Section 45-39A-13 Police and fire departments under civil service. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Florence is authorized and empowered at any time subsequent to September 25, 1997, to put into force and effect an ordinance or ordinances governing the police and fire departments of the city as provided in this part; but […]
Section 45-39A-13.01 Definitions. With reference to the police department the following definition shall apply as used herein: The word patrolman shall mean and apply to all motorcycle officers, drivers of automobiles used by the police department, and all other members of the police department below the grade of sergeant but shall not include detectives. The […]
Section 45-39A-13.02 Composition of civil service board. The civil service board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the members of the City Council of the City of Florence. In each year the city council shall appoint one person as the successor to the member of the civil service board whose term shall […]
Section 45-39A-13.03 Rulemaking authority. The civil service board shall make rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of this article, and for examinations, appointments, and removals in accordance with its provisions and the board, from time to time, may make changes in the existing rules. The chief of police and the chief of the […]
Section 45-39A-13.04 Application and examination. All applicants for a place or position on the police force or fire department, as the case may be, shall file their application in writing with the civil service board, the applications to be on the blank forms furnished by the board, and all applicants shall be subject to examination, […]
Section 45-39A-13.05 Examinations; fee. The board shall control all examinations, and whenever an examination is to take place, shall conduct the examination. Every applicant for examination shall pay to the city clerk the sum of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50), and the receipt therefor shall be attached to his or her application. (Acts 1947, No. […]
Section 45-39A-13.06 Vacancies. The chief of police, as far as the police department be concerned, and the chief of the fire department, as far as the fire department be concerned shall notify the civil service board of vacancies in the ranks of patrolmen or firemen, respectively, and the board shall furnish the respective chiefs with […]
Section 45-39A-13.07 Emergency appointment. The civil service board, in an emergency, or in cases where it deems proper, may authorize the chief of police to appoint for temporary service such number of police officers as in the opinion of the board of commissioners of the city the existing conditions demand. All officers so appointed shall […]
Section 45-39A-13.08 Badges for use of regularly employed police officers or detectives. It shall be a violation of this part for any official, officer, or other person to issue, give, or lend one of the regulation police or detective badges to any person other than a regularly employed police officer or detective of the city. […]
Section 45-39A-13.09 Election of chair. The civil service board shall elect one of their members as chair who shall hold office as chair at the pleasure of the board. The civil service board shall hold regular meetings on the third Mondays in January, April, July, and October for the transaction of business and may hold […]
Section 45-39A-13.10 Recordkeeping. The civil service board shall keep minutes of their meetings and records of all business transacted by them at each and every meeting. All minutes and records shall be open for inspection at all times by the chief of police, chief of the fire department, and any member of the city council […]
Section 45-39A-13.11 Compensation. The compensation of the civil service board shall be one hundred dollars ($100) per month. The mayor and the city council, or other governing body of the city shall provide for the salaries and expenses of the civil service board, and shall provide in the annual budget of all cities coming within […]
Section 45-39A-13.12 Political recommendations. No recommendation by any officer or official, whether the officer or official be a city, county, state, or national officer or official, shall be considered by any person concerned in any examination or appointment under this part, except as to the general moral character of the applicant. (Acts 1947, No. 437, […]
Section 45-39A-13.13 Violations. Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence, violate this part, and who shall be found guilty after a trial before the civil service board shall be dismissed from the service of the city, and shall not be subject […]
Section 45-39A-13.14 Application of part. Every member of the police department and every member of the fire department in all cities coming within this part, who was such member on the day upon which this code goes into effect shall retain his or her position without examination, and be subject to all the conditions and […]
Section 45-39A-13.15 Eligibility. No person shall be eligible to take the civil service examination or to appointment as a member of either the police or fire departments in cities coming within this part who is not a citizen of the United States or who has ever been convicted of a felony, or who does not […]
