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Department: City Clerk
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Submitted by: Graham Jura | Ordinance 6653
ITEM 5.A. | Council Action: 7/14/2025 |
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| | | | | | | | Description
Ordinance to amend Title 1 Administration and Personnel of the 2025 Municipal Code of Council Bluffs, Iowa, by enacting New Chapter 1.80, to be entitled "Council Bluffs Civil Service Commission". |
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| | | | | | | | Background/Discussion
On May 19, 2025, the Governor of Iowa signed SF 311, an Act relating to city civil service employees and related procedures under Iowa Code 400. This legislation fundamentally alters civil service procedures, enhances due process protections for employees, eliminates citizen police review boards and creates new legal and financial obligations for cities. Additionally, it requires that cities such as ours establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than five but not more than seven.
As we currently have a commission consisting of three members, and do not currently have an ordinance establishing the commission as required in SF 311, this ordinance is designed meet that requirement as well as establish fundamental terms such as qualifications of commissioners, terms of service, and allowing for the Civil Service Commission to create and adopt its own operational rules and regulations in accordance with Iowa Code 400. |
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| | | | | | | | Recommendation
Approval is recommended. |
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Type | Upload Date | | Ordinance 6653 | Ordinance | 6/18/2025 |
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