Section 420.05 — Members To Serve Without Pay.
420.05 MEMBERS TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY. Each commissioner shall serve without pay but the council may allow the secretary such compensation, not exceeding $100 per year, as it shall deem commensurate with the additional services rendered. The council shall pay from the municipal treasury all expenses incurred by the commission in connection with the performance […]
Section 419.09 — Examinations.
419.09 EXAMINATIONS. All examinations shall be impartial, fair, and practical and designed only to test the relative qualifications and fitness of applicants to discharge the duties of the particular employment which they seek to fill. No question in any examination shall relate to the political or religious convictions or affiliations of the applicant. All applicants […]
Section 420.06 — Powers And Duties.
420.06 POWERS AND DUTIES. The commission shall have absolute control and supervision over the employment, promotion, discharge, and suspension of all officers and employees of the fire department of such city and these powers shall extend to and include the chief and assistant chief of such, and all inspectors, fire wardens, electricians, engineers, auto mechanics, […]
Section 419.10 — Notice Of Examinations; Creation Of Eligible Register; Removal And Additions.
419.10 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS; CREATION OF ELIGIBLE REGISTER; REMOVAL AND ADDITIONS. Subdivision 1. Notice of examinations. (a) Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 419.06, and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register […]
Section 419.11 — Charges Filed With Secretary Of Commission.
419.11 CHARGES FILED WITH SECRETARY OF COMMISSION. Charges of inefficiency or misconduct may be filed with the secretary of the commission by a superior officer or by the appointing authority, and thereupon the commission shall try the charges after no less than ten days’ written notice to the accused. Such notice shall set forth the […]
Section 419.12 — Suspension And Removal; Reinstatement.
419.12 SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL; REINSTATEMENT. An employee who, after investigation and trial by civil service commission, is found guilty of inefficiency, breach of duty, or misconduct, may be removed, reduced, or suspended. The employee’s name also may be stricken from the service register. If the board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused, […]
Section 419.13 — Certain Acts A Misdemeanor.
419.13 CERTAIN ACTS A MISDEMEANOR. An applicant for examination, appointment or promotion in the police department service of the city who shall, either directly or indirectly, give, render, or pay or promise to give, render, or pay any money, service or other thing to any person, for or on account of or in connection with […]
Section 419.14 — Commission Vested With Certain Powers.
419.14 COMMISSION VESTED WITH CERTAIN POWERS. When any city has a civil service commission the council may provide that this commission be vested with the powers and duties of the police civil service commission as set forth herein. History: (1933-63) 1929 c 299 s 16; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
Section 419.15 — Officers To Come Under Commission.
419.15 OFFICERS TO COME UNDER COMMISSION. Any police officer regularly employed at the time of the creation of the civil service commission shall automatically come under the jurisdiction of the civil service commission. History: (1933-63a) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1
Section 419.16 — Abolition Of Commission.
419.16 ABOLITION OF COMMISSION. A police civil service commission created under this chapter may be abolished as follows: (1) by the voters in accordance with section 419.17; or (2) by a unanimous vote of the city council. Abolition by the voters shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the […]