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~~ DES:yc:12/l3/74 ORIGINAL 0 R DIN A N C E N O. 1619 JAN 6 1975 --------- ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 23.7 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO SELECTION OF APPOINTEES IN THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE THE COUNCIL OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 23.7 of the Code of the City of Redwood City is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 23.7 Persons appointed to the competitive service shall be selected from applicants on eligible lists and applicants shall be placed on such eligible lists in order of their relative merit as determined by competitive examinations. Appointments to positions in the competitive service shall be made from the first three applicants on the eligible lists who are ready and willing to accept the position offered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person who has successfully completed a training program established by the City to provide affirmatively equal employment oppor- tunities for members of races, nationalities, ethnic or cultural groups, who have been denied historically in the United States such opportunities because of such race, nationality, or ethnic or cultural background, shall be considered for appointment together with the first three applicants on any eligible list established for the classi- fication for which such person had been in training." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its adoption, and shall be operative retroactively from and after October 1, 1974. * * * 1 ;1~. I' 9 Á '.J '"