Section 400.30 – Penalty.
400.30 Penalty. The provisions of this chapter shall be strictly carried out by each person or body having powers or duties thereunder, and any act or failure to act tending to avoid or defeat the purposes of such provisions is hereby prohibited and shall be a simple misdemeanor. [C39, §5713.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, […]
Section 400.31 – Waterworks employees.
400.31 Waterworks employees. In cities where the board of waterworks trustees has adopted a resolution placing its employees under this chapter as to civil service, the civil service commission acting under this chapter has charge of the civil service procedure as to those employees and this chapter applies. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, […]
Section 400.17 – Employees under civil service — qualifications.
400.17 Employees under civil service — qualifications. 1. Except as otherwise provided in section 400.7, a person shall not be appointed, promoted, or employed in any capacity, including a new classification, in the fire or police department, or any department which is governed by the civil service, until the person has passed a civil service […]
Section 400.18 – Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension.
400.18 Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension. 1. A person holding civil service rights as provided in this chapter shall not be removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended arbitrarily, but may be removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended due to any act or failure to act by the employee that is in contravention of law, city policies, or […]
Section 400.19 – Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of subordinates.
400.19 Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of subordinates. The person having the appointing power as provided in this chapter, or the chief of police or chief of the fire department, may, upon presentation of grounds for such action to the subordinate in writing, peremptorily remove, discharge, demote, or suspend a subordinate then under the person’s […]
Section 400.20 – Appeal.
400.20 Appeal. The removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of a person holding civil service rights may be appealed to the civil service commission within fourteen calendar days after the removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension. [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5704; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.20; C75, 77, 79, 81, […]
Section 400.21 – Notice of appeal.
400.21 Notice of appeal. If the appeal be taken by the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended, notice of the appeal, signed by the appellant and specifying the ruling appealed from, shall be filed with the clerk of the commission. If the appeal is taken by the person making such removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension, […]
Section 400.22 – Charges.
400.22 Charges. Within fourteen calendar days from the service of the notice of appeal, the person or body making the ruling appealed from shall file with the body to which the appeal is taken a written specification of the charges and grounds upon which the ruling was based. If the charges are not filed, the […]
Section 400.23 – Time and place of hearing.
400.23 Time and place of hearing. Within ten days after such specifications are filed, the commission shall fix the time, which shall be not less than five nor more than twenty days thereafter, and place for hearing the appeal and shall notify the parties in writing of the time and place so fixed, and the […]
Section 400.24 – Oaths — books and papers.
400.24 Oaths — books and papers. The presiding officer of the commission or the council, as the case may be, shall have power to administer oaths in the same manner and with like effect and under the same penalties as in the case of magistrates exercising criminal or civil jurisdiction. The council or commission shall […]