[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Ventnor City as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-28-1942 by Ord. No. 12-1942[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble to this ordinance
read as follows:
WHEREAS, at the General Election held in November
1941, there was submitted to the voters of the City of Ventnor City,
the question of whether or not the City of Ventnor City should adopt
the provisions of the Civil Service Act of the State of New Jersey,
and said adoption was duly approved and authorized by a majority of
the voters of the City of Ventnor City at said election; and
WHEREAS, immediately thereafter the Civil
Service Commission of the State of New Jersey made a survey of all
city officers and employees, covering the duties, salaries and respective
departments of said employees; and
WHEREAS, following such survey the Civil Service
Commission has submitted to the Common Council of the City of Ventnor
City two separate and distinct schedules, as follows:
Schedule 1. A complete list of the employees
of the City of Ventnor City giving suggested titles for each employee,
the salary of the same and the department to which such employee is
assigned.
Schedule 2. A duties classification of the
employees, setting forth the suggested titles to be used for the employees
of the City of Ventnor City, their respective duties, typical tasks,
minimum qualifications for the purpose of examination and suggested
salary schedules and whereas the Common Council is now prepared to
adopt a schedule classifying positions but is not at this time prepared
to adopt and establish minimum and maximum rates of compensation for
those positions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council in and for the City of Ventnor City, New Jersey, that . .
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The schedule referred to herein and recommended
by the Civil Service Commission of the State of New Jersey to this
body for adoption consisting of the following is hereby made a part
of this chapter in its entirety, the same as though specifically set
forth herein, said schedule being filed with the City Clerk coincident
with the passing of this chapter: Schedule