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Charter panel debates eligibility-list limits, the "rule of three" and probation periods
Summary
The Glendale Charter Review Committee spent the Dec. 11 meeting reviewing proposed changes to civil-service language, including two alternatives for eligibility-list duration, whether to keep the "rule of three" for cancelling lists, and whether to bifurcate rules for sworn (police/fire) and civilian jobs; members asked staff and unions for more concrete guardrails and will continue in January.
Chair Flower and staff opened a lengthy review of proposed red-line changes to the charter's civil service provisions (Article 24) at the committee's Dec. 11 meeting, focusing on three interrelated issues: how long names remain on eligibility lists, whether the charter should retain the so-called "rule of three" for cancelling lists, and appropriate probation periods for different job types.
Staff presented two alternatives: Alternative 1 would remove a hard ceiling (currently not longer than two years) and defer the length of eligibility lists to rules adopted by the Civil Service Commission (giving that body more discretion); Alternative 2 would preserve a charter floor and ceiling (for example, not less than one year and not more than two years) while keeping cancellations tied to the existing…
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