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Commission told state law will require ordinance to expand civil service commission to five members
Summary
Staff updated commissioners that new state law requires cities to establish civil service commissions by ordinance and allows commissions of five to seven members; staff said city council has completed a first reading and vacancies will be posted after ordinance adoption.
City staff told the Iowa City Civil Service Commission on July 16 that a change in state law will require the city to adopt an ordinance formally establishing the civil service commission and increasing its size.
Staff said the law requires ordinance adoption to establish a civil service commission of not less than five and not more than seven members (the transcript referenced "house or senate file 311"). City staff said an ordinance has already had its first reading at…
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