(a) The General Manager of the Personnel Department shall prepare and maintain a written specification for each class of position in the Police Department and Fire Department, and such class specifications, when approved and adopted by the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, shall constitute the official specifications of classes in said departments. Such specifications shall be based on study of the duties and responsibilities of all positions set forth in this Code, and after conferences with the appointing authorities, the principal supervisory officials, and the members concerned or their duly accredited representatives. Each class specification shall set forth the title of the class, a general statement of duties, a statement of distinguishing features of the work, examples of duties of positions in a class, a statement of qualifications necessary and desirable for efficient performance of the work, and such other pertinent information as the Board of Civil Service Commissioners deems appropriate.
(b) The General Manager of the Personnel Department is authorized to substitute for the “examples of duties of positions in a class” in each class specification the detailed descriptions of the duties of the pay grade or pay grades in the class which are maintained by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services.
(c) The official copy of the specifications for each class of positions shall be maintained in the office of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners, and shall indicate the date of adoption or last revision or amendment of the specification for each class. The official copy of the specifications shall be open to inspection by the members and the public under reasonable conditions at all times during business hours. Duplicates of the official copy of any class specification shall be made available to the Council, to any appointing authority or members, and to persons seeking employment in the Fire Department or Police Department of the City, or to any other person interested.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 89,935.
Amended by: Subsecs. (b), (c), Ord. No. 140,820, Eff. 8-21-70, Oper. 1-1-71; Subsecs. (b), (c), repeals Ord. No. 140,820, Ord. No. 141,416, Eff. 12-30-70, Oper. 1-1-71; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.