Utah § 17-76-506 - County Fire Civil Service System rules and policies.

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§ 17-76-506. County Fire Civil Service System rules and policies.

Effective 11/6/2025
17-76-506.  County Fire Civil Service System rules and policies.
(1)The executive director shall recommend policies for the County Fire Civil Service System, which shall be subject to approval by the county legislative body.
(2)The County Fire Civil Service System policies shall provide for recruiting activities, including the recruiting of minorities and women, job-related minimum requirements, selection procedures, certification procedures, appointments, probationary periods, promotion, position classification, recordkeeping, reductions in force, grievances and complaints, disciplinary action, work hours, holidays, and other necessary and proper requirements not inconsistent with this part.
(3)The executive director shall publish or cause to be published policies made or adopted under this section in a manual form, to be updated regularly and made available to fire department employees.
(4)The County Fire Civil Service System shall be established and administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles:
(a)recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of the employee's relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment;
(b)provision of equitable and adequate job classification and compensation systems, including pay and benefits programs;
(c)training of employees as needed to assure high-quality performance;
(d)retention of employees on the basis of the adequacy of the employee's performance and separation of employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;
(e)fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personal administration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age, or disability, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens;
(f)provision of information to employees regarding the employee's political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act; and
(g)provision of a formal procedure for processing the appeals and grievances of employees without discrimination, coercion, restraint, or reprisal.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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