The following terms, whenever used in these rules, shall be
construed as follows:
The City of Stockton Internship Program, which provides training
and experience opportunities in part-time and volunteer positions
for college students. Work hours shall be less than 1000 hours in
a fiscal year. Upon successful completion of the program, candidates
become eligible to compete for full-time promotional examinations.
The assignment of a single position to its proper class in
accordance with the duties performed, and the authority and responsibilities
exercised.
The process by which a qualifying employee is promoted to
a higher level upon attainment of the required level of knowledge,
skills, and abilities or the attainment of specified licenses or certificates;
or is hired at any level of a class series based upon the needs of
the hiring department. Alternate staffing patterns exist when a class
series has two or more levels where an employee may be initially appointed
to any level in the series and can be promoted from the lower level
to the higher level without further testing. Alternate staffing has
four categories:
Automatic.
After successful completion of a one-year probationary period,
an employee is automatically advanced to the second level.
Discretionary.
After successful completion of the one-year probationary
period and one additional year of experience, an employee may be advanced
to the second level if proficiency has been demonstrated.
Deep class.
Employees may be assigned to any level of the classification
and may be advanced upon attainment of the required education, experience,
and proficiency levels.
Apprentice programs.
Employees may be promoted after completion of the required
apprenticeship or training program.
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Administrative Directive HR-04 sets forth the policy and procedure
for alternate staffing of employees.
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A person who has made a formal request, on the prescribed
form, to take a civil service examination.
The officers of the City who, in their individual capacities,
or as a board, Commission, or City Council, have the final authority
to make the appointment to the position to be filled.
The offer and acceptance of a position in the classified
service in accordance with these rules.
Any applicant who has been deemed qualified to take a civil
service examination.
Chapter 2 of the Stockton Municipal Code (Ordinance No. 1606), and amendments thereto, which creates a Human Resources System for the City.
All positions in the competitive service that are so similar
in duties, authority, and responsibilities as to permit grouping under
a common title and the application with equity of common standards
for selection, compensation, and other human resources procedures.
The record of all positions in the classified service consisting
of classes of positions defined by specifications, to include title,
description of typical duties and responsibilities, statement of training,
education, experience, and other qualifications required of the position.
The positions and employments occupied by officers and employees
that are included, or that may hereafter be included, under the Civil
Service System of the City.
A reduction to a class having a lower rate of pay, or a change
in duties that are allocable to a class having a lower maximum rate
of pay.
The permanent separation of a regular employee from the service
for a stated cause.
A person who may legally be appointed to a vacant position
in the competitive service as provided by the Civil Service Ordinance
and these rules.
A list of names of persons who have (a) taken an examination
for a position in the competitive service and passed; (b) been laid
off in the competitive service as provided in section 4, rule XII;
(c) been certified as eligible as provided in section 12, rule VI;
or (d) met all requirements of a lateral-entry candidate or Police
Officer Recruit as established by the Civil Service Commission.
Assembled examination:
A test conducted at a specified time and place at which applicants
are required to appear for competitive examination under the supervision
of an examiner.
Unassembled examination:
A test consisting of an appraisal of training, education,
experience, work history, or any other means for evaluating other
relative qualifications of applicants with or without the necessity
for their personal appearance at a specified place.
An applicant who has passed an unassembled examination consisting
of an appraisal of training, education, experience, work history or
any other means for evaluating relative qualifications.
Temporary, Provisional, and Part-Time employees serving in
an unclassified status, who have been selected from an eligible list
for their current position or in a position with comparable qualifications,
skills, duties, and responsibilities (as determined by the Director
of Human Resources or Chief Examiner, in accordance with the relevant
provisions of Rule VII), who have successfully completed 3042 hours
or more of continuous service (as evidenced by the employee's personnel
file), and have passed an unassembled examination for the position
currently held, or a comparable position.
The positions and employments occupied by officers and employees that are excluded, or that may hereafter be excluded from the Civil Service System of the City by Stockton Municipal Code chapter 2 (Ordinance No. 1606), and amendments thereto.
The City Manager of the City of Stockton, or designee.
An eligible that is currently enrolled in and attending a
certified Peace Officer Standards and Training Academy and has successfully
completed a POST Entry Level Law Enforcement Test.
A change in employment status to a class with a higher maximum
rate of pay.
The status of an otherwise qualified employee who was appointed
in the absence of an appropriate eligibility list as provided for
in these rules.
The reassignment of a position or group of positions to the
occupational classification that most accurately reflects the duties
being performed and responsibility level.
An employee who has successfully completed the probationary
period and has been granted regular status as hereafter provided in
these rules.
The separation of an employee from the service during the
probationary period.
A salary increase within the limits of the pay range established
for a class.
The temporary separation from the service of an employee
without pay, for disciplinary purposes.
A change from one position to another position in the same
class or in another class requiring comparable qualifications and
carrying substantially the same salary range.
Any unfilled allocated position in the classified service.
A position is considered vacant when it is not filled by a probationary
or regular employee in the class to which the position has been allocated.
(Amended by Resolution CS97-003, 01/16/97; amended by Resolution
CS03-058, 08/07/03; CS04-088, 08/19/04; amended by Resolution CS05-156, 11/17/05; amended by Resolution CS06-074, adopted 06/01/06; amended 02-01-07 by Resolution CS07-011; amended by Resolution CS08-047, 03/20/08; amended by Resolution
CS09-050, 9/03/09; amended
by Resolution CS2017-10-19-1201)
