(A) Reemployment. Regular employees separated from the service through no fault of their own shall be placed on a reemployment list in the order of ratings to be determined by their efficiency and their length of service with the village. The eligibility of all candidates on reemployment lists will expire one year from the date on which they became entitled to reemployment rights.
(B) Eligible lists. The Village Manager shall establish and maintain such eligible lists for the various classes of positions subject hereto as he or she deems necessary or desirable to meet the needs of the service. On each such list the eligibles shall be ranked in order of their ratings earned in a test given for the purpose of establishing such lists. The life of eligible lists shall be determined by the Village Manager but in no case shall be greater than two years.
(C) (1) Residence. Resident applicants for positions appointed by the Village Manager who qualify by examination for any vacancy may receive preferment over nonresidents who may also qualify if the appointing authority determines that such preferment is appropriate.
(2) Order of names on lists. Except as provided in division (1) above, names of eligibles shall be placed on the lists in the order of their final earned rating. In the case of ties in the final ratings, names shall be placed on the list in the order or ratings earned in the part of the examination given the greatest weight.
(D) Availability of eligibles. It shall be the responsibility of eligibles to notify the Village Manager in writing of any change of address or other change affecting availability for employment. However, the Manager may circulate lists or use other methods to determine at any time the availability of eligibles. Whenever an eligible submits a written statement restricting the conditions under which he or she will be available for employment, his or her name may be withheld from all certifications which do not meet the conditions which he or she has specified. An eligible may file a new written statement at any time within the duration of an appointment.
(E) Provisional appointments. When an appointing authority finds it essential to fill a vacancy and the Village Manager is unable to recommend an eligible for such vacancy because there is no existing appropriate list, or because there is not a sufficient number of persons on appropriate lists who are willing to accept appointment, the Village Manager may authorize the appointing authority to fill the vacancy by means of a provisional appointment. No provisional appointment shall be made without the prior approval of the Village Manager and no payment shall be made for services rendered by the appointee prior to such approval. A provisional appointment shall expire 30 days after a list has been prepared or shall expire automatically six months from the date of such appointment.
(F) Temporary appointments. Temporary appointments for short-term employment may be made from lists. Successive temporary appointments of the same person to the same position shall not total more than six months full-time in a 12-month period. The acceptance or refusal by an eligible of a temporary appointment shall not affect his or her standing on the list. Employment under a temporary appointment may or may not, in the discretion of the Village Manager, be counted as a part of the probationary service period in case of a subsequent appointment to a permanent position.
(G) Removal from employment list. The name of any person appearing on an employment list may be removed by the Village Manager if such person requests in writing that his or her name be removed, or if he or she cannot be located by postal authorities or other means of ordinary communication within five days following the date of eligibility. The name of any eligible may also be removed if the name has been certified for appointment three separate times and has not been appointed or if the eligible has waived appointment twice in the same class or position. Any cause specified in these rules for the rejection of applications may likewise be cause for the removal of the name of an eligible from the employment list on which it appears.
(1995 Code, § 37.26) (Ord. 75-53, passed 6-9-1975)