§ 8-107. Adoption and Content of Rules and Regulations.

(1)

Adoption. The Civil Service rules and regulations in effect on the day prior to the effective date of this Article shall remain in effect and be continued until amended or repealed by the Commission. The Commission shall have power to amend and repeal the rules and regulations on the recommendation of the Director or on its own initiative, subject to the requirement of a prior public hearing with respect to each such proposed modification.

(2)

Content. The rules and regulations shall:

(a)

Regulate employment, promotion, removal, qualifications and other personnel matters.

(b)

Provide for the filling of vacancies in the classified service by demotion, transfer, reinstatement, reemployment, promotion, original appointment or temporary appointment.

(c)

Provide for the establishment, maintenance, consolidation and cancellation of eligible lists and the removal of names therefrom.

(d)

Regulate employment conditions.

(e)

Establish requirements of desirable training, experience and other qualifications of applicants.

(f)

Establish work test periods of not less than six nor more than twelve months before appointees acquire permanent status as classified employees.

(g)

Contain uniform provisions covering the method and manner of conduction examinations; leaves of absence; layoffs; reinstatements; transfers; abolition of positions; promotions on a competitive basis, except where the Commission finds it impracticable; sick and annual leaves; hours of work; on the job training programs; and a uniform service rating system, including the manner in which ratings are to be used in promotions, salary increases, suspensions and separations.

(h)

Fix the procedure and the time within which appeals must be taken and heard.

(i)

Provide, in the discretion of the Commission, for compliance with standards established by any federal agency as a condition precedent to the receipt of federal funds.

(j)

Establish the method of certification of eligibles for appointment or promotion; provided that appointing authorities shall be entitled to the certification of not less than three eligibles for each vacancy, except that if more than one vacancy is to be filled, an additional eligible shall be certified for each additional vacancy; and except that special and different rules and regulations may be established for reemployment lists and reinstatements; and establish emergency, provisional or conditional appointments, or appointments for a limited period where status in the classified service is not obtained and certification is not required.

(k)

Provide the extent to which preference shall be given in appointments and promotions to persons domiciled in the City or residents of the City; to persons honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces; to the unremarried widows of such persons; and to disabled veterans or their wives when the veterans are unable to work. Such preferences shall be given only to persons who have met the minimum requirements imposed for each test and have received at least the average rating required for eligibility.

(l)

Define and prohibit political activities in addition to those specifically prohibited by this Article.