San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 1 Personnel Relations Board

No person shall be eligible to hold office as a Personnel Relations Board member who has held a salaried non-elective office or employment with the City within the preceding year. No person shall be eligible to hold a salaried non-elective office or employment with the City who has held office as a Personnel Relations Board member within the preceding year.

The Board shall:

(a) adopt comprehensive rules for the administration of a merit personnel program. Any such rules relating to personnel classification, compensation, or benefits, or otherwise significantly affecting City expenditures, shall be subject to Council approval;

(b) provide for the hearing of appeals from administrative action taken against any member of the merit personnel system for whom no other appeal procedure exists, and the submission of findings and recommendations after hearing to the City Manager;

(c) provide for the hearing and determination of grievances, establishment of appropriate units, and allegations of unfair labor practices, in matters for which no other procedure exists;

(d) provide advice regarding personnel relations matters upon request of the Council or the City Manager.

In the conduct of its hearings, the Board may:

(a) issue subpoenas requiring attendance of witnesses and production of books, documents or other things before it;

(b) administer oaths and affirmations.