2.08.2030 - Absence from meetings - Automatic resignation.
A. A member of the civil service commission shall be deemed to have automatically resigned from the commission if the member has unexcused absences from either:
1. Any three consecutive scheduled meetings and hearings of the commission; or
2. More than twenty percent of the total number of scheduled meetings and hearings of the commission in any calendar year or, if the member was appointed to fill a vacancy, more than twenty percent of the total number of scheduled meetings and hearings of the commission held during the remainder of the calendar year.
B. For purposes of this part, the following shall not be considered an unexcused absence:
1. An absence due to an illness of the member, or illness or death of a member's spouse, parent, child, stepchild, brother or sister, grandparents, grandchild; or
2. An absence because a member is away on authorized commission or authorized city business.
C. As used in this section, "scheduled meetings and hearings" means scheduled meetings and hearing dates of the commission including disciplinary appeal hearings and appeal hearings which are conducted pursuant to the civil service rules contained in Chapter 3.04 of the San José Municipal Code and does not include special meetings, adjourned or continued scheduled meetings and hearing, or subcommittee meetings.
(Ord. 25987.)
