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(1) Consideration of a Request for a Continuance of a Disciplinary Appeal Hearing; and (2) Schedule Disciplinary Appeal Hearing dates, as deemed appropriate.
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Meeting Date: August 26, 2020
Contact Person/Dept: Mily C. Huntley / Administrative Services
Phone Number: (310) 253-5640
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Public Notification: (Email) Meeting and Agendas - Civil Service Commission (8/25/20); (Email) All City Staff (8/25/20);
Department Approval: Serena Wright-Black, Assistant City Manager (8/25/20)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Civil Service Commission (1) consider the request for a continuance of a Disciplinary Appeal Hearing; and (2) schedule Disciplinary Appeal Hearing dates, as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
An administrative appeal before the Commission was scheduled to commence on August 10, 2020. Due to the impact of the Coronavirus and the related stay-at-home orders issued by the City of Culver City ("City") as well as the County of Los Angeles, a determination was made to conduct the hearing remotely. Upon being notified that the hearing would proceed remotely, counsel for the appellant objected to the remote hearing and requested that the Commission continue the hearing until such time as it can be conducted in person.
Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, the appeal was continued to August 24, 2020, to allow the parties an opportunity to try to resolve the matter. Thereafter, at a special meeting convened by the Commission on August 13, 2020, to consider Appellant's request to continue the administrative appeal hearing until it can be held in person, the parties jointly requested that the pending hearing dates be taken off calendar so that the parties could continue to negotiate in good faith to try to ...
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