(a) No rule or regulation shall be adopted by the board unless it is proposed at a prior meeting and public notice thereof given by posting a copy of same for 10 days within the vestibule of the city hall. Any citizen or taxpayer in the City of Dothan may appear before the board and advocate or protest the adoption of such rule or regulation. The scope of all rules and regulations shall be:
(1) To provide a method for administering the classification service and the compensation plan adopted by the board.
(2) To establish, maintain, consolidate, and cancel personnel lists.
(3) To provide a system for receiving, accepting, or rejecting applications for tests.
(4) To prescribe the manner of giving tests, grading papers, and otherwise determining the qualifications of applications for rating under the classified service.
(5) Pertaining to the adoption and application of a service rating system.
(6) Pertaining to uniform recommendations as to working conditions, hours of employment, leaves of absence, and vacations of employees in the classified service.
(7) The order and manner in which suspension from service may be applied to persons in the classified service.
(b) All rules and regulations, duly adopted by the board, if not inconsistent with this part, shall have the force and effect of law and shall become effective when a copy thereof is recorded in the office of the clerk of the city.
Last modified: May 3, 2021