(a) Forms. The City Manager and/or the Civil Service Commission, shall prescribe the necessary forms for reports of all personnel changes or actions in the City service which shall be used by all supervisors and designated others.
(b) Layoff. Whenever there is lack of work or lack of funds requiring a reduction in the number of employees of the City, the City Manager shall determine the classes of employment in which such reduction shall be made and the number to be laid off. Employees shall be laid off at the time and in the number specified by the City Manager in the inverse order of their relative length and quality of service; as determined by the Department/Division Head. Within the affected class or classes, all temporary employees shall be laid off before provisional, and all probationary employees before regular permanent.
(c) Call Back. When the work or financial situation improves or permits, those who have been laid off shall be called back to work and reinstated in the positions they held before layoff with the same status and seniority as they had at the time of their layoff, in the inverse order of their layoff, if they are still available. If not immediately available, their names shall be placed on reemployment eligible lists.
(d) Reinstatement. Any employee who voluntarily resigns may be reinstated to any position in the same class and salary if there is a need for his services within two years after the date of resignation subject to approval by the City Manager. If there is no vacancy at the time of request for reinstatement, the Civil Service Commission shall place the name of such applicant at the bottom of the appropriate reemployment lists for the remainder of the two-year period.
(e) Retirement. Employees may upon written approval of the City Manager, retire at any time subject to the provisions of the retirement system and applicable state and/or federal law.
(Ord. 20-04. Passed 2-23-04.)