[Ord. 2210, §4; Ord. 4439, §1]
The personnel board shall, upon written application for hearing,
make an investigation of the reasons stated for the disciplinary action.
Any such hearing shall be closed to the public unless a written request
for a public hearing is submitted to the board by the police officer
in the application for hearing. It shall be the duty of the personnel
board to hold the hearing as requested in a convenient place and in
accordance with the rules and regulations as may from time to time
be promulgated by the City. After the holding the hearing as herein
provided, the personnel board shall report in writing within three
(3) days, unless the time is extended for a good cause, all facts
and circumstances developed in their investigation and the hearing
held pertaining to the reasons as to why such police officer received
disciplinary action and the decision of the police personnel board
concerning whether or not the disciplinary action will be upheld,
modified or repealed. The city administrator shall provide the Mayor
and the city council with the report of the police personnel board.
The police officer disciplined shall not be deprived of the right
to legal counsel and shall be afforded the right under the rules of
civil procedure to subpoena and cause to be subpoenaed witnesses on
his behalf and the right to cross examine witnesses who appear against
him.