As employed in these Rules and Regulations, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to each as follows:
Appointing Authority - The officer, board or body having the power and authority to appoint persons to, and remove persons from, offices, jobs or positions in the service of the City.
City The City of Oregon, Ohio.
Civil Service All regular employees in the service of the City.
Classified Service See Rule IV. Section 1.
Commission - The Civil Service Commission of the City of Oregon, Ohio.
Eligibility List See Rule VI. Section 1.
Employee - Any person holding office, job or position in the service of the City by virtue of a valid appointment by the appropriate appointing authority.
Passing Grade - A grade of 70% is considered a passing grade. In the case of a promotional examination, the grade shall include seniority credits to determine whether or not it is a passing grade.
Permanent Employee - An employee holding a job or position created or established by the City Charter or by an ordinance or resolution of Council, for which a salary or rate of pay has been fixed by Council and which job or position is of a full-time, continuing nature in the operation of the City as distinguished from a job or position of casual or seasonal nature.
Permanent Part-Time Employee An employee of the City who is not a full-time employee but who works a minimum of twenty hours a week or more.
Promotion See Rule IX. Section 1.
Regular Employee An employee, other than a seasonal employee, who may work up to fourteen weeks a year, employed in a full-time job or position or a part-time job or position requiring the performance of regular recurring service on not less than three days of each regular work week.
Seasonal Employee An employee employed either full-time or part- time for a particular season of the year not to exceed a period of nineteen weeks during any one year.
Substitute Employee A temporary employee who is working in place of a permanent employee.
Unclassified Service See Rule IV. Section 4.
(Amended 2-21-78; 12-2-86; 8-29-95.)