Establishing a Merit System of Promotions for the Bureau of Police

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Clerk. A member of said board shall receive a 9" 4 4!eFR eeFRgeasak4!exi for eaea 4ay of ae #aal &ePvlee 4:a 4140 ameaet ke ge €4:*ed -4Y #ke 4eaPd+ BFeV4!de4, aewevep, khat toe 4e4al ee gea &a ea peeei-ved 1�y any Faef4eP eliall me# exeeed compensation of Six Hundred Dollars per year. SECTION IV. When a vacancy occurs among any of the Board members, for any cause, this vacancy shall be filled for the duration of the unexpired term in the same manner as the appointment or election previously made of the original Board member. The Board may remove any member at any time upon a conviction of any criminal offense, malfeasance, non- feasance, misconduct which would effect ability to perform duties, or any other inability to serve. Such removal requires a unanimous vote of all Board members exclusive of the member charged or accused. SECTION V. The Merit Board shall establish regulations for the government of the Board and included in said regulations shall be the time and place for holding of regular meetings and for holding special meetings throughout the year as may be deemed necessary for it to transact the business of the Board. A lawful transaction of the business of the Board shall require& a ma4eP4:ky of 4!4& at least four (4) members to be present. At its first meeting each year, the Board shall select from its members, a president and vice - president. The secretary of the Board shall be the Clerk of the Board of Public Safety. The Board shall make and keep a permanent record of its proceedings. SECTION VI. The Merit Board shall be authorized and directed to prepare, adopt, promulgate, supervise and enforce regulations as follows: (a) To govern promotions and demotions of members of the Bureau of Police. Such regulations shall provide that the following four factors, along with their respective percentages of rating shall be the basic considerations of rating a member of the Bureau of Police for the pur- pose of promotion: 1. The Grade received by a member on a written competitive examination pertaining to police knowledger - 28 ;: and situational testing. - 40 %. 2. During the year of initial implementation, 1976, all officers considered for promotion shall have nc fewer than four performance evaluations. There- after, as follows: The past performance record of a member of the Bureau of Police based upon a formalized system of evaluation during the previous two years of service as a member of said Bureau of Police. - 40 %. The formalized evaluation shall be conducted by the immediate superior officer whose evaluation shall carry 40% weight of the total and three officers of equal or lesser rank each of whose evaluation shall carry 20% weight of the total evaluation. - 3 -