(a) There is hereby created for the purpose of hearing and determining charges made against any officer or employee of the several departments affected by this amendment, a Board to be known as the Trial Board, which shall be composed of the members of the Civil Service Board. The verdict and judgment of a majority of the Trial Board shall be final and conclusive.

(b) If the accused shall answer said charge within the allotted time, he shall be given five (5) days notice of the time and place of hearing of said charges, and the accused may, at the hearing of such charges, be represented by counsel and shall have the right to compel the attendance of such witnesses as he may desire to testify in his behalf. If the accused be found guilty by the Trial Board, and in its opinion the charges are of such a character as to warrant the discipline, it shall so advise the Department Head or his/her designee, who shall then demote, suspend or dismiss the officer or employee whose guilt has been so established and determined. If the Trial Board shall find that the accused be guilty as charged but that the charges do not warrant dismissal, it shall have the power to inflict such other punishment upon the accused as in its judgment shall be adequate; provided, however, that should an officer or employee affected by this amendment be convicted of a felony, or malfeasance in office, or be adjudged insane, the position shall be declared vacant by the Department Head or his/her designee and the vacancy shall be filled as herein provided.