As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN
A plan to encourage the hiring of qualified minority candidates for
the Police and Fire Bureaus of the Borough of Norristown.
ANNOUNCEMENT
A notice to the public and/or to any other organization announcing
the search for candidates for the Police or Fire Bureaus of the Borough of
Norristown.
MINORITY
A person who is female, black, Hispanic, Asian or American Indian.
PAID FIREFIGHTER
One of the staff of men and women employed by the Fire Bureau and
paid a full-time salary to prevent and extinguish fires and prevent conflagrations
in the Borough of Norristown.
POLICE OFFICER
One of the staff of men and women employed by the Police Bureau to
enforce the laws and criminal statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
VACANCY
A permanent opening in the Police or Fire Bureau for which the borough
desires to hire additional staff or replacement employees on a full-time basis
to the position of police officer or paid firefighter.
When there exists one (1) or more vacancies in the Norristown Police
Bureau or Fire Bureau, and appropriate authorities of the borough determine
that it is necessary to recruit and hire one (1) or more police officers or
paid firefighters, an examination shall be scheduled and held by the Borough
Civil Service Commission and such person(s) or organization(s) as the Borough
Civil Commission shall designate to hold such examination. Such examinations
shall be validated for job performance and shall be certified by whatever
organization or organizations have prepared said examination and/or are administering
the test that said test does not have a non-job performance related bias against
minorities. If the examination process shall include oral examination(s),
then all interviewees shall be asked the same job-related questions. However,
this provision shall not be construed to mandate that an oral examination
be given in addition to or in lieu of a written examination. The Borough Administrator,
Civil Service Commission, Public Safety Director and/or any other person of
the administration of the Borough of Norristown involved in the testing and
certification of candidates for the Police Bureau or Fire Bureau shall be
entitled to rely upon the written certification of nonbias, referred to above,
if he or she has no reason to believe that said certification was not given
in good faith.
To the extent that the civil service rules of the Borough of Norristown
are contrary to the terms of this chapter, the civil service rules are superseded
by this chapter.
Ordinance No. 87-17 and all other ordinances, rules, regulations, policies or procedures
or parts of any of them inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.