Arrangement and Description

Physical Description: 1 1/4 cu. ft.

Arranged by contracting agency: city, county, school district, special district, state agency, and alphabetically thereunder.

Surveys conducted by the Cooperative Personnel Services. Subjects include salary and classification of positions in Civil Service and Merit Systems and personnel management of civil service programs at the local and municipal level. Files contain recommendations of the Cooperative Personnel Services, summaries of wage surveys, standard job descriptions, and city ordinances proposing civil service and merit system implementation. Specific information may include employee names, present and proposed job classifications, present and proposed salary ranges, pertinent job descriptions, summary of comparative community wages, and correspondence.

Physical Description: 1 file folder.

Arranged chronologically.

An attempt was made in 1922 to qualify an initiative that would add a civil service amendment to the constitution. This attempt failed, but a new initiative was passed in 1934.

The file contains drafts of a proposed constitutional amendment designed to protect and enforce the Civil Service System established in 1913. Types of material include drafts of amendment and initiative, reviews of proposals, and correspondence. The correspondence contains some examples of civil service reform at the national level and at various state levels.