The human resources director shall recommend to council, and council shall adopt by resolution after public hearing, a classification plan which shall provide for a complete inventory of all positions in the classified service and accurate descriptions and specifications for each position and class of employment. In the plan, class titles shall be standardized and each of them shall be indicative of a definite range of duties and responsibilities and shall have the same meaning throughout the city service. The human resources director shall recommend necessary amendments to the plan in order to conform to the current needs of the city service.
(Ord. 50-77 § 1.02; Ord. 3-97; Ord. 2022-29 § 1; Ord. 2023-30 § 1)
The classification plan shall consist of the following elements:
A. 
An assembly into classes of positions which are approximately of equal difficulty and responsibility, which require the same general qualifications and which can be compensated within the same grade of pay under similar working conditions;
B. 
A class title descriptive of the work of each class which shall identify the class for personnel control and payroll accounting purposes;
C. 
A written description for each position containing: a description of the nature of the work and of the relative responsibility of the position and which includes examples of work which are illustrative of the essential functions of the job; requirements of work in terms of knowledge, abilities and skills necessary for the performance of work, and a statement of experience and training desirable for recruitment into the position which constitutes the job specifications.
(Ord. 50-77 § 1.02; Ord. 3-97; Ord. 30-99; Ord. 2022-29 § 1; Ord. 2023-30 § 1)
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 in relation to the 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 specifications of each class shall be considered as a whole. Consideration shall be given to the duties, specific tasks, responsibilities, qualifications, requirements and relationships with other classes, as together affording a statement of the employments that the classes intend to embrace.
(Ord. 50-77 § 1.02; Ord. 3-97; Ord. 2022-29 § 1; Ord. 2023-30 § 1)
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 classified service under a title not included in the classification plan.
(Ord. 50-77 § 1.02; Ord. 3-97; Ord. 2022-29 § 1; Ord. 2023-30 § 1)
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 or designee 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.
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 deputy city manager, assistant city manager, and/or 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 his or her reappraisal, make such changes as are necessary to keep the classification plan current. Reallocation of positions under the provisions of this section shall be the responsibility of the human resources director, but shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the administrative officials concerned, and the personnel committee.
(Ord. 50-77 § 1.02; Ord. 3-97; Ord. 40-98; Ord. 2022-29 § 1; Ord. 2023-30 § 1)