(A) Resignation. An employee desiring to terminate his or her employment in the classified service shall submit his or her resignation a minimum of 2 weeks in advance of the last day of employment. If an employee fails to comply with this requirement without a reasonable excuse, the City Manager may record the noncompliance in the employee’s personnel record for future reference.
(B) Layoff. The City Manager may, with 2-weeks’ written notice to the employee, lay off an employee whose position is being abolished because of lack of work, lack of funds, reorganization, or whose position must be vacated due to the return of an employee from military service. The elimination of inadequate employees by layoff is considered improper.
(C) Layoff order.
(1) In the event a layoff is required, the order of layoff shall be as follows:
(a) Temporary employees;
(b) Probationary employees; and
(c) Regular employees will be laid off in reverse order of seniority, providing that their last employee performance evaluation or record indicates at least a satisfactory rating.
(2) In no event will a temporary or probationary employee, regardless of classification, be kept on the city payroll while a regular employee is laid off, unless no regular employee can meet the minimum qualifications of the position, or refuses the assignment.
(3) Regular employees laid off shall have priority rights, in reverse order of layoff, to vacant positions with the same or lower salary for which they meet the minimum requirements of the class specification. The above procedure will be followed before vacant positions are filled by any other means.
(1981 Code, § 20-24) (Ord. 823, passed 1-22-1991)