(A) Appointments to vacant positions in the competitive service shall be made in accordance with the personnel rules. Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination. Examinations may be used and conducted to aid the selection of qualified employees and shall consist of selection techniques which will test fairly the qualifications of candidates such as achievement and aptitude tests, written tests, personal interview, performance test, physical agility tests, evaluation of daily work performance, work samples or any combination of these or other tests. The probationary period shall be considered an extension of the examination process. Physical, medical and psychological tests may be given as a part of any examination.
(B) The appointing authority of employees in the competitive service is the county’s Administrative Officer or other officer designated in the personnel rules.
(C) Appointments to the following positions shall be made as provided elsewhere by statute or ordinance:
(1) All elected officials;
(2) Chief Administrative Officer;
(3) County Counsel;
(4) Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures;
(5) Chief Probation Officer;
(6) Child Support Commissioner;
(7) Court Executive Officer; and
(8) County Surveyor.
(D) All other department heads shall be appointed by the County Administrative Officer. Department head positions shall be established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
(E) The position of Undersheriff for the County of San Benito shall be a position serving at the pleasure of the Sheriff, subject to dismissal without cause. The Sheriff shall be the appointing authority.
(F) In the event that an employee in the competitive service is appointed to a position in the exempt service and subsequently is removed or resigns from the exempt service, the employee shall have the right, if not terminated for cause, to be reinstated to the competitive service in their former classification and department without loss of any rights or privileges and upon the same conditions as if he or she had remained in that classification; provided, that a vacancy exists in the former classification and department.
(1966 Code, § 12-8) (Ord. 546, § 1(part); Ord. 691, § 1; Ord. 702, § 1; Ord. 728, § 1; Ord. 982, § 2, 2019)