(A) Types of appointments. All vacancies in the classified service shall be filled by rehire, transfer, demotion, or from eligibles on an appropriate employment list in the absence of persons eligible for appointment in these ways, provisional, or acting appointments may be made in accordance with these rules.
(B) Notice to Personnel Officer. Whenever a vacancy in the classified service is to be filled, the affected department head shall notify the Personnel Officer. The Personnel Officer shall advise the concerned department head as to the availability of applicants for reinstatement, transfer, or demotion and of eligibles on employment lists for the class. The department head shall then indicate a preference as to how the vacancy should be filled, with the exception, however, that if a reemployment list exists for the class, it shall be used to fill the vacancy.
(C) Appointments from lists. The concerned department head may select an eligible from the three persons holding the highest rating on an employment list. Whenever there are fewer than three names on a promotional or open list, the department head may request that an appointment be made from such eligibles or request the establishment of a new list. Upon making his selection, the department head shall immediately notify the Personnel Officer. The Personnel Officer shall then notify the appointing authority, and upon his concurrence, shall thereupon notify the person to be appointed.
(D) Promotion.
(1) Insofar as is practicable and consistent with the best interest of the city, vacancies within the classified service shall be filled by promotion from within the classified service as well as from city employees not part of the classified service, after a closed promotional examination has been given and a promotional list established.
(2) If, in the opinion of the concerned department head prior to the examination process, a vacancy in the position could be better filled by an open examination instead of a promotional examination, the department head may request the Personnel Officer to arrange for an open examination and for the preparation and certification of an eligible list. In addition, any city employee may participate in an open examination.
(E) Transfer. An employee may be transferred at any time from one position to another in the same or comparable class. No person may be transferred to a position for which he does not possess the minimum qualifications.
(F) Rehire. An employee who has resigned in good standing may be rehired without examination within two years after the effective date of his or her resignation to a position in his former or comparable class. A rehired employee shall serve a probationary period and in all respects be treated as a new employee.
(G) Provisional appointment. In the absence of employment lists and upon recommendation of the personnel officer, a provisional appointment may be made by the appointing authority of a person meeting the minimum training and experience qualifications for the position. An employment list shall be estab-lished within six months for any position filled by provisional appointment. For purposes of classifica-tion and compensation, provisional appointees have the same status as hourly or temporary employees, except that regular employees on provisional appoint-ment to a higher class shall continue to receive supplemental benefits.
(H) Acting appointment. The appointing authority may temporarily appoint a regular employee who possesses the minimum qualifications for a higher class to act in that higher class and perform essentially the full range of duties allocated to a position in that higher class as needed to fill in for a regular employee. Acting assignments shall not exceed six months.
(Ord. 3898, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4244, passed - -93)