133.01 DEFINITIONS.

   As used in these chapters, the following words, phrases, terms or expressions shall have the meanings as indicated:

   (a)   "Abolishment of position" means an elimination of one or more positions due to reorganization for efficient operations, economic reasons, or for lack of work.

   (b)   "Allocation" means the assignment of a class to a pay range or an appropriate pay level.

   (c)   "Applicant" means a person who has formally applied for a position with the City.

   (d)   “Appointment" means the act of selecting and hiring an individual to a position in the employment of the City.

   (e)   "Authorized position" means positions set forth in the official table of organization which has been authorized and approved by the Mayor.

   (f)   "Certification" means the act by which the Civil Service Commission sends to the Director of Administration a list of names and applicants eligible for a specific position.

   (g)   “Classification" or "Classification plan" means a position or group of positions having similar duties and responsibilities requiring similar qualifications, which can be properly designated by one title.

   (h)   "Classified service" means all positions in the Civil Service not included in the unclassified service by the Charter.

   (i)   "Commission" means the Civil Service Commission of the City.

   (j)   "Continuous Service" means the time a person has been continuously employed, including time served as a full-time, part-time, temporary, provisional or probationary employee where there has been a continuation of employment to permanent status without any break in service.

   (k)   "Demotion" means a reduction from one classification to another classification for which the maximum rate of pay is lower.

   (l)   "Director" means the Director of Administration, who also serves as Personnel Director, although such duties may be delegated.

   (m)   "Dismissal" means the permanent separation of an employee from City employment.

   (n)   "Eligible" means a person who has formally applied for a position with the City and has been placed on an eligible list, or who has qualified to be placed on an eligible list.

   (o)   "Eligible list" means a list of names established either through registration, examination, or reinstatement for the purpose of filling vacancies in the classified service.

   (p)   "Examination" or "test" means methods or procedures used by the City to assess the relative capability of applicants to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position sought. Examinations may comprise one or more of the following types:

      (1)   "Open competitive" means an examination which is open to all qualified applicants.

      (2)   "Promotional closed competitive" means an examination which is open to qualified City employees only.

      (3)   "Assembled" means an examination which requires qualified applicants to report a designated time and place to participate in the examination.

      (4)   "Unassembled" means an examination which is based on review and ranking of experience, educations and other relevant qualifications or written material submitted by the applicant.

      (5)   "Non-Competitive" means an examination not involving competition that may be held for unskilled positions or part-time, seasonal or temporary positions.

   (q)   "Job specification" means a written position description of the duties and responsibilities of a position.

   (r)   "Layoff" means removal of an employee from City employment due to lack of work, lack of funds, or to changes in administrative organization abolishing one or more positions.

   (s)   "Part-time" means a position of employment that may be continual, but involves an annual average work week of fewer than thirty hours.

   (t)   "Pay range" means a group of standard rates of pay with minimum, maximum and intermediate pay steps.

   (u)   "Position" means an officially designated job with a general defined group of duties and responsibilities.

   (v)   "Promotion" means advancement of an employee from one class to another class for which the maximum rate of pay is higher. In no case shall the rate of pay received by the employee in the new class be less than the employee received in the class held prior to the promotion.

   (w)   "Provisional" means a short-term replacement in a vacant permanent position for which no eligible list exists, but which does not exceed 120 days.

   (x)   "Step increase" means an increase in pay from one pay step to the next successive pay step within a pay range.

   (y)   "Suspension" means the temporary and involuntary separation of an employee from City employment for disciplinary purposes.

   (z)   "Temporary" means a position involving short-term employment, usually not exceeding 120 calendar days.

   (aa)   "Under filling" means filling a promotional position with an existing employee who does not meet the minimum qualifications for the position, when an inadequate number of qualified applicants are available for the promotional position. Such employee is provisionally appointed and then trained to assume responsibility for the position, provided a promotional examination is passed or the employee's qualifications are accepted by the Civil Service Commission.

   (bb)   "Working day" means any day during which the employee is regularly scheduled to work or the days during which the municipal offices are open for business, generally Monday through Friday, which is applicable.

      (Ord. 2017-26. Passed 9-18-17.)