The City Service is divided into the Classified and Unclassified Services:
A. 
The Unclassified Service shall consist of:
1. 
Officers elected by the people and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices.
2. 
The members of boards and commissions.
3. 
Officers appointed by the Mayor and Council or by boards and commissions, as provided by law or by the Charter.
4. 
All department heads, one confidential secretary for the City Manager and one for the Director of Utilities, and such other principal officers and assistants to department heads as the Council may prescribe by the affirmative vote of not less than six members or as may be prescribed by the Administrative Code.
5. 
Not more than three administrative assistants or aides to the City Manager.
6. 
Professional personnel in the office of the City Attorney.
7. 
Persons employed in a professional or scientific capacity to conduct a special inquiry, investigation, or examination.
B. 
The Classified Service shall comprise all positions not specifically included in the Unclassified Service.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29)
The Classification Plan shall provide a complete inventory of all positions in the City Service and accurate descriptions and specifications for each class of employment. In the Plan, titles shall be standardized and each of them shall be indicative of a definite range of duties and responsibilities and shall have the same meanings throughout the City Service.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29)
The Classification Plan shall be comprised of:
A. 
An assembly into classes of positions which are of approximately equivalent difficulty and responsibility, which may be appropriately filled with persons possessing the same general qualifications, and for which equitable compensation can be paid under similar working conditions from the same pay range.
B. 
A class title, descriptive of the work of each class, which shall identify each class and which shall be coded by number for personnel control and payroll accounting purposes.
C. 
Written class specifications for each class of position containing a description of the nature of the work and of the relative responsibility of the positions in the class, examples of work which are illustrative of the duties of the position affected to the class, requirements of work in terms of knowledge, abilities and skills necessary for the performance of the work, and a statement of experience and training desirable for recruitment into the class.
D. 
An allocation list showing the class title of each position in the City Service, as identified by the name of the employee holding such position. The Classification Plan shall be set up to reflect positions by major groupings of allied position such as clerical, administrative, fiscal, engineering and technical; and each grouping shall have an identifying code number bracket.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29)
Class titles, or designated code symbols, shall be used in all personnel, accounting, budgeting, appropriation and financial records. No person shall be appointed to or employed in a position in the City Service under a title not included in the Classification Plan. Class titles shall not express a preference as to gender.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; Ord. 20432 § 1, 1975-05-20; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29)
The specifications of the classes of positions in the Classification Plan and their various parts shall be used as a guide in the classification of positions and have the following force and effect:
A. 
The specifications are descriptive and not restrictive. They are intended to indicate the kinds of positions that are allocated to the several classes as determined by their duties and responsibilities. Specifications are to be interpreted in their entirety and in relation to others in the Classification Plan. Particular phrases or examples are not to be isolated and treated as a full definition of the class.
B. 
In determining the class to which any position should be allocated, the specification shall be considered as a whole. Consideration shall be given to the duties, specific tasks, responsibilities, qualification requirements and relationships to other classes, so that when taken as a whole to provide a statement of the duties that the class is intended to embrace.
C. 
Bona fide occupational qualifications commonly required of all incumbents of the different classes shall be deemed to be implied as qualification requirements for entrance to each class, though they may not be specifically mentioned in the specifications.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; Ord. 20432 § 2, 1975-05-20; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29)
The Classification Plan shall be used:
A. 
In preparing public announcements of examinations or vacancies.
B. 
As a guide in preparing examinations which may be used to appraise the qualifications of applicants for work in specific classes.
C. 
In determining promotional sequence and developing employee training programs.
D. 
In determining salaries to be paid for various types of work and establishing and maintaining an equitable compensation plan.
E. 
In determining personnel service items in the budgets for the various organizational units of the City Government.
F. 
In providing uniform job terminology which is clearly understandable to City officers, employees and the general public.
G. 
In setting up appropriate eligible lists from which personnel may be certified to fill vacancies.
