Michigan Civil Service Commission Explained

Agency Name:Michigan Civil Service Commission
Formed:1908
Headquarters:Lansing, Michigan
Minister1 Name:Thomas M Wardrop
Minister1 Pfo:Commission Chair
Chief1 Name:Jan Winters
Chief1 Position:State Personnel Director
Chief2 Name:Matthew Fedorchuk
Chief2 Position:Deputy Director
Parent Agency:Department of Management and Budget
Website:www.michigan.gov/mdcs/
Post:State Personnel Director
Body:State of Michigan
Incumbent:Jan Winters
Appointer:Michigan Civil Service Commission
Formation:1965
Website:www.michigan.gov/mdcs/

The Michigan Civil Service Commission is a four-member constitutional created commission to administer Michigan's classified state civil service and human resource functions.

History

Initially created in Michigan's 1908 Constitution,[1] the commission continued into the next ratified Constitution of 1963. In the Executive Organization Act of 1965, the Department of Civil Service with the commission as its head with its chief administrative officer being the State Personnel Director.[2] Under EXECUTIVE ORDER No.2007 - 30, the Department of Civil Service was abolished with the Board of Ethics, State Officers Compensation Commission and Civil Service Commission transfer to Department of Management and Budget.[3]

References

  1. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(bmwhd345kr2wekiw5wehxsr3))/documents/historical/miconstitution1908.htm Michigan Constitution of 1908 Article VI Section 22
  2. http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-380-1965-9 Act 380 of 1965 Chapter 9
  3. https://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,4584,7-212-96477_57648_21975-169347--,00.html EXECUTIVE ORDER No.2007 - 30: CONSOLIDATING HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS AND ABOLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE