Any County employee, who has been suspended or dismissed from employment, may elect to appeal their suspension or dismissal by selecting either an appeal process found within the County’s personnel policies; or, instead, the employee may request a public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners within 15 days after the suspension or discharge. If the Commissioners find in the public hearing, at which issues of employee confidentiality may be waived by all participants therein, the employee was suspended or discharged for insufficient cause, the employee shall be reinstated and receive back wages and benefits. (Amendment proposed by the Charter Review Commission and approved by the voters November 8, 2016.)