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March 27, 2006
How Do Appeals Appeal to You?
City Council members Duke Franklin and Jack Benson, along with Mayor Ron Littlefield and Federal Judge Bernie O'Brien, told the newly organized City Personnel Task Force last week that they support shifting employee personnel appeals away from the council. According to Chattanoogan.com, Benson said he stopped volunteering to sit on the three-member appeal panels after he voted to uphold an employee and a supervisor told him he had "undermined my authority" by his vote.
But some task force members said that a shift awafy from the council might not be the best move. Former Chattanooga Fire Chief Jim Coppinger said he is concerned that an appointed civil search board might wind up being as political as the council, adding that very few decisions by the council have wound up in court and that the hearings have been handled fairly thusfar.
The City Personnel Task Force -- which is headed by interim City Councilman Wallace Chambers and which met for the very first time just last week -- was created last fall in response to the dismissal of two longtime city recreation supervisors accused of misusing city funds. One, David Crutcher, has subsequently been charged with theft. The panel wants to learn about civil service boards in other cities and how their members are appointed. It plans to meet for about six weeks before making recommendations to the mayor. Among the issues being discussed by the panel is the possibility of granting tenure to city employees.
Let's hope this doesn't include the ones who are stealing from it.
BlogBeats | By pulseblogger | 12:54 PM
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