(A) Officers and, employees holding positions upon the taking effect of the ordinance codified in this chapter are deemed to be qualified for the position to which they are allocated, subject to the right of the Town Council to dismiss any employee in accordance with the civil service law.
(B) Persons hereafter employed in or appointed to any position requiring full-time or part-time service and which position is included in the classification plan and for which a class specification exists establishing desirable qualifications should possess in full the desirable qualifications of education and experience prescribed for that class; provided, however, if qualified persons cannot be recruited, the town council may authorize the appointment of persons having less than the desirable qualifications.
(C) In the event an employee entering upon town employment is found to possess extraordinary qualifications for a position through former training or experience or in the event of demonstrated inability to recruit at the first step due to extreme scarcity of qualified personnel, the Town Council may authorize the appointment at a higher salary step than the first step of the appropriate salary range, but in no event higher than step C.
(Prior Code, § 2.60.060)