(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.)