1. No person in the classified civil service who has been permanently appointed into civil service may be removed, suspended, demoted or discharged except for cause, and only upon a written statement of reasons by the appointing authority. A written statement of such reasons, which shall be stated in general terms or as may be provided by Civil Service Commission rule, shall be served upon the employee, and a duplicate be filed with the commission. Any employee so removed, suspended, demoted or discharged may within ten days of such service file with the commission a written demand for an investigation.

The commission shall conduct such investigation. The investigation shall be confined to the determination of the question of whether such removal, suspension, demotion or discharge was or was not made for reasons of politics, religion, race or sex, and was or was not made in good faith for cause, and was or was not for a frivolous or similarly inadequate reason.

All investigations made by the commission pursuant to this section shall be had by public hearing, after reasonable notice to the employee pursuant to rules which the commission shall adopt to provide for preparation for and conduct of the hearing. At the hearing the appointing authority shall present its case and the employee shall be afforded an opportunity to appear in person and by counsel and present his or her case. (Ord. M-2768 §3 (part), 1988)