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A regularly adjourned meeting of the city council of the 5ity of South San Francisco
was held in the City hall,Wednesday, September 30,194~.
hms meeting was called to order at ~;30 o'clock ?.:~ by 1,~ayor D.f~.Ratto
ROLL CALL.
Roll call found all members of the council present,as follows;-
Councilmen,V.Boido, ~eorge W.holston,Reese Lloyd,~i.l~{inucciani,D.W.Ratto.
Rhe reading of ti e minutes of the previous meeting was suspended.
board
];~aNor ~'-atto announced that as the personnel'under the civil service ordinance had not been
appointed,and as ti e names snbmitted b3 hit~ at ~,?~ mre'~ious meeting for members of the personnel board
were not all satisfactory to four=fifths oflthe ~councilmen he advocated an ordinance amending
the civil cervice, No. ~16. 2his ordinance was intord~:ced b~ councilman Reese Lloyd,and ~ad its
first reading. It would create a department of Personnel which wo~'ld consist of a Beard of
Review and a personnel Clerk. The mem.ers of the City Council would ex-officio constitute the
members of the ?cord of Neview with three of t~eir numbers constituting a quorum. A new section
would be added, to apply to and include onl,~' such offices,positions and emplo~ents as were
in existance on ~ecember 15,1941. The amendment was written by attorney Ernest Wilson: City
attorney Coleberd stated he had not been consulted in the framing of the proposed ame,~dment.
I~e stated the ordanamce,if adopted, would ~estroy the personnel system. Bttorney Wilson stated
ordinance o16 made no provisions for the ~rowth an5 expansion og the cit~ but I¢.r. ~oleber~
showed where additions could ce made to the ordinance when the city eRpanded and new departmenzs
were required. He declared his opinionswere always fair &: unbiased,to his best judgment &- belief.
~-ayor Ratto explained that the personnel board would act as a reviewing board am~ believed
the final mecision should be in the hands of the cit~ council. Councilman Boido stated~that
l:.jayor ~'atto had declared politics was used in hiring employees, and asked that the city proceed
with tNe naming of the ~:ersonnel ~oard,which would take politics out of the city ~overnzr~ent and
protect the workers, and now w~?s the time to do it.
Councilman ~olston stated the city council voted for the ordinance, and expected that the
personrel board would be satisfactory to all concerned, when he submitted the names.~ayor ~'atto
again stated he still believes the proposition should be submitted to a vote of the people.
Chief of Police ~el]one said ~be City of Berkeley sub~itted a civil service ordinance to the
vote of the po:plo and it was defeated, and the city co~ncil passed an ordiance creating the
civil service system subsequently. >-ire Chief Welte advocated the enforcement of the Civil
service system, stating he was not speaking for himself personally, but the rank and file of all
city employees in all branches of the city's service.
Councilman ~iinucciani believed as the names of a oersonnel board had been submitted at the
last meeting .the cit~ shoul~ proceed accordingly. Cou. ncilman ~'olston stg~ted he would vote
~or two of the persons name~ in the list su':mit"-~0 ,, b~,~ one he considered inelivible.
Councilman ~oido also said he considerea
and ~r. t{olston were not consulted in selecting the list. Councilman'Holston said this:was true~b~t they-
might agree upon a personnel board with the rest of the councilme~ if ail ?et togetne~~ a~',a considered
jointly a list of names submitted by oott~. sides until a satsifactor~ board was agreed upon.
City at'iorne]F Coleberd ursed that this course be taken as a means of securing the necessary
personnel body.
This 0ein+:~ satisfactory to all concerned Councilman Rolston moved to adjourn until 1, ionda7,
October 5th,19~~, at 8 o'clock P.~',~. ~:e motion was seconded by councilman Lloyd and regularly
carried.
Time of adj".urnment, d;45 o'clock
Approved
Mayor of ~South San Francisco.
"espectfully su0mitted,
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