(a) Initial appointment to any position shall be at the lowest step in the salary range for the position.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, the General Manager may authorize the appointment of a person to a step above the lowest step in the salary range where the General Manager finds that:
(1) The Department or System is unable to recruit sufficient persons who have the needed experience, abilities or training for the position, or who are willing to work nonstandard hours or who are willing to work in certain locations, or
(2) The person to be appointed has experience and skills that exceed those of other candidates available for the position and such experience and skills are required, and
(3) The advanced step hiring is applied to a limited number of difficult-to-fill positions in the Department.
(c) Persons who are employees of other jurisdictions or entities whose functions are consolidated into the City and who enter City service by action of the Board of Civil Service Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 1021 shall be credited with their length of service in the position held at the time of the consolidation for salary step placement and salary step advancement purposes.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 150,778, Eff. 4-17-78, Oper. 7-4-77.
Amended by: Ord. No. 152,231, Eff. 4-23-79, Oper. 7-1-78; 3rd and 5th paragraphs, Ord. No. 152,544, Eff. 4-23-79, Oper. 7-1-78; Title and Section, Ord. No. 155,181, Eff. 5-4-81; Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 172,760, Eff. 8-18-99, Oper. 8-18-99; Ord. No. 173,308, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.