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~; ~~ !6 i ~ • ha ` 11`!' 8. I. AN AMENDMENT ALLOWING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION P TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTM Current Law Under Section 143.026, when a vacancy occurs in a beginning position i~ police department, the civil service director certifies to the city's chief officer the names of the three persons having the highest grades on the list. The chief executive officer then appoints the person with the higl unless there is a valid reason that the person having the second or thi grade should be appointed. I: Proposed.~hangg Under this amendment, an additional name from the eligibility list may be the list submitted to the chief executive officer to fill a vacancy in a 1 position. This additional name is allowed if the city council has ad affirmative action plan that has been approved by the civil service commiss The additional candidate from the eligibility list must meet all t qualifications and criteria necessary to fill a beginning position. Currently executive officer can. appoint the person with the highest grade unless good and sufficient reason that one of the other persons named s appointed. Under the proposed amendment, the implementation of an a action plan would be a "good and sufficient" reason to appoint someone c the first person on the list. y 1<Cti,UIIJ 1Vl i l V~.{VJCU t,uau~~. ~. t Ciry councils are currently being sued for im~alementation of affirmative ~ m their police and fire departments. Local ~Ci councils should be able 1 ,~ ~ °' implementation of affirmative action plans ~'n hiring of police and fire ps . ~ avoid court-ordered sanctions or comply v~th appropriate consent des provision would also allow local aut orit ~s to consider what is bed community in balancing the make-up of pt~!lice/fire departments in lie the courts make those determinations. The unions contend this is a viols ' ~' Civil Service Act because there is no provision that allows for these apF i City councils should be allowed to hire minorities and women when '~ i adopted an affirmative action plan. ' ~'' uC S a fire or :xecutive ~,ligibility ;fit grade 1, highest dded to ginning rted an n. other he chief ere is a Auld be rmative ier than plans nnel to This r their having i of the have