§ 34.42. City employees to elect two board members.

(a)

The election of the two principal members and the one alternate member of the civil service board to be elected by the city employees of the classified status shall be conducted as follows:

(1)

At least 40 days before expiration of the term of the member to be filled, the personnel director or his designee shall notify the employee membership that for a period of seven days, nomination of persons meeting the qualifications for board membership will be accepted.

(2)

Nominations shall be by written petition, signed by at least ten employees of classified status and tendered to the personnel director or his designee within seven days after notification is posted inviting such nominations.

(3)

Subsequent to the receipt of all timely filed nominations, the personnel director or his designee shall cause to be printed a ballot containing the names of all qualified nominees. The ballot shall contain instructions to vote for one of the nominees. Should there be two vacancies to be filled by the election, the ballot shall contain instructions to vote for two of the nominees.

(4)

The date, time, and place of the election shall be posted in all departments and published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city. Such notification shall be not less than one week prior to the date of the election.

(5)

The election shall be conducted between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any workday.

(6)

The personnel director or his designee shall provide, for the security of the election, election ballots and the ballot box. At all times during the election there shall be appointed by the personnel director two poll watchers who shall be duly sworn to uphold these rules and regulations concerning the election and shall supervise the election and guard the ballot box and ballots at all times during the election.

(7)

The personnel director or his designee shall make provisions for the casting of absentee ballots by employees. Such absentee ballots shall be provided by the personnel director or his designee to employees qualified to vote in the election who, upon stating under oath, will not be on duty at the time of the conducting of said election. The personnel director or his designee shall provide a signature list for such individuals requesting and casting absentee ballots. Such absentee ballots shall be tabulated at such time as the regular ballots are tabulated. The absentee ballots shall remain in the custody and control of the personnel director or his designee until such time as the election results are tabulated.

(8)

After the close of the election, the two poll workers shall transport the ballot box containing the ballots and the remaining unused ballots and the voter signature sheet to the personnel director or his designee in the city council chambers.

(9)

The personnel director or his designee shall, with the aid of the poll workers, tabulate the election results in the presence of any candidate or person desiring to be present.

(10)

The personnel director shall then certify the election results to the city clerk who shall announce the results. The candidate(s) receiving the most votes shall become the employee-elected representative(s) upon the announcement of the city clerk.

(b)

All board members shall hold over in office until their successor is duly elected and appointed.

(c)

The appropriate alternate member of the board shall serve in the event of disqualification or absence of any of the principal members. In the event of two or more absences or disqualifications, both alternates shall serve regardless of whether the absences are of council-appointed or employee-elected members.

(Ord. 87-49, passed 7-6-87; Am. Ord. 88-46, passed 5-9-88)