In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) Appointing authority means the person or persons having the power to make or recommend appointments as specified in articles II and III, but does not include any ratifying authority entitled to approve or disapprove appointments.
(2) Authorized strength means the list of positions that have been approved by the Urban County Council.
(3) Classification or class means a group of one (1) or more positions sufficiently similar that the same descriptive title may be used with clarity to designate each position allocated to the classification. Positions are grouped into classifications in regard to:
a. Duties performed and responsibilities;
b. Minimum qualification requirements of education, experience, licenses, and certifications;
c. Tests of knowledge, skills and abilities used to recruit employees;
d. Pay grades
e. Job title.
(4) Director means the director of human resources.
(5) Executive unit means a division, department or office of the urban county government, as the context of the ordinance indicates.
(6) First day of the fiscal year, for purposes of salary and benefit matters, unless the context dictates otherwise, shall mean the first day of the pay period for which pay is received on or after July 1 of the new fiscal year.
(7) Qualified adult means a person of the same or opposite sex who meets the following criteria;
a. Age eighteen (18) or older;
b. Not related to the employee;
c. Resides with employee for a least twelve (12) months prior to applying for the use of sick leave or bereavement leave as set forth in this chapter;
d. Unmarried; and
e. Financially interdependent with the employee for at least twelve (12) months, and shall certify by affidavit signed by the qualified adult and the employee that at least two (2) of the following conditions have been met in the last twelve months (one (1) from e.i-e.v and one (1) from e.vi-e.ix):
i. Joint ownership of real estate property or joint tenancy on a residential lease;
ii. Joint ownership of an automobile;
iii. Joint bank or credit account;
iv. Joint liabilities;
v. Joint utility account;
vi. Will designating the eligible qualified adult as primary beneficiary;
vii. Retirement plan or life insurance policy beneficiary destination form designating the eligible Qualified Adult as primary beneficiary;
viii. Durable power of attorney signed to the effect that the employee and eligible Qualified Adult have granted powers to one another; and
ix. Adoption papers or legal guardianship identifying the employee and Qualified Adult as the joint adopting individuals or joint legal guardians.
(8) Supervisor means the director of the division to which a position is assigned; or, in the case of a position not assigned to a division but to a department, the commissioner of the department; or, in the case of a position in the office of the chief administrative officer, the chief administrative officer; or, in the case of a position in the office of the mayor, the mayor.
When a position is not directly under a division director, a department commissioner, the chief administrative officer, or the mayor, the supervisor is the urban county government officer or employee responsible for assigning the duties and overseeing the performance of them.
(9) Unified Pay Plan means classifications within pay grades in the 500 series.
(Ord. No. 230-83, § 1, 11-22-83; Ord. No. 116-96, § 14, 6-27-96; Ord. No. 060-2022 , § 1, 7-5-22)