242.01 CLASSIFICATION PLAN.

   (a)   Classification of Positions. All positions in the Police Division and the Fire Division shall be classified in accordance with Rule VII of the Civil Service Commission rules and regulations, which states "Appointments to all positions in the classified service that are not filled by promotion, transfer or reduction, as provided by the civil service laws and the rules of the Commission, shall be made only from those persons whose names are certified to the appointing authority in accordance with the civil service laws and the rules of the Commission."

   (b)   Initial Placements Under the Compensation Plan. The appointing authority of the department in which the position in the classified service is to be filled, shall notify the Civil Service Commission of the fact, and the Commission shall, except as provided for in Ohio R.C. 124.30 and 124.32, certify to the appointing authority thereof the names and addresses of the three candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the class or grade to which such position is classified. If an eligible list becomes exhausted, through inadvertence or otherwise, and until a new list can be created, or when no eligible list for such position exists, names may be certified from eligible lists which the Commission determines to be the most appropriate for the group or class in which the position to be filled is classified.

   (c)   Preparation and Content of Class Specifications. Class specifications shall be prepared and maintained, under the direction of the Mayor, for all classified positions, and when the positions of the class are under civil service, they shall be approved by the Civil Service Commission. These specifications shall define the duties of all positions and the desirable qualifications for successful performance of such duties.

   (d)   Adoption of Classification Plan. Classes of positions as set forth in Section 242.04 are hereby adopted and shall constitute the classification plan on the basis of which such positions shall be classified.

(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85.)

242.02 ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS TO CLASS RANGES.

   Classified positions are hereby allocated to appropriate class ranges in accordance with the schedules attached to original Ordinance, 27-85, passed June 10, 1985.

(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85.)

242.03 ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CLASSIFICATION PLAN.

   (a)   Responsibilities of the Mayor. The Mayor shall be responsible for, but may delegate to a qualified person, the work of administering and maintaining the classification plan. The Mayor shall direct necessary reviews and preparation of reports recommending appropriate action to ensure that the classification plan is kept current and that the important changes in duties and responsibilities of existing positions and of new positions that are created are reflected in the plan.

   (b)   Establishment of New Positions. Whenever a change in duties and/or responsibilities of a position makes the class to which the position has previously been classified no longer applicable, the reclassification shall be considered the establishment of a new classification. Any reclassification or establishment of a new classification shall only be upon the recommendation of the Mayor or a Council committee and shall take the form of an amendment to this chapter by Councilmatic action.

(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85.)

242.04 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS.

   (a)   Classified Positions. Classified positions of the City shall be included in the following classes with such changes as may be recommended by the Mayor from time to time and effected by Council through amendments to this chapter. The class range refers to the compensation range in which all positions of the class shall be paid as set forth in the schedules attached to original Ordinance 27-85, passed June 10, 1985. The following are the classified positions in the Police and Fire Divisions:

Police.		Fire.
Chief	(Full-time)	Chief	(Full-time)
Captain	(Full-time)	Assistant Chief	(Full-time)
Lieutenant	(Full-time)	Captain/Paramedic	(Full-time)
Sergeant	(Full-time)	Lieutenant/Paramedic	(Full-time)
Patrolman:		Firefighter/Paramedic	(Full-time)
Class 1	(Full-time)	Firefighter	(Part-time)
Class 2	(Part-time)	Dispatcher
Communications Manager	(Full-time)
Dispatcher:		Class 1	(Full-time)
Class 1	(Full-time)
The following are the unclassified positions in the Police and Fire Divisions:
Dispatcher:		Dispatcher
Class 2	(Part-time)	Class 2	(Part-time)
		Firefighter/paramedic	(Intermittent)
Patrolman
Class 2 (Part-time/intermittent)

 

   (b)   That the classification specification for Dispatcher and job descriptions for the position of Dispatcher in the Department of Fire and the Department of Police, attached to Ord. 113-03 and incorporated herein, are hereby adopted to be effective on the date of passage of Ord. 113-03.

