RULE II. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1.    CIVIL SERVICE.
"Civil Service" shall include all offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the City of Westlake.
Section 2.    GENDER.
The masculine noun or pronoun as used herein shall include the feminine.
Section 3.    UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE.
"Unclassified service" means all positions not specifically included in the classified service pursuant to Charter Article IV, Section 12 and Section 4 herein.
(Amended 4-5-07)
Section 4.    CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
"Classified service" means full-time police officers, firefighters/paramedics and other full-time sworn members of the departments of police and fire pursuant to Charter Article IV, Section 12.
(Amended 4-5-07)
Section 5.    POSITION CLASSIFICATION.
"Position classification" shall mean the arrangement of positions into classes including grades.
Section 6. MUNICIPAL SERVICE.
"Municipal service" shall include those positions in the classified civil service of the City of Westlake.
Section 7.    POSITION.
"Position" when used by itself shall mean any specific full-time office, employment or job calling for the performance of certain duties, and for the exercise of certain responsibilities by one individual. (Amended 4-5-07)
Section 8.    APPOINTING AUTHORITY.
"Appointing authority" shall mean the Mayor or his designee.
Section 9.    EMPLOYEE.
"Employee" shall mean any person holding a position subject to appointment, removal, promotion or reduction by an appointing authority.
Section 10.    REGULAR APPOINTMENT.
"Regular appointment" shall mean any appointment in the Civil Service to a position normally involving continuous year round service.
Section 11.    REGULAR EMPLOYEE.
"Regular employee" shall mean an employee with a regular appointment who has successfully fulfilled his probationary period.
Section 12.    PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
"Probationary period" shall mean the original period of paid employment of an initial appointment or a promotional appointment during which the ability and personal qualifications of the appointee are confirmed.
Section 13.    PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT.
"Provisional appointment" shall mean a temporary appointment made to a position in the classified service without competitive examination for no more than one hundred twenty days because a vacancy exists but there is no eligible list.
Section 14.    TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT.
"Temporary/Emergency Appointment" shall mean a temporary appointment made to a position in the classified service without competitive examination for sixty (60) days made necessary by reason of sickness or disability of a regular employee or urgent or emergency needs of the City.
Section 15.    NEW POSITION.
"New position" shall mean the creation of a position not previously in existence, by the City Council.
Section 16.    APPLICANT.
“Applicant” shall mean any person applying for and/or taking an entrance or promotional examination.
Section 17.    ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.
"Entrance examination" shall mean any examination given by or at the direction of the Civil Service Commission for the City of Westlake for an original appointment. (Amended 7-12-19)
Section 18.    PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION.
"Promotional examination" shall mean an examination given by or at the direction of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Westlake to fill a vacancy to a classification superior to that held by the applicant. (Amended 7-12-19)
Section 19.    ELIGIBLE LIST.
"Eligible list" shall mean a list of names of persons who have been found qualified through suitable tests, for employment in positions of a specified position classification, arranged in the order of merit and from which certification for an original or promotional appointment is to be made.
Section 20.    PROMOTION OR ADVANCEMENT.
"Promotion or advancement" shall mean a transfer made in accordance with the rules of the Civil Service Commission from a lower position classification to a higher position classification which may involve an increase in responsibilities and a change in classification title.
Section 21.    TEMPORARY PROMOTION.
"Temporary promotion" shall mean an assignment, for sixty days, of an employee to a higher position classification with corresponding remuneration.
Section 22.    ANNUAL LEAVE.
"Annual leave" shall mean the hours per year specified by Council for which remuneration will be paid for time not worked except for sick leave.
Section 23.    SICK LEAVE.
"Sick leave" shall mean the hours not worked due to bona fide illness for which Council has authorized remuneration.
Section 24.    LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
"Leave of absence" shall mean scheduled hours not worked, with prior approval by competent authority and without remuneration.