[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
The Civil Service Commission, as said commission is established
by Chapter 2 of Title 2 of this Code, shall classify all the offices
and places of employment in the City with reference to the examinations
provided for, except those offices and places excluded herein. The
offices and places so classified by the commission shall constitute
the classified civil service of the City. No appointments to any such
offices or places shall be made except under and according to the
rules of the commission.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
All applicants for offices or places in the classified service,
except those offices and places excluded herein, are subject to examination,
which shall be public, competitive, and open to all citizens of the
United States, with specified limitations as to residence, age, health,
habits and moral character, and shall be in accordance with 65 Illinois
Compiled Statutes 5/10-1-7.
All employees of the City, except those excluded from the classified
service as herein provided, who are holding such employment as of
date hereof and who have held such employment for at least two years
immediately prior thereto, shall become members of the classified
civil service of the City without examination.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
The Civil Service Commission shall, by its rules, provide for
promotions in such classified service, on the basis of ascertained
merit and seniority in service and examination and shall provide,
in all cases where it is practicable, that vacancies be filled by
promotion. All examinations for promotion shall be in accordance with
the provisions of 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/10-1-13.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
The head of the department or office in which a position is
classified shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission
shall certify to the appointing officer the name and address of the
candidate standing highest upon the register for the class or grade
to which the position belongs. In cases where a choice by competition
is impracticable, the commission may provide by its rules that the
selection shall be made by lot from among those candidates proved
fit by examination. In making certification, sex shall be disregarded,
except when some statute, the rules of the commission or the appointing
power specifies sex. The appointive officer shall notify the commission
of each position to be filled, separately, and shall fill such place
by the appointment of the person certified to him by the commission
therefor. Original appointment shall be on probation for a period
not to exceed six months to be fixed by the rules. At or before the
expiration of the period of probation, the head of the department
or office in which a candidate is employed may, by and with the consent
of the commission, discharge him upon assigning in writing his reason
therefor to the commission. If he is not then discharged, his appointment
shall be deemed complete. To prevent the stoppage of business or to
meet extraordinary exigencies, the head of any department or office
may, with the approval of the commission, make temporary appointment
to remain in force not exceeding 120 days, and only until regular
appointments can be made as provided by law.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
Persons who have served in the military or naval service of
the United States and who were honorably discharged therefrom, shall
be preferred for appointments to civil offices, positions and places
of employment in the classified service of the City, provided they
are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper
discharge of the duties of such office, position or place of employment
as determined by examination.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
Officers who are elected by the people, or whose appointment
is subject to confirmation by the City Council, judges of election,
members of any board of education, the superintendent and teachers
of schools, heads of any principal department of the City, the librarian
of the Lincoln public library, City Attorney, Police Chief, Fire Chief,
auxiliary police, health officer, seasonal employees, which means
persons whose employment does not exceed 90 days in any calendar year,
and one private secretary of each of the elected municipal officials,
shall not be included in such classified service.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
No officer or employee in the classified civil service who is
appointed under the rules and after examination, may be removed or
discharged, or suspended for a period of more than 30 days, except
for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard
in his own defense. Such charges shall be investigated by or before
the Civil Service Commission, or by or before some officer or board
appointed by the commission to conduct that investigation. The finding
and decision of that commission or investigating officer or board,
when approved by the commission, shall be certified to the appointing
officer, and shall forthwith be enforced by that officer. The hearing
and appearance of witnesses, including any officer or employee in
the classified service of the City, before any disciplinary board
or investigator shall be in accordance with the provisions of 65 Illinois
Compiled Statutes 5/10-1-18 and 5/10-1-39.
Any employee or officer suspended for more than five days, or
suspended within six months after a previous suspension, shall be
entitled, upon request, to a hearing before the Civil Service Commission
concerning the properiety of such suspension.
The Civil Service Commission shall discharge or retire automatically
any officer or employee of the City in the classified service upon
the attainment of the age of 65 years and shall certify the retirement
or discharge to the proper department head, excepting therefrom the
presently employed City employees who are over 55 years of age.
[Ord. 27, 6-2-1975]
The commission shall certify to the City Clerk all appointments
to offices and places in the classified civil service, and all vacancies
occurring therein, whether by dismissal or resignation or death.