(Ord. 40-88. Passed 5-9-88; Ord. 74-02. Passed 9-23-02; Ord. 187-02. Passed 11-12-02; Ord. 113-03. Passed 7-14-03; Ord. 18-09. Passed 2-9-09; Ord. 94-09. Passed 6-22-09; Ord. 87-10. Passed 9-27-10.)

242.05 COMPENSATION SCHEDULE.

   The pay of City employees occupying classified positions shall be on the basis of appropriate class ranges of semi-monthly, bi-weekly and equivalent hourly rates prescribed in this chapter for the respective classes of positions. Each range shall consist of a minimum rate and a maximum rate. The schedules of semi-monthly, bi-weekly and hourly rates as shown in Exhibit A, attached to original Ordinance 27-85, passed June 10, 1985, shall comprise the compensation plan. The classification of increments of pay by steps within the ranges of the compensation plan is merely a mechanical device utilized to indicate the various possibilities of increments between the minimum rate and the maximum rate in each range. It in no way limits or controls the amount of pay, either the hourly, semi-monthly or bi-weekly salary, that can be given to an employee. Increments of hourly rates of pay actually given to an employee shall be on a penny ($.01) basis, and increments of semi-monthly and bi-weekly salary pay actually given to an employee shall be on a one dollar ($1.00) basis, irrespective of the step schedule.

(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85; Ord. 135-91. Passed 12-23-91.)

242.06 PROBATION AND ADVANCEMENT WITHIN A CLASSIFICATION RANGE.

   (a)   Probationary Period. All original and promotional appointments, including provisional appointments, shall be for a probationary period of not less than 60 days nor more than one year No appointment or promotion is final until the appointee has satisfactorily served his or her probationary period.

   At the end of the probationary period, the appointing officer shall transmit to the Civil Service Commission a record of the employee's service, and if such service is unsatisfactory, the employee may, with the approval of the Commission, be removed or reduced without restriction, but dismissal or reduction may be made during such period as provided in Ohio R.C. 124.33 and 124.34.

   The probationary period of various classes of positions in the several services of the City is hereby fixed by the Commission under the provisions of Ohio R.C. 124.27 as follows:

Police		Fire
Chief	1 year	Chief	1 year
Captain	1 year	Assistant Chief	1 year
Lieutenant	1 year	Captain/Paramedic	1 year
Sergeant	1 year	Lieutenant	6 months
Patrolmen		Lieutenant/Paramedic	1 year
Class 2	1 year
Dispatcher		Firefighter/Paramedic	1 year
Class 1	1 year	Firefighter (Intermittent)	1 year
(Secretary/Dispatcher/Jailer)		Dispatcher	1 year

 

   Service as a provisional employee in the same or in a similar class shall be included in the probationary period. If the service of the probationary employee is unsatisfactory, he or she may be removed or reduced at any time during his or her probationary period. Unless the probationary appointee has been removed or reduced earlier, the appointing authority, at any time during the ten-day period before the end of the probationary period, shall inform the Civil Service Commission, in writing, of his or her decision either to make the appointment of the probationary appointee final or to remove such appointee. If the appointing authority's decision is to remove the appointee, his or her communication to the Commission shall state the reason for such decision.

(Ord. 122-91. Passed 1-27-92.)

   (b)   Recommendation for Advancement Within a Classification. The department head concerned shall recommend, in writing, to his or her director, who in turn shall recommend to the Mayor, the advancement in rate of an employee in his or her department who, in his or her opinion, has met the requirements.

   (c)   Advancement. In the case of advancement upon completion of the probationary period, the recommendation shall include a certification that the probationary period has been successfully completed. In the case of subsequent advancements within a range, the recommendation shall include a certification that the employee's service has been entirely satisfactory for at least three months immediately prior to the effective date of the recommended advancement in rate of pay.

(Ord. 27-85. Passed 6-10-85; Ord. 113-03. Passed 7-14-03.)

   (d)   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection 242.06(d) was repealed by Ordinance 123-91, passed December 23, 1991.)