HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2961 - Amends Ch. 2.16, civil service commission (2.16)CITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville, Washington
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING MARYSVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.16 RELATING
TO CIVIL SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City has established a Police Civil Service Commission pursuant to
Chapter 41.12 RCW; and
WHEREAS, cities that establish a Police Civil Service Commission must substantially
accomplish the purposes of Chapter 41.12 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to update its standards for appointment to the Civil Service
Commission;
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Marysville, Washington do ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Marysville Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.16.010 Civil service system established.
Pursuant to Chapter 41.12 RCW, a civil service system for the police officers of
the city of Marysville is established for the following purposes:
(1) To provide for promotion on the basis of merit;
(2) To give police officers tenure;
(3) To provide for a civil service commission to administer the system and to
investigate by public hearing removals, suspensions, demotions and discharges by the
appointing power to determine whether such action was or was not made for political or
religious reasons and whether it was or was not made in good faith and for cause.
2.16.020 Appointment and qualifications of civil service commission.
A civil service commission for the city police department is established, and shall
be composed of three members to be appointed by the mayor. The commissioners shall
serve without compensation. All commissioners shall be citizens of the United States,
residents of the city of Marysville for at least three years immediately preceding their
appointment, and electors of Snohomish County. Residence and eligibility to vote within
the limits of any territory which has been included in, annexed to, or consolidated with
such city is construed to have been residence within the city. The term of office of such
commissioners shall be six years; said terms shall be staggered so that not more than one
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expires each two years. Any member of the commission may be removed from office for
incompetency, incompatibility or dereliction of duty, or malfeasance in office, or other
good cause.
2.16.030 Powers and duties of commission.
The civil service commission shall have all powers and duties specified in RCW
41.12.040. It shall adopt civil service rules and regulations which substantially
accomplish the purposes of Chapter 41.12 RCW. The duty of the civil service
commission to approve payrolls of police personnel is delegated to the city finance
officer; provided, that the civil service commission shall retain the power to disapprove
payroll disbursement to police personnel in cases where such personnel, or their
appointment to the classified service, violate civil service rules and regulations.
2.16.040 Eligibility for participation in civil service system.
All full-paid, uniformed and commissioned employees of the police department,
including communications officers, custody officers, animal control officers and parking
officers, but excluding the chief of police, clerical employees, mechanics and community
service officers, shall be included in the classified civil service and shall be participants
in the civil service system; provided, that such employees must first successfully qualify
for permanent employment to a classified position. An employee on disability leave shall
remain subject to the civil service system until such time as he or she receives disability
retirement and reaches the age of 50.
2.16.050 State law adopted by reference.
Provisions of Chapter 41.12 RCW are adopted by reference, except to the extent
that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations
adopted by the Marysville civil service commission, in which event this chapter and said
rules and regulations shall prevail.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of
any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days after the date of
its publication by summary.
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PASS ED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this \J day of N\~'f ,2014.
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Approved as to form:n
By g~{~k.J~
rant Weed, City Attorney
Date of Publication: s In I ) t
Effective Date (5 days after publication):
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