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Margate commission approves first reading of ordinance changing police promotion procedures
Summary
The City Commission approved on first reading an ordinance revising Chapter 30 personnel rules for police promotions, adding a formal personnel-file review and outside oral boards for sergeant promotions while leaving lieutenant appointments to the chief; the vote was unanimous.
Margate City Commissioners on June 4 voted unanimously on first reading to amend Chapter 30 of the city code to change promotion procedures for police personnel, including adding a personnel-file review to promotion scoring and requiring outside oral boards for sergeant promotions.
The ordinance, introduced as Item 6A, revises Sections 30-23, 30-42, 30-43 and 30-49 to provide specific promotion procedures and weighting for police promotions. Under the proposed rules presented to the commission, personnel-file review, a written exam and an oral exam would each carry roughly one-third of an applicant’s score for sergeant promotions; the personnel-file…
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