Civil Service Commission

Created according to Dane County Ordinance 15.17.

The Commission shall have authority to hear all appeals by employees within the classified service from decisions by an appointing authority with respect to disciplinary action taken against an employee, refusal to grant a merit increase, refusal to credit overtime allegedly worked or refusal to rehire a former employee on a reemployment list. The Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all such appeals except that employees shall have the right, through the collective bargaining process, to establish other procedures to decide disputes based upon the interpretation or application of any collective bargaining agreement. If, however, an employee or a duly authorized union representative elects to appeal a decision of an appointing authority through the applicable union grievance procedure, the Commission shall have no jurisdiction to review the same decision.

2 or 3 times/year.