| Show t cid cities es enact their own civil service agencies abend es the municipal civil service agencies in the country countey are set up on a wide var variety lety of legal bases and under many types of organization the civil service assembly ot of the united states and canada reported recently ownby knownly more than 50 different terms although the majority bre are called civil service commissions the agencies may bo be set up by y the state constitution by an act 0 olegia tl lature by municipal I 1 charter or by a local ordinance in california for example a city whose voters have approved a civil service charter amendment must obtain permission usually a formality from the state legislature before civil servi service cc becomes effective although cities may install merit systems y stems by ordinance in ohio the constitution constitute ion requires th that at city civil service commissions be established for selecting employees in all municipal departments provisions in the civil service acts ot of minnesota new york rhode island Tinn tennessee essee and wisconsin au theorize the state personnel agencies to render technical and administrative service to local jurin jurisdictions dictions for a fee more than three fourths of all city civil service agencies are of the three appointed so as to provide overlapping terms and thus to further continuity of policy according to the survey commissions of five members are next high in number most of the municipal civil service commissioners hold office for six years and in a few cities the commissioners serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority tho rity many civil service commissions especially in the smaller cities citie sido i do not employ an executive officer b but u t elect eject one of their own to serve in that capacity ra in the larger cities the trend is toward the appointment of a trained salaried executive to handle all administrative work |
