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Commission debate sharpens over which jobs should be removable by mayors
Summary
Commissioners and council members clashed over whether labor-relations officers and other senior staff should remain protected by civil service or serve at the mayors pleasure; the 2019 Austin court ruling and collective-bargaining overlays shaped the exchange.
An extended exchange at the Bridgeport Charter Revision Commission meeting on May 31 focused on which senior roles should be outside the civil-service protections and who should appoint them.
John, associate city attorney, told the commission the Austin v. City of Bridgeport decision in 2019 exposed a drafting problem: "We had a case back in 2019, Austin versus the city of Bridgeport, which held that the position of senior labor relations officer was in the classified," he said, explaining why the drafters want to centralize and clarify the list…
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