(A) The City Manager or designee shall analyze and evaluate the duties, responsibilities and qualifications required for each position in the classification plan and then assign each position to the appropriate class. Any employee who believes the position classification to be incorrect may request a review by the City Manager.
(B) The City Manager shall periodically (but no less often than every three years) review the classification plan and shall make a report to the City Council. The purpose of such review and report shall be:
(1) To ascertain whether or not the classification plan accurately reflects existing conditions;
(2) To determine the accuracy of class specifications; and
(3) To assure that positions are properly classified.
The City Manager shall recommend to the City Council changes needed in the classification plan to keep it current.
(C) When a new position is proposed or established, the Department Director shall provide a written position description to the City Manager or designee who shall determine the proper classification or prepare a new classification description if an appropriate classification does not exist.
(D) Whenever the duties of a position change, the City Manager, or the Manager’s designee, shall review the matter and, if necessary, reclassify the position to the appropriate class. In considering whether to reclassify any position, the City Manager shall be provided a written request for reclassification by the Director of the Department in which the position is located. The City Manager shall issue a written procedure governing reclassification requests and the information that must be provided to the City Manager by the Department Director. The City Manager shall notify the City Council of any pending reclassification request before acting on the request. In making a decision on any reclassification request, the City Manager shall consider the potential impacts of reclassification on all Departments of the city. Any reclassification shall not be effective until the first date of the pay period following the effective date of either a budget amendment or a budget ordinance appropriating funds for the reclassified position.
Reclassification shall not be used to avoid the provisions of the personnel policy dealing with layoffs, demotions, promotions or dismissals.
(Am. Ord. 99-01, passed 3-9-99; Am. Ord. 2019-10, passed 9-10-19)