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File #: 040942    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: LAPSED
File created: 10/28/2004 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Proposing an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the preparation of Civil Service Regulations, by adding a requirement that any fees to be imposed for the purposes of processing applications for positions within the City be approved by City Council.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Nutter
Indexes: CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
Attachments: 1. TextFile04094200.pdf
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Proposing an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the preparation of Civil Service Regulations, by adding a requirement that any fees to be imposed for the purposes of processing applications for positions within the City be approved by City Council.
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WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. ยง13106), an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, adding new language to Section 7-400, is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:

ARTICLE VII
EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH - POWERS AND DUTIES
Personnel Director and Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service

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CHAPTER 4
CIVIL SERVICE: REGULATIONS

Section 7-400. Preparation and Adoption.

The civil service regulations shall be prepared by the Personnel Director. Regulations pertaining to the position classification plan, pay plan, hours of work, holidays and annual vacation and sick leave shall be submitted by the Personnel Director for approval to the Civil Service Commission and Administrative Board. All other civil service regulations shall be submitted by the Personnel Director for approval to the Civil Service Commission only[.], except for regulations regarding the imposition of fees for any initial application for employment. Such proposed fees must be submitted to the City Council for approval. After the requisite approvals shall have been obtained, the regulations shall be filed by the Personnel Director with the Department of Records, where they shall be available for public inspection for thirty days, and public notice of such filing shall b...

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