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Ordinance - 1462ORDINANCE NO. 1462 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE III, DIVISION 3 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION, TERMS, DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE PERSONNEL COMMISSION. • The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain asrfollow's: SECTION 1. Article III, Division 3 of the West Covina Municipal Code is amended to read: Section 2-91 Created; composition A Personnel Commission for the City is hereby created. The Personnel Commission shall consist of five members, residents of the City of West Covina, appointed by the City Council. Section 2-92 Terms of office and removal The members of the Personnel Commission shall be appointed by resolution of the City Council, for staggered four-year terms ending on June 30. Each member shall hold office after the expiration of his term until his successor is appointed and qualified. All members shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. By resolution, the City Council may remove a member of the Com- mission from office at any time during the term for which he was appointed. Section 2-93 Vacancies Vacancies in the Personnel Commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of the term • shall be filled for the unexpired term of the Commissioner leaving the Personnel Commission, in the manner set forth in this division. Section 2-94 Council Liaison The Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, shall designate one member of the City Council to serve as liaison between the City Council and the Personnel Commission. The mem- ber of the City Council designated as liaison to the Commission may participate in the deliberations of the Commission, but shall not be a member of the Commission nor be entitled to vote on any matter coming before the Commission. The liaison will provide assistance in the communication linkage between the Council and the Commission; and will assist the Commission in understanding councilmanic policies. Section 2-95 Organization The Personnel Commission, at its first regular meeting each July, shall elect a chair- person and a vice chairperson from among its members, both of whom shall serve one-year terms. The Commission may also elect a secretary for the Commission; and the person elected secretary does not need to be a member of the Commission. The Commission shall have the power to adopt rules for the transaction of business, and shall keep a record of resolutions, findings and determinations. • Section 2-96 Meetings The Personnel Commission shall hold regular meetings at least once a month; and shall determine, by resolution,the manner in which such meetingsshall be organized and conducted; and the day(s) on which the meetings will be held. The time and place of said meetings shall be as provided for by resolution adopted by the City Council. A majority of the members of the Com- mission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All meetings, including special meetings, shall be held in the manner provided for in the Ralph M. Brown Act, sections 54950 through 54961 of the California Government Code. Section 2-97 Compensation Each member of the Personnel Commission shall be paid for his services as such member a monthly compensation of twenty dollars for each month, or part thereof, served. Section 2-98 Duties and Powers 0 It shall be the duty of the commission created by this division to: (a) Advisory Capacity. As provided in division 3 of Article III of this chapter and the rules, to act in an advisory capacity to the Council and the Personnel Officer on personnel matters not specifically delegated by law to other parties in the City service. (b) Review Personnel Administration. To continually review the recruitment and selection process for the classified service, including the publishing or posting of test notices and the preparation and scoring of tests, and the certification of eligibles for appointment, and to review the City's position classification system, and to make comments and recommendations re- garding such processes to the Personnel Officer of the Council. (c) Request for Hearings. When requested by the Council or the Personnel Officer, the Personnel Commission shall hold hearings and make other recommendations, on any of the matters of personnel administration, within the limits of the request by the Council or the City Manager. (Code 1960, Section 2409) (d) Appeals. As provided by division 3 of Article III of this chapter and by the Personnel Rules, to receive and hear appeals submitted by any person in the City service relative to any dismissal, demotion, reduction in pay, or alleged violation of such division 3 or the classification and salary resolution of the Personnel Rules; and to certify its findings and recommendations as pro- vided in this chapter. (e) Hearing Procedures, Subpoenas. In any investigation or hearing conducted by . the Commission, it shall have the power to examine witnesses under oath and compel their attendance or the production of evidence before it by subpoenas, issued in the name of the City and attested by the City Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to cause all such subpoenas to be served and refusal of a person to attend or testify in answer to such subpoena shall subject such person to prosecution, in the same manner set forth by law for failure to appear before the City Council in response to a subpoena issued by the City Council. Each member of the Personnel Commission shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses. Sections 2-99 - 2-105 Reserved SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause same to be published as required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th day of January, 1980. /0 A.. _. �� (j.� Mayor ATTEST: /C ity Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF WEST COVINA ) I, YVONNE CALMES, City Clerk of the City -of West Covina; do hereby certify • that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1462,was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of January, 1980. That thereafter said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of January, 1980, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen: Miller, Tice, Shearer, Browne, Chappell NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney • City Clerk F0,11" I C E RT I F I C AT I ON State of California ) County of Los Angeles ) ss. City of west Covina ) I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of West Covina., State of California., do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. Zi6---- wa.s published, pursuant to law, in the west Covina. Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of west Covina.. Janet Berry, Deputy CiO Clerk City of west Covina., Clalifornia. • Dated / �d 0