The term PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION signifies a fitness test to determine the relative standing of applicants for positions in a specified class and open only to City of Forest Park employees who, at the time of the examination, are serving in other specified classes for such a period as may be prescribed by the Commission. A promotional examination may include employees in specified classes in all departments, or only in the department for which the eligibility list is being established, as determined by the Commission. No employee shall be deemed eligible for a promotional examination who has had
a rating of below average within the previous forty-eight (48) months. Whenever a vacancy occurs and a promotional eligibility list exists for the class, the three (3) persons with the highest ratings shall be certified to the appointing authority. The appointing authority shall appoint, at his/her discretion, one of the three persons certified to him/her, to such position.
(Ord. 16-1970, passed 3-2-70; Am. Ord. 10-1983, passed 5-4-83; Am. Ord. 5-1985, passed 2-18-85; Am. Ord. 29-1990, passed 9-17-90; Am. Ord. 04-2012, passed 5-7-12)