As used in this chapter and any rules or policies pursuant to this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows unless otherwise indicated:
"Appointing power"means the officers of the City who in their individual capacities, or as a body, have the final authority to make the appointment to the position to be filled.
"Class"means positions sufficiently similar in duties, authority, and responsibility to permit grouping under a common title in the application with equity of common standards of selection, transfer, demotion and salary.
"Competitive service"means all positions of employment in the service of the City, except those specifically excluded by this chapter.
"Day"means calendar day unless otherwise stated.
"Employment list"means a list of names of persons who may be considered for employment with the City under specific conditions.
"Examination"means selection techniques used to measure the relative capacities of the persons applying for positions within the competitive service or to measure the qualifications of an employee to be promoted.
"Layoff"means the separation of an employee or employees from employment with the City when, in the judgment of the City Council, it becomes necessary to abolish positions.
"Permanent part-time employees"means an employee who works at least 20 hours but less than 40 hours per week on a regularly scheduled basis in a permanent part-time position designated as such in the current adopted budget. Such employee shall work the same number of hours per week for each week as specified in the budget for that position.
"Position"means a group of duties and responsibilities in the competitive service requiring the full-time or part-time employment of one person.
"Probationary period"means a working test period during which an employee is required to demonstrate his or her fitness for the position to which he or she is appointed by the actual performance of the duties of the position.
"Promotion"means the appointment of an employee to a classification with a higher salary range following an examination process through which the employee has qualified for such an appointment.
"Provisional appointment"means an appointment of a person who possesses the minimum qualifications established for a particular class and who has been appointed to a position in that class in the absence of available eligibles.
"Reinstatement"means the reappointment to a position in the same or comparable class without examination of a probationary or regular employee within 24 months after he or she left City employment in good standing. No credit shall be received for prior service in terms of benefits accrued after reinstatement unless otherwise recommended by the department head and approved by the appointing authority. A new preemployment physical examination may be required and the employee shall begin a new probationary period.
"Reemployment"means the appointment of an employee who was laid off, in good standing, within the preceding 12 months without examination, to a position in the same class as his or her former position. Such an employee shall receive credit for former service when computing vacation, sick leave, and advancement through the salary range.
"Regular employee"means a full-time or permanent part-time employee in a permanent position who has successfully completed a probationary period of employment with the City.
"Temporary employee"means an employee who is appointed to a nonpermanent position funded under a temporary or part-time salary account in the current adopted budget.
(Ord. 24 § 2-2.02, 1980)