HomeMy WebLinkAbout3018 ORDINANCE NO. JO~g
AN ORDINANCE providing for the Rule of Three
in appointing all city employees.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
aection 1. Rule of Three for Filling Vacancies in
Fire..~De~artment~ Police Departmqnt and all ~ivil Service Positions.
In addition to .any opportunity afforded the appointing authority
to exercise a choice in the filling of a vacancy in the Fire
Department, Police Department, or in any Civil Service position
within the city employees, by the terms of Ch. 41.08 RCW (Ch.
31, Laws of 1935), as amended, Ch. 81.12 RCW (Ch. 13, Laws of
1937), as amended, and Ch. 41.04 RCW (Ch. 189, Laws of 1945),
as amended, whenever requisition is made upon the civil service
commission for the names of persons eligible for appointment to
any vacancy, including both original appointments and promotions,
the commission instead of furnishing the name of the one person
highest on any eligibility list, shalI certify to the appointing
authority the names of ~the three persons highest on such eligibility
list for each vacancy, if there are three such persons available,
and shall indicate the grade received by any such person(s) in a
civil service examination. The appointing authority shall then
appoint one of the certified persons to such vacant position.
Section 2. Construction in Favor of Rule of Three.
Any rule or regulation which might otherwise limit the appoint-
ment in either the Fire Department, Police Department, or in any
Civil Service position within the City employees, to less Sha~
three applicants shall be construed and applied so as to ai.lo~
and provide for such appointment to be made from three aPplicants
as provided herein.
APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton
on first reading this ~~ ~
day of , 1972.
PASSED by the City Counc~of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authen-
tication of such passage this 3 .~y of 1972
L . ARSTAD ,~yor
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