(A) The Civil Service Commission shall prescribe and propound those examinations as are proper, commensurate with vacant positions within the Police and Fire Departments, according to classifications prescribed by ordinance, shall set the times and places for holding examinations as may be proper, and shall give public notice of examinations by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
(B) The Civil Service Commission shall, as soon after examinations as is practicable, certify to the Mayor a list of the applicants so examined, with the one having the highest average ranked first and all others ranked numerically according to the result of the examination.
(C) Every soldier, sailor, marine, member of the air forces, army nurses corps, or member of other branches of the military services, and Red Cross nurses who served during the period of hostilities between the United States and another power in World War II, or the Korean or Vietnam conflict, who has been honorably discharged, is a resident voter of the city, and who is an applicant for any position of civil service of that city, shall be entitled to a 5% increase on his examination mark.
(D) Any member in good standing or former member in good standing of the Shively Police Cadets section of Explorer Troop 361, Boy Scouts of America, who is an applicant for a civil service position with the Shively Police Department shall be entitled to a five (5%) per cent increase on his examination score. This percentage shall be in addition to any percentage preference to which applicant is entitled by virtue of activities set out in KRS 90.320 (3) and § 35.37 (C), Shively Codified Ordinances. Such percentages shall be added to examination scores only if the score is determined by the civil service commission to be a passing score and after verification of the required service.
(E) The Mayor may designate certain civil service positions and prescribe that for such positions the examinations shall first be given exclusively to current employees; provided, however, that if less than three employees with a minimum of two years’ seniority achieve a passing grade, the examination shall be held in accordance with division (A) of this section.
(KRS 90.320) (Ord. 16-1967, passed 5-1-67; Am. Ord. 3-1998, passed 5-18-98)
Cross-reference:
Positions of Police Chief, Assistant Police Chief excluded from civil service, see § 35.35(B)