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The tenure of every employee permanently appointed to and holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of this chapter shall be only during his or her good behavior and satisfactory performance. Any such employee may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted, or reduced in rank, by the appointing authority for any of the following reasons:

1. Incompetency, inefficiency or inattention to or dereliction of duty. These include, but are not limited to, the failure or inability to adequately perform the duties or responsibilities of the position, rank or office of the employee;

2. Mental or physical unfitness for the position which the employee holds;

3. Unlawful use of narcotics or any other habit-forming drug, liquid or preparation, or use of intoxicating liquors to such an extent that the use thereof interferes with the efficiency or mental or physical fitness of the employee, or which precludes the employee from properly performing the function and duties of his/her position;

4. Dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of a member of the public or a fellow employee, any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service; or any willful failure on the part of the employee to act properly; or any willful violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations to be adopted hereunder;

5. Conviction of a felony, or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a violation of this chapter;

6. Any other act or failure to act or any incompetency which in the judgment of the appointing authority is sufficient to show the employee to be an unsuitable and unfit person to be employed in his or her position. (Ord. M-2768 §3 (part), 1988)