§ 12.06. Adoption of rules by civil service commission.

The director of personnel shall recommend to the commission such rules as he or she considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. Thereupon the commission shall fix and hold a public hearing with respect to the rules or their amendments so recommended and within sixty (60) days after such recommendation the commission shall act on such rules or amendments. The commission may approve or reject such recommended rules or amendments in whole or in part, or it may modify and approve them as so modified. Thereafter, the commission may amend or add to the rules on recommendation of the director or on its own initiative, but only after a public hearing on proposed amendments.

The commission shall review said rules periodically for the purpose of revision and in a manner appropriate to sound practices of personnel organization and administration. It shall arrange for the printing of said rules and for their distribution.

(Amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)