A. No person in the classified civil service who shall have been regularly appointed or inducted into civil service under the provisions of this chapter shall be removed, suspended, demoted or discharged except for cause as provided in BMC 2.48.080. For purposes of this section, a resignation or voluntary separation from employment shall not be considered a removal, suspension, demotion or discharge.

B. Whenever the appointing authority has determined that cause for removal, suspension, demotion or discharge exists, the appointing authority shall offer the accused employee the opportunity for a predisciplinary hearing. Such hearing shall consist of oral or written notice of the charges being given to the employee, and a meeting between the employee and the appointing authority at which an explanation of the appointing authority’s evidence and an opportunity for the employee to tell the employee’s side of the story prior to discipline is given.

C. If, upon completion of the predisciplinary hearing, the appointing authority determines that there is sufficient evidence to warrant removal, suspension, demotion or discharge of the employee, the appointing authority shall serve the employee with a written statement which contains, in general terms, the charges and evidence against the employee, together with a statement of the disciplinary action to be taken. A duplicate of the statement required by this subsection shall be filed with the commission.

E. Any person removed, suspended, demoted or discharged under the provisions of this section may, within 10 days from the date of the removal, suspension, demotion or discharge, file with the commission a written demand for an investigation. (Ord. 1380 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1247 § 1, 1987; Ord. 1190 § 1, 1985; Ord. 895 § 2, 1978).