Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases, wherever used in these rules and regulations, shall be construed to have the meaning indicated herein:
APPLICANT
Any individual who applies in writing to the Commission in response to a legally advertised notice of vacancy and/or examination for any position in the Police Department.
APPOINTING AUTHORITY
The Borough Council of the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The Borough Council of the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH MANAGER
The Manager/Secretary of the Borough of Catasauqua.
CERTIFICATION
The submission to the appointing authority pursuant to their request of three names taken from the eligible list developed by the Civil Service Commission.
CHAIRPERSON
The Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
COMMISSION
The Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
ELIGIBLE
A person whose name is recorded on a current eligible list or furlough list.
ELIGIBLE LIST
The list of names of persons who have passed all examinations for a particular position in the Police Department.
EXAMINATION
The series of tests given to candidates to determine their qualifications for a position in the Police Department.
FURLOUGH LIST
The list containing the names of persons temporarily laid off from positions in the Police Department because of a reduction in the number of officers. However, if the furloughed employee does not express his intent in writing to remain on the list, his name will be removed after two years.
MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Any municipal or governmental body police department from any state which has a selection process for its police officers equivalent to or similar to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Civil Service Statute contained in the Borough Code. A municipal police department shall not include school police, private police, part-time police, college or university police or any other police department which does not specifically meet the aforesaid definition of a municipal police department (including police departments which do not have three or more officers and thus do not have a civil service requirement).
POLICE OFFICER
For purposes of these rules and regulations, an entry level sworn full-time position in a police department.
PROBATIONER
An officer in the Police Department who has been appointed from an eligible list but who has not yet completed the (work-test period) probationary period.
REDUCTION IN RANK
A change to a lower rank where the employee has fulfilled all of the requirements of these rules and regulations for his appointment to both his prior and current rank. However, a decrease in salary with a change to a different position (not a rank) shall not constitute a reduction in rank.
REMOVAL
The permanent separation of a police officer from the Police Department.
SECRETARY
The Secretary of the Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
STATE POLICE
Any police department of any state with general law enforcement powers over the state as a whole.
SUSPENSION
The temporary separation without pay of a police officer from the Police Department.
VICE CHAIRPERSON
The person who shall serve in the absence of the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
The words "he," "his," "him" and "men," when used in these rules and regulations, represent both the masculine and feminine genders.