To enable the City Manager to exercise a choice in the filling of positions, no appointment, employment, or promotion in any position under the Civil Service Act shall be deemed complete until after the expiration of a period of three to six months probationary service for firefighters and not less than six months nor more than one year after certification by the state Law Enforcement Training Center for police officers, as may be provided in the rules of the Civil Service Commission, during which time the City Manager may terminate the employment of the person appointed by him or her if, during the performance test thus afforded and upon an observation or consideration of the performance of duty, the City Manager deems the person unfit or unsatisfactory for service in the Department. The City Manager may appoint one of the other persons certified by the Commission and that person shall likewise enter upon the duties until some person is found who is fit for appointment, employment or promotion for the probationary period provided and then the appointment, employment, or promotion shall be complete.
(Prior Code, § 12-304) (Ord. 1800, passed 4-7-1986)