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.)