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File #: 230016    Version: Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 1/19/2023 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action: 2/16/2023
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for exemption from civil service for staff of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Sponsors: Councilmember Jones
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 23001601, As Amended.pdf, 2. Signature23001601

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Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for exemption from civil service for staff of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.

 

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WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. §13106), 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, be it

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter 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 3

CIVIL SERVICE: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXEMPTIONS

 

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§ 7-301. Exemptions.

 

                     All officers and employees of the City, including all officers and employees of all departments, all independent boards and commissions and all departmental boards and commissions, shall be under civil service except:

 

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(f)                     Persons who in times of public emergency may be appointed special employees for service not to exceed one month in [duration.] duration;

 

(g)                     Employees appointed by the Citizens Police Oversight Commission.

 

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Explanation:

 

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics indicate matter added.

 

 

 

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