§ A314-13. Hearings.

A. 

Reports of personnel action.

(1) 

Copies of all written personnel actions taken by the City Council, upon which a hearing may be requested, are to be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.

(2) 

The City Clerk-Treasurer shall be responsible for filing copies of such actions with other officials such as required.

B. 

Request for hearing.

(1) 

When a regular employee is dismissed, suspended, or demoted for disciplinary reasons, the employee shall be entitled to a hearing pursuant to these personnel rules. Probationary employees shall not be entitled to such a hearing.

(2) 

Within 15 days after receipt of written notice of dismissal or suspension for disciplinary reasons, the employee shall file a written request for a hearing with the City Clerk-Treasurer. If such request is received by the City Clerk-Treasurer within 15 days after the employee has received written notice of the personnel action, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall file copies of the employee's request with the City Council.

C. 

Limitation on hearing.

(1) 

No regular employee shall be granted a hearing on the charges for any dismissal or suspension for disciplinary reasons unless the employee first files a written request with the City Clerk-Treasurer within the 15 days after the employee has received written notice of such disciplinary action. The fifteen-day period shall be calculated beginning with the day on which the written notice is received by the employee and counting each calendar day thereafter.

(2) 

Under Veteran's Preference the employee has 60 days to submit a hearing request. A veteran removed under the Act is entitled to be paid until the issuance of an award by the hearing process.