HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/14/1937 (2) k RESOLUTION.
THAT, WHEREAS the legislature of the State of Washing-
ton, meeting in the year of 1937, passed what is known as
"Civil Service In Police Departments"., the same bring Chap-
ter 13, (S. B. 78) and the same signed by the Govenor Febru-
ary 19, 1937, this being "An act relating to civil service
in cities and towns and creating a board of civil service
commissioners in cities having fully paid police officers
and providing a civil service system based upon examina-
tion, investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness
for appointment, employment and promotion of all officers
and men appointed in said police departments; and regula-
ting the transfer, reinstatement, suspension and discharge
of said officers and policemen and making the act inapplic-
able to certain cities and towns."
That Section 1. of this Act provides as follows: "The
provisions of this act shall have no application to cities
and towns which at the present tine have provided for cildl
service in the police department or which shall subsequent-
ly provide for civil service in police department by local
charter or other regulations which said local charter or
regulations substantially accomplish the purpose of this
act, nor to cities having a police force of not morn than
two persons including the chief of police.
That x:ursuant to the above authority the City Commis=
sion of the City of Bremerton hereby adopts the provisions
of said act except as hereinafter provided, as follows:
That Section 6 of said act provides as Poll ofs: "For the
benefit of the public service and prevent delay, injury
or interuption therein by reason of the enactment of this
act, all persons holding a position in the police depart-
ment of any such City including the chief thereof, Shen
this act takes effect, who shall have served in such po-
sition for a period of at least six (6) months last past
continuously, are hereby declared eligible for permanent
appointment under civil service to the offices, places,
positions or employments which they shall then hold, re-
spectively, without examiMation or other acts on their
part, and not on probation; and every such person is tere-
by automatically adopted and inducted permanently into �:
civil service, into such office, place, position or employ-
ment, which such person then holds as completely and ef-
fectually to all intents and purposes as if such person had
been permanently appointed thereto under civil service af-
ter examination and investigation ". and it is the intention
of this resolution and the City Commission hereby changes
this Section to read, as above set out ".when this act takes
effect, who shall have served in such position for a period
of at least six (6) months last past continuously ", that the
same be changed to read; That when any person who is serv-
ing at the date the Civil Service Commission is appointed,
as provided by said Act, that the said person so serving
in said police department is hereby declared eligible for
permanent appointment under civil service to the office
or place, position or employment which he shall then hold
without examination or other acts on his part and not on
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probation; and every such person is hereby automatically
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adopted and inducted permanently into civil service into such
office, place, position or employment which such person then
holds as completely and effectually to all intents and pur-
poses as if such person had been permanently adopted thereto
under civil service after examination and investigation.
That Section 7 of said Act be amended by the following:
"An applicant for a position of any kind under civil ser-
vice, must be a citizen of the United States of America and
an elector of the county in which he resides, who can read
and write the English language, and must have been a resi-
dent of said City for at least one (1) year." That this
Section be amended to read as follows: That there be added
to this section the following: That the one year residence
Pentioned in this Section shall not bar the Civil Service
Commission from selecting one who has particular technical
skill who has not had such residence and it S& especially
shall not apply to any finger -print expert which the soad
Civil Service Commission may desire to select.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BRVIIERTON
signed by the mayor and attested by the j ity Clerk in au -
thentication of such passage this /47!T day of ��-'t
1937.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY, 'CLERK