of law; (2) adopt rules regulating reduction of force of employees and in what order they shall be dismissed and reinstated; and (3) make investigation concerning the enforcement and effect of this section of the Charter and of the rules adopted under the powers granted in this section. (b) The rules as adopted shall provide for the following: (1) Notice of no less than seven days of any public meeting of the board. (2) A lapse of 15 days between a recommended change in the rules by the board and action by the city council. (3) Notice to all department heads and through them to their employees regarding any recommended changes. (4) No changes in the rules shall become effective without complying with the notice provisions as stated in this section. (c) If the civil service rules or any rule adopted by the civil service board, the civil service trial board, or an administrative law judge, and approved by the city council, conflicts with a provision of this Charter or the personnel rules adopted by ordinance of the city council, then this Charter and the personnel rules will prevail. (d) The civil service board shall make an annual report to the city council at the end of each fiscal year, giving a complete statement of the board’s activities and containing such recommendations with regard to improving the efficiency of the civil service as it may deem advisable. (Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 29; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 5)