H. 
As a guide in making appointments and assigning duties.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29)
The Human Resources Director shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of the Classification Plan so that it will reflect continuously, on a current basis, the duties being performed by each employee in the City Service and the class to which each position is allocated. The Human Resources Director shall make necessary amendments to the Classification Plan including the addition of required new classes, revision of existing classes and deletion of obsolete classes. Changes and reallocations within the Classification Plan shall be made as follows:
A. 
The Human Resources Director shall analyze the duties and responsibilities to be assumed by incumbents of proposed new positions and using such appraisal as a basis, assign the position to the appropriate class within the Classification Plan. A new class specification shall be prepared to cover each additional position which is created and for which the Classification Plan does not provide a satisfactory job description of the position.
B. 
Changes in the duties and responsibilities of a position involving either the addition, reduction or modification of assignments shall be reported to the Human Resources Director by the department head concerned. If the changes are determined to be permanent and are sufficiently significant to justify reallocation to a different classification, the Human Resources Director shall assign the position to the class which is appropriate under the modified circumstances.
C. 
The Human Resources Director shall periodically review the classification of positions and audit duties and responsibilities, and on the basis of such reappraisal make such changes as are necessary to keep the Classification Plan up to date and in step with current conditions. Reallocations of positions under the provisions of this section shall be the responsibility of the Human Resources Director, but the Human Resources Director shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the administrative officials concerned.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29; Ord. 28283 Ex. A, 2015-02-24)
The status of permanent or probationary employees affected by reclassification or reallocation occurring in the administration of the Classification Plan shall be resolved in the following manner:
A. 
Any permanent employee whose position is allocated to a class in the Classification Plan which has a higher maximum salary than the class in which status is held shall be considered to be a temporary appointee to the higher class and shall be eligible to compete for the reallocated position, notwithstanding existing eligible lists for the higher class; provided, that an employee coming under this provision shall be certified, if successfully passing the examination, regardless of rank attained. The names of the eligible employees shall be certified in accordance with Sections 1.24.600 through 1.24.800 of these Rules. If the employee is appointed as a result of such examination and certification, the employee shall have probationary status in the class. If the employee is not appointed as a result of the examination, the employee shall be assigned or, upon the approval of the appointing authorities concerned, be transferred to a position in the old class, or demoted or laid off in accordance with the provisions of these Rules. In order for an employee to be reclassified under the provisions of this section, the following criteria must be satisfied:
1. 
The reason for the reclassification is the gradual accretion of new duties and responsibilities over a period of two years or more immediately preceding the effective date of such reclassification.
2. 
The accretion of duties has taken place during the incumbency of the present incumbent.
3. 
That the added duties and responsibilities upon which the reclassification is based have not been previously assigned to a class of the same or lower level.
B. 
Any employee with permanent Civil Service status whose position is allocated to a class which has a lower maximum salary shall be assigned or, upon approval of the appointing authorities concerned, be transferred to a vacant position having the same classification as that in which the employee has permanent Civil Service Status, or the employee shall be granted status in the lower class without further examination or loss in pay and the employee’s name shall be placed on the appropriate eligible lists, until certified for appointment for the higher class in which permanent Civil Service status is held.
C. 
Incumbents of positions which are reallocated to a class which the Human Resources Director determines to be substantially equivalent to the positions occupied by such personnel at the time reallocation action is taken, shall be given permanent status in the classification to which they are allocated.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1971-10-18; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29; Ord. 28283 Ex. A, 2015-02-24)
When the class of work of an employee is consolidated with another class, the employee shall be granted status in the consolidated class and also retain the classification status the employee possesses in the former class prior to said consolidation. The employee’s name shall automatically be placed on the appropriate eligible lists for the former class and the employee shall be granted the right to be reinstated to a position in the former class should such class be reestablished.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1971-10-18; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29; Ord. 28283 Ex. A, 2015-02-24)