The department head shall recommend the top candidate to the city manager. The selection shall be based on the following: skills, educational background, experience, personal interview, references, and results of preemployment examinations when required. Recommendations must be in writing and must have supporting documentation. The city manager must approve the selection. If the recommendation is rejected by the city manager, the department head must submit another qualified applicant or start the selection process from the beginning.
A. Employment Reference Checks. References provided by the applicant shall be checked. Applicants shall be asked by the city to sign a written authorization for the city to check references. Only those applicants who sign this written authorization shall be considered for the position for which they have applied.
B. Physical Examinations and Drug Testing. Applicants to whom job offers have been made shall be required to undergo medical examinations which shall include urinalysis, blood testing, and radiographic examinations and drug and alcohol testing. Law enforcement officer applicants, to whom jobs are offered, are also required to undergo psychological testing. Preempioyment medical examinations must be completed and reviewed before actual employment begins. Offers of employment are contingent upon the physician's statement that the individual can perform the assigned duties and tasks of that position and is drug free. Positive drug or alcohol tests shall result in the withdrawal of the offer of employment. Preempioyment medical examinations shall be paid for by the city. (Ord. 435 § 4.5,2001)