City of Colorado Springs - File #: 15-00257

• File #: 15-00257
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 4/13/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/26/2015
• Final action: 5/26/2015
• Title: A resolution approving amendments to the rules of the Colorado Springs Civil Service Commission for the Municipal Police and Fire Forces.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/26/2015	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
5/11/2015	1	Council Work Session	referred

Title
A resolution approving amendments to the rules of the Colorado Springs Civil Service Commission for the Municipal Police and Fire Forces.

Body
From:
Michael Sullivan, Secretary to the Civil Service Commission

Summary:
The Civil Service Commission unanimously (one absent) approved the attached changes to the Rules of the Colorado Springs Civil Service Commission for the Municipal Police and Fire Forces on March 31, 2015.

Previous Council Action:
No previous action with regard to the requested amendments.

Background:
The changes approved by the Civil Service Commission on March 31, 2015, include the following:

References throughout the Rules, including in the Table of Contents and page headers, to the "Municipal Police and Fire Forces" amended to the "Municipal Police and Fire Departments".

Reference in Civil Service Rule 1.5 to the "Director of Personnel" amended to "Director of Human Resources" to conform with current City job titles.

Reference in Civil Service Rule 2.1 to "Assistant Fire Chiefs" amended to refer to "Deputy Fire Chief". The rank of Assistant Fire Chief was eliminated by the Fire Department several years ago; thus, the rank reporting directly to the Fire Chief is Deputy Fire Chief.

Reference in Civil Service Rule 3.2 to applications being made "on forms provided by the Secretary" is striken as the reference to "forms" is outdated. As amended, applications are to be made "in a manner approved by the Commission." In addition, the term "forms" in the second sentence of Rule 3.2 is amended to "applications."

Civil Service Rule 3.3 is amended to strike "unless they have received a pardon," to conform to Police and Fire Department practice.

Civil Service Rule 4.2 is amended, as with Rule 3.2, to strike "made on forms provided by the Secretary and," and substitutes, "Applications shall be approved by the Commission."

Civil Service Rule 4.3 is amended to strike reference to the "Departm...