City of Vineland, NJ Article IV Preference to Residents

[Adopted 3-22-1994 by Ord. No. 94-22 (Ch. 96, Art. IV, of the 1990 Code)]

§ 123-25 Priority of eligibility.

A. Classification.

(1) Before any person shall be appointed as a member of the Police Department and force, the appointing authority may classify all the duly qualified applicants for the position or positions to be filled in the following classes:

(a) Class I, residents of the City of Vineland.

(b) Class II, other residents of Cumberland County.

(c) Class III, other residents of the state.

(d) Class IV, all other qualified applicants.

(2) Within each such classification, duly qualified applicants who are veterans shall be accorded all such veterans' preferences as are provided by law. Persons discharged from the service within six months prior to making application to the City of Vineland who fulfill the requirements of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-123.1 and who thereby are entitled to appointment notwithstanding their failure to meet the New Jersey residency requirement at the time of their initial application shall be placed in Class III.

B. The City of Vineland shall first appoint from those in Class I and then from those in each succeeding class in the order above listed and shall appoint a person or persons in any such class only to a vacancy or vacancies remaining after all qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined an offer of appointment.

C. The classes of qualified applicants defined in Subsection A of this section shall be considered as separate and successive lists of eligibles, and the Civil Service Commission shall, when requested to certify eligibles for positions specified in this article, make such certifications from said classes separately and successively and shall certify no persons from any such class until all persons in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined offers of appointment.

D. This section shall apply only to initial appointments and not to promotional appointments of persons already members of the Police Department.

E. In making temporary appointments, the appointing authority may utilize the classifications set forth in Subsection A of this section and shall classify accordingly all duly qualified applicants for the positions to be temporarily filled.

F. For purposes of this section, a person shall be considered a Class I applicant if such person is a bona fide resident of the City of Vineland as of the closing date for the civil service examination and up to and including the date of appointment.

§ 123-26 Promotions; preference to resident.

Promotions to positions on the Police Department and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests for such positions; provided, however, that a resident shall be appointed rather than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident and nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences granted to veterans pursuant to N.J.S.A. 11A:5-1 et seq., or any other provision of law.