Check out the current City of Madison personnel rules . . .
Yes, those are the current rules they are using. I was almost afraid to look. But I did find this very interesting tidbit that explains alot . . .
In case you can’t read it, here is what it says:
Whenever the appointing authority establishes that a given vacancy requires a man of specialized training or pertinent prior experience . . .
And I always thought the Economic Development Plan from 1980 was embarassing. Here we have personnel rules that were written before the Equal Rights Amendment passed Congress, Title IX and Roe v Wade. No wonder we have gender issues!