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Eugene M. Steinfeld City Attorney Margate

QUESTION:

Does the Sunshine Law require the Civil Service Commission of the City of Margate to conduct its civil service examinations open to the public?

SUMMARY:

Unless and until judicially construed otherwise or legislatively exempted, civil service examinations administered or conducted by the civil service commission of a municipality, both for initial hiring and for promotion, are subject to the Government in the Sunshine Law and thus must be conducted open to the general public.

The civil service examination procedure of the City of Margate is…