Except as otherwise provided in this Rule 8.2, Rule 8 shall apply only to the competitive classified civil service positions, but these rules do not limit appointing authorities' ability to make emergency or temporary appointments to other positions that are not in the competitive classified civil service.
Any employee in the classified service of the City that is temporarily appointed to an "acting" position in the unclassified service of the City shall not be considered removed from the classified civil service during the acting time; moreover, a temporary appointment to any "acting" position, classified or unclassified, shall not be considered a promotion and removal therefrom shall not be considered a demotion.
In case of a vacancy in a position in the classified service where peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, managerial, professional, or educational character are required, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in such special case is impracticable and that the position can best be filled by a selection of some designated person of high and recognized attainments in such qualities, the commission may suspend the provisions of the Civil Service Code unless otherwise prohibited by order of council; such order which may be formulated and approved by motion of council.
An emergency appointment to a position to meet an emergency situation, is not subject to civil service law, and is limited to a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days. In the case of an emergency, an emergency appointment may be made.
When reporting emergency appointments to the commission, the appointing authority must include supportive documentation or descriptive information establishing that an emergency exists.
Consecutive emergency appointments shall not be made to the same or similar classification.
Upon expiration of an emergency appointment, the position shall be filled, if at all, by a certified appointment if a list then exists.
Emergency service shall not be counted as a part of the probationary period.
The acceptance or refusal by an eligible individual of an emergency appointment shall not affect the individual's standing on the eligible list for permanent employment.
All emergency appointees must meet license or certificate requirements for the classification or position to which they are appointed.
Notwithstanding another rule to the contrary, when services are to be rendered in a classified position of a temporary character and for a definite or indefinite period, the appointing authority shall inform the commission, stating the job description and qualifications for the temporary employment, the duration of such temporary employment if known, the rate of compensation and the conditions of such employment. Neither the acceptance nor declination of any such temporary employment shall affect the right of an eligible to consideration for permanent appointment, nor shall acceptance confer any of the rights of promotion, transfer or reinstatement. Nothing in this Rule shall be construed as limiting or regulating the authority of an administrative director, appointing authority or department head from making an “acting” director or department head during his or her temporary absence when utilizing the services of an existing employee; moreover, when such existing employee is placed in an “acting” position, no notification to the commission is required.
A substitute (interim) employee may work in place of a permanent employee who is ill, on vacation, on leave of absence or on personal leave.
(Ord. 016-12. Passed 3-5-12.)