§ 703. The Personnel Board.

The Personnel Board shall consist of five members four of whom are members of the public and a fifth who is a member of the classified service. In addition, there shall be an alternate who is a member of the classified service and who shall serve on the board only in the absence of the employee member. Board members shall be appointed by the Executive, subject to confirmation by the Council. The employee member of the board and the alternate shall be selected for appointment from a list of three names nominated by secret ballot by the members of the classified service. Board members shall serve for overlapping terms of five years from the first day of January of the year of their appointments, or until their successors are appointed. Vacancies, except those at the expiration of a term, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and for the unexpired term. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services except reasonable and necessary expenses as may be provided in the budget. The Board shall annually select a Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson from its membership. The Personnel Officer shall serve as Executive Secretary to the Board and shall attend all meetings of the Board, except those meetings at which an appeal from an action of the Personnel Officer is to be heard. No member shall be reappointed after having served eight consecutive years immediately before reappointment.

Editor's note

An amendment to § 703 proposed by Res. No. 127, 1988 was approved at an election held Nov. 8, 1988, and became effective Dec. 8, 1988. An amendment proposed by Res. No. 126, 1996 was approved at an election held Nov. 5, 1996, and became effective Dec. 5, 1996.