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Glendale charter committee coalesces around changes to civil-service rules, directs staff to draft language
Summary
The Special Charter Review Committee signaled support for keeping a 1–2 year eligibility list, replacing the strict 'rule of three' with a '3 whole scores' approach, and permitting civilian probation extensions up to 18 months while retaining a 12-month cap for public-safety positions; staff will return formal redlines for a vote.
The Glendale Special Charter Review Committee moved toward several charter changes affecting the city’s civil-service system at its Jan. 8 meeting, directing staff to draft formal language on eligibility lists, appointment procedures and probation periods.
Committee members heard from city human-resources staff, who said the current recommendation is to keep an eligibility-list floor of one year and a ceiling of two years after meet-and-confer sessions with bargaining groups. “A floor of 1 year, a ceiling of 2 years, is satisfactory to the city,” a staff representative stated during the meeting.
On appointment mechanics, staff and bargaining groups recommended replacing the existing “rule of three” with what staff called a “3 whole scores” system, which would allow more ranked names…
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