(A) Every effort shall be made to fill vacant positions in the city with the best qualified candidate. All vacancies in classified positions will be advertised to all city employees, except probationary police, fire and corrections officers, but applications from persons outside of city employment may be considered at the same time.
(B) Subject to preferences required by law, preference shall be given in filling a vacant position of the same or lower grade for which an employee is qualified according to the following order:
(1) Employees reinstated as a result of administrative board or judicial action as ordered;
(2) Employees returning from active duty in the military;
(3) Employees transferred pursuant to § 3-1-2(C) of this article;
(4) Employees returning from physical layoff;
(5) Nonprobationary employees returning from layoff;
(6) Employees notified of layoffs; and
(7) Employees returning from authorized absence from work without pay.
(C) Employees who have held a classified position with the city for more than ten years prior to serving in an unclassified position shall be allowed to return to a classified position. The position and the compensation of the employee returning to classified service shall not be determined prior to the time the employee leaves unclassified service. The CAO shall place and compensate the returning employee according to the classification and compensation plan of the classified service in place at the time the employee returns to the classified service.
(D) The Director of Human Resources, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, shall have the sole authority to place employees who are granted a preference in this section in positions for which they are qualified.
(E) Preference for placement, except for employees returning from active duty in the military or placement resulting from administrative or judicial action, shall end one year from the date that the preference was created.
('74 Code, § 2-9-8) (Ord. 52-1978; Am. Ord. 32-1987; Am. Ord. 29-1998; Am. Ord. 7-2010)