(A) (1) Whenever in the judgment of the Town Council it becomes necessary, the Town Council may abolish any position or employment in the classified service.
(2) Employees transferred, demoted or laid off because of the abolishing of positions shall not be subject to written charges, nor shall they have the right of appeal in such cases.
(B) Seniority shall be observed in effecting the reduction in personnel and the order of layoff shall be in the reverse order of total cumulative time served in permanent and probationary status in the classified service upon the effective date of the layoff. Layoff shall be made within classes of positions and all provisional employees in the affected class or classes shall be laid off prior to the layoff of any probationary or permanent employee.
(C) For the purpose of determining order of layoff, total cumulative time shall include time served on military leave of absence.
(D) The names of probationary and permanent employees laid off shall be placed upon re- employment lists for classes which, in the opinion of the Personnel Officer, require basically the same qualifications and duties and responsibilities as those of the class of positions from which layoff was made.
(E) Names of persons laid off shall be placed upon re-employment lists in order of total cumulative time served in probationary and permanent status and shall remain on the lists for a period of one year unless re-employed sooner.
(Prior Code, § 2.56.140)