Formal Hearing Procedure. Appeal of the final department decision regarding suspension, demotion, and termination shall be subject to the formal hearing procedure in the Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code §11500-11529), as required by the Fire Fighters Procedural Bill of Rights. The formal hearing procedure shall be presided over by an Administrative Law Judge, and their determination shall be advisory to the City Manager, whose decision on the appeal shall be final. For the purposes of the formal hearing procedure, the final written decision provided to the employee pursuant to Article V.C.4.c shall serve as the Accusation described in Government Code §§11500, et seq.
Formal Hearing Procedure. Unit members shall receive an evidentiary hearing on all proposed disciplinary actions when a written demand for such a hearing is delivered to the Superintendent, or designee within ten (10) working days after service of the written
Formal Hearing Procedure. Dismissal, Demotion or Suspensions Greater Than Three Days.