The Personnel Officer shall have general management and control of the Personnel Office. In addition, the Personnel Officer shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To conduct or direct such investigations into the character and fitness of applicants for appointment to the classified service as the Personnel Officer may deem proper.
(b) To prepare and conduct examinations for original appointment and promotion for positions in the classified service.
(c) To organize recruitment plans to attract qualified personnel to the classified service.
(d) To maintain eligibility lists setting forth the names and comparative qualifications of persons eligible to be appointed to positions in the classified service.
(e) To certify to the appointing authority names on the eligibility list prepared as provided in Section 805 of this Charter.
(f) To enter into agreements with other public personnel offices or agencies for the joint administration of examinations and the joint use of eligibility lists at the Personnel Officer's discretion.
(g) To authorize, at the Personnel Officer’s discretion, in writing, temporary, provisional or emergency appointments to vacancies in the classified service for classes for which there is no eligible list, provided that no such provisional or emergency temporary appointment shall be for a period longer than four months, and that no such appointment shall be renewed.
(h) To allocate and reallocate positions in the County service to classes of the classification plan, subject to review by the Personnel Board upon appeal by the appointing authority.
(i) To authorize the payment of all payrolls for employees in the classified service and to withhold authorization for payment for personal services to any person or position in the classified service unless the persons named therein have been appointed and employed in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, the laws of the State and applicable personnel rules and regulations, and unless there has been a budgetary provision or supplemental appropriation therefor.
(j) To direct and enforce the maintenance by all departments, boards, commissions, offices and agencies of the County of the personnel provisions of this Charter and the rules, regulations and ordinances adopted thereunder.
(k) To submit all proposed personnel rules and regulations to the Personnel Board for their review and comment prior to adoption as provided in Section 521 of this Charter.
(l) To perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Personnel Officer by law or the Chief Administrative Officer.
(m) Upon the request of the appointing authority, extend, at their discretion, the six-month probationary period for classified employees by an additional six months.
(Res. No. 62-86; Res. No. 40-88; Res. No. 30-22)