The County civil service shall include every officer and employee
of the County except:
(1) Elective
county officers.
(3) The chief
deputy to each elective officer.
(4) One assistant
to each member of the Board of Supervisors.
(5) All members
of appointive boards and commissions.
(6) Persons
serving the County without compensation.
(7) Physicians
and dentists employed in their professional capacity to perform the
duties of their profession, and including administrative or executive
positions for which professional status constitutes only a part of
the qualifications therefor.
(8) Department
heads, which shall include persons responsible for directing all activities
of a major organizational unit of county government recognized as
a department by the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors
may by ordinance include any department head in the civil service.
This provision shall not affect the rights of any person who holds
civil service status in a department head position. Any such department
head position shall not become exempt until it becomes vacant.
(9) Persons
appointed for periods of less than thirty days because of an emergency
affecting the public health, safety, or welfare. No person shall be
appointed to such an emergency position for more than thirty days
in any six calendar months.
(1972)
Each person appointed to a position in a civil service classification
shall serve a period of probation not to exceed twelve months. The
commission shall determine the length of the probationary period for
each class. Probationary periods of more than six months shall not
be established unless the commission finds that a longer probationary
period is appropriate on the basis of the cycle of the work performed
or because the duration of required training is such that it is not
possible to adequately evaluate employee performance within a six-month
period. A probationary employee may be rejected during the probationary
period. At the expiration of the probationary period the employee
shall attain permanent status in the class.
(1972)
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter, the Board
of Supervisors may contract for the provision of County services for
reasons of economy and efficiency when all of the following conditions
are met:
(1) The contract
does not cause the displacement of civil service employees. The term
"displacement" includes, layoff, demotion and involuntary transfer
to a new classification. Displacement does not include changes in
shifts or days off, nor does it include reassignment to other positions
within the same class; and
(2) The County
has met and conferred, in accordance with its legal obligation pursuant
to
Government Code Sections 3500 et seq., with an organization that
represents County employees who perform the type of services to be
contracted; and
(3) The contract
for services is awarded through a publicized, competitive bidding
process.