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00E (2) Requirement. To assure impartiality, the County Boarl of Commissioners will create a County Personnel • Commission, which among other areas of responsibility and authority that may be assigned, will hear and decide all appeals. The authority of the County Personnel Commission for effecting its decisions shall be in accord- ance with the provisions of (1) above. The membership of the Commission will consist of persons appointed by the Board of County Commissioners with due regard to its nature and purpose, with the stipulation that at least one member be chosen to represent the employees of the county. Such appointments will not include the county manager, county attorney, incumbent county commissioners, department heads, or their family members of relatives. (3) Requirement. The County Personnel Commission will have access in its meetings and deliberations, to the counsel • of a private attorney, not associated or engaged pro- fessionally in any transaction of the county. (4) Requirement. The County Personnel Commission will have The power to subpoena witnesses, principals, or other parties relevant to a fair and objective pursuit of an equitable decision. (5) Requirement. Proceddings before the Commission shall be recorded. At its discretion, the Commission may furnish a transcript of the recording or a copy of the recording upon request. Decisions of the Commission shall be in writing and maintained by the Commission. (6) Requirement. An impartial grievance procedure which has as its objective the timely and logical resolution of all grievances at the lowest practical point in the organization shall be established, with right of appeal assured at each step up to the County Personnel Commission. To the maximum extent possible, grievance procedures will include steps to resolve discrimination and all other types of employee grievances without recourse to the formal appeals process represented by the County Personnel Commission. Merit Principle V: Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action General Requirement. Fair treatment of applicants and employees will be assured in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age, or handicap and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens. This "fair treatment" principle includes compliance with the Federal equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination laws. (A) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (1). Resuirement. Equal employment opportunity will be assured for all persons.