Concord Municipal Code Art. VII Personnel Board

Cross references: Personnel Board, § 2.40.040.

The Personnel Board of the city, created by Ordinance No. 542, is hereby continued in existence.

(Code 1965, § 2412; Code 2002, § 2-441. Ord. No. 763; Ord. No. 1006)

(a) A Personnel Board consisting of five members shall be appointed by the City Council to serve at the pleasure of the Council for staggered terms of four years. The City Council reserves the right to make appointments for an adjusted term period to maintain a staggered term structure. In making appointments to the Personnel Board, the City Council will endeavor to appoint members so that the Personnel Board will generally reflect the diversity of the community.

(b) Vacancies on the Personnel Board, from whatever cause, shall be filled by appointment by the Council for the unexpired term. Each member of the Personnel Board shall serve until a successor is appointed.

(c) Any member who absents himself from three meetings of the Personnel Board within a fiscal year without being excused will be deemed to have resigned from his appointment, and the City Council may appoint a new member to serve in place of the resigned member.

(Code 1965, § 2413; Code 2002, § 2-442. Ord. No. 763; Ord. No. 1006; Ord. No. 1108; Ord. No. 99-1; Ord. No. 10-2; Ord. No. 91-2; Ord. No. 15-3, § 7)

(a) The members of the Personnel Board shall be residents of the city who hold no other municipal office in the city and shall serve without compensation.

(b) No person shall be appointed to the Personnel Board who holds an appointive or elective public office with the city.

(c) Excluding an elective office, a member of the Personnel Board shall not be eligible to hold a compensation position with the city within a period of one year after ceasing to be a member of said Personnel Board.

(d) No person shall serve as a member of the Personnel Board who is not in accord with City Council policy as it applies to equal employment opportunity and a merit system of personnel administration as set forth in chapter 2.40, of this Code. All Personnel Board members shall endeavor to keep informed of current personnel administration principles and practices by periodic review of literature of the field and by other appropriate means.

(Code 1965, § 2414; Code 2002, § 2-443. Ord. No. 763; Ord. No. 1006; Ord. No. 1108; Ord. No. 99-1)

The functions of the Personnel Board shall be:

(1) At its first regular meeting of the calendar year, the Personnel Board shall select one of its members as chairman and one of its members as vice-chairman;

(2) To determine the order of business for the conduct of its meetings and to hold such meetings as are necessary, when called by the chairman or a majority of members of the Personnel Board. A majority of the members of the Personnel Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business;

(3) To receive and/or hear appeals and grievances as provided by Chapter 2.40, Article III, of this Code and by the personnel rules;

(4) To act in an advisory capacity to the Council on personnel matters as directed by the Council, to conduct hearings on personnel matters, gather information and data, and provide a written report of its findings;

(5) In an investigation or hearing conducted by the Board, it shall have the power to examine witnesses under oath and review evidence before it and to issue subpoenas as provided by law. Each member of the Personnel Board shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses;

(6) The Council and each of its members are prohibited from interfering or attempting to interfere, directly or indirectly, with the performance of the Personnel Board’s duties and from obtaining or attempting to obtain, directly or indirectly, from any person any agreement as to how that individual will perform any of the duties of a Personnel Board member.

(Code 1965, § 2415; Code 2002, § 2-444. Ord. No. 763; Ord. No. 898; Ord. No. 1006; Ord. No. 99-1)