(a) All appointments and promotions in the classified service of the city shall be made by the Mayor according to merit and fitness, which shall be ascertained by competitive examinations, and on and after passage hereof, or by successful completion of a probationary period as a basic patrol officer as governed under the collective bargaining agreement, or by lateral transfer as an Ohio Certified Firefighter Level 2/Ohio, at a minimum EMT-B classification with current Ohio certifications and at least one year or 500 hours of experience as a full or part-time firefighter/paramedic. All appointments and promotions shall be for a probationary period of one year, and no appointment or promotion is final until the employee has satisfactorily served his or her probationary period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an employee appointed or promoted in the classified service shall be subject to removal or demotion by the Mayor at any time during the probationary period without appeal to the Civil Service Commission if, in the opinion of the Mayor, his or her services are unsatisfactory.
(b) This requirement of residency during employment shall not be applied retroactively, nor to present employees of the city.
(c) This requirement of residency during employment shall, however, be binding according to law and the terms hereof upon all future employees of the city, from and after the effective date of this section, unless the condition is waived, exempted or specially excepted by ordinance.
(d) (1) No person shall, in any way, falsify or misstate verbally or in writing any application, paper, document or form, which relates to his or her employment with the city, that he or she is a resident of the city, when in fact he or she is not a bona fide resident of the city.
(2) Any officer or employee of the city who is found to have supplied or furnished false or misleading information concerning his or her true residence or who fails to become a resident as herein required, or who, being a resident or having become a resident of the city, subsequently establishes a residence outside of the city, shall, after hearing, according to law, be discharged from service with the city.
(Ord. 16-95, passed 3-21-1995; Ord. 04-18, passed 4-3-2018; Ord. 24-19, passed 5-7-2019)