HomeMy WebLinkAbout07985ORDINANCE NO. 7985
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CIVIL SERVICE RULE 23 OF
CHAPTER 13 OF TITLE VI OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO APPEALS OF PROMOTIONAL
EXAMINATIONS AND CHANGING THE TIME
REQUIREMENTS THEREIN FROM TEN DAYS TO TEN
BUSINESS DAYS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (brackets indicate
matter deleted, underscoring indicates matter added)
SECTION 1.
Civil Service Rule 23 of Chapter 13 of Title VI is hereby amended to read as follows:
Rule 23. Appeal of promotional examinations.
(a) Any candidate who has taken a promotional examination may obtain review of
the content or conduct of such examination by filing specific written objections thereto
with the Commission within ten (10) business days after the date of examination. Any
such candidate may obtain review of the scoring or ranking of such examination by filing
specific written objections thereto with the Commission within ten (10) business days
after the date of mailing of examination results. No such review shall extend further
than to determine whether such examination violated an express requirement of these
Rules.
(b) The Commission shall review such objections and issue a ruling thereon within
ten (10) business days after they are filed, provided that the Commission may in its
discretion conduct a hearing on the objections and issue its ruling within ten (10)
business days thereafter. Until such determination is rendered, no appointment shall
be made from the eligible list established by the examination under review unless
eligibility for such appointment would be unaffected by any ruling which the Commission
might lawfully issue.
INTRODUCED: March 9, 2009
BY: Judy Weaver
Councilperson
APPROVED 2L
PRESI@ENTuf City Council
PASSED AND APPROVED: March 23, 2009
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Background Paper for Proposed
ORDINANCE
AGENDA ITEM # 28
DATE: March 9, 2009
DEPARTMENT: CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION —ADMINISTRATOR TONI SELMAN
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CIVIL SERVICE RULE 23 OF CHAPTER 13 OF TITLE
VI OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO APPEALS OF
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS AND CHANGING THE TIME REQUIREMENTS
THEREIN FROM TEN DAYS TO TEN BUSINESS DAYS
ISSUE
Should the City Council pass the proposed Ordinance?
RECOMMENDATION
See attached Report to City Council.
BACKGROUND
See attached Report to City Council.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO
In re: Proposed Amendment to Civil Service Rule 23
Report to the Pueblo City Council
Pursuant to the requirements of Civil Service Rule 40, the Civil Service Commission held
a public hearing on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council chambers on the
second floor of the City Hall, I City Hall Place, Pueblo CO, for consideration of an amendment
to Civil Service Rule 23, and hereby forwards the proposed amendment to the City Council for
its consideration together with this report on the proposal and hearing.
The Proposed Amendment to Civil Service Rule 23
Under the current wording of Civil Service Rule 23, review of promotional examinations
are subject to the following time requirements:
(a) Candidates may obtain review of the content or conduct of the examination by filing
specific written objections thereto with the Commission within ten (10) days after the
date of examination;
(b) Candidates may obtain review of the scoring or ranking of such examination by filing
specific written objections thereto with the Commission within ten (10) days after the
date of mailing of examination results; and
(c) The Commission shall review such objections and issue a ruling thereon within ten
(10) days after they are filed, provided that the Commission may in its discretion conduct
a hearing on the objections and issue its ruling within ten (10) days thereafter.
The proposed amendment to Civil Service Rule 23 would change the foregoing time
requirements from ten (10) days to ten (10) business days.
Summary of Hearing
Employees of the Fire Department and representatives of IAFF Local No. 3 spoke in
favor of the proposed amendment and noted concern that many of the examinations are
scheduled near holidays and they do not always have sufficient time to file appeals.
The Commission staff had no objection to the amendment, and the amendment would not
unnecessarily delay the certification of eligibles.
No one appeared to speak in opposition to the proposed amendment.
Recommendation
The proposed amendment is not a significant amendment to the current provisions of
Civil Service Rule 23 and is meant to assure the competency of the examination process and the
examinations. The Commission recommends passage of the proposed amendment.
Signed this / ' u" day of
2009.
Guy Kkqedy, Commissioner