1981_Ordinances - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Atteste: Adopted by Council June 15, 1981 Clerk of Counci rl— • AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 20-5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that Section 20-5 of the Code of the City of Charlottes- ville, 1976, as amended, is further amended and reordained as follows: Section 20-5. Same - Same - Powers and duties; appeals by employees. (a) The personnel appeals board shall constitute the final authority to rule upon grievances filed by employees under the grievance procedure promulgated pursuant to section 20-10. (b) ln-add#t}en-anp-eltp-of€#ser-er-ernglepee-snbeet-te- a}�ge4ntment-bp-en-egge3ntee-ef-the-slip-senna#�-er-ef-the-e#tp manager-shall-Neve-an-aggeal-ef-right-te-the-beard-€rem-any-admin- istretive-eetlen-snsflend#ng-sneh-emglepee-€er-mere-than-€ive • eenseent3ve-raer#-daps;-redne�ng-sneh-eiflg}epee-#n-ran#-er-gap; ehangsng-the-elass4fsest}en-ef-sneh-emglepee-adverselp;-er-remev4ng er-disehergsng-sneh-emglepee;-rahleh-tpges-a€-gersennel-aet#ens-are net-sans#dared-te-be-snbjeet-te-the-a€erementlened-grlevanee-gre- eedure- Such appeals of grievances shall be made within ten calendar days after the exhaustion of all adm#n4strative-remedies prior steps in the grievance procedure available to such employee; provided,, however, that such an appeal shall not be available to heads of city departments, or nen-elerieal to employees in the office of the city manager.- who are engaged in city-wide policy determinations. Probationary employees may not appeal grievances based on dismissals. (c) within ten two working days of receipt of notice of such an appeal the board shall eenvene schedule a hearing to be held within ten days thereafter or as soon as the schedules of the members reasonably permit. wh4eh The hearing may be in public or in executive session at the option of the appellant and at-whleh the appellant may be represented by legal counsel or by some other person of his or her own choosing. The city may be represented by counsel or by the head of the department in which the appellant employee is employed. As soon as practicable after such hearing the board shall report in writing its findings and-reesmmendat}ens to the city manager. wh}eh Those findings and-reeeinntendat}ens-are-te-He-merelp adv}sere-and-#n-ne-rasp-mandaterp-er-bind3ng-ngen-the-slip-manager. shall have the full force and effect granted to final grievance panel decisions by state law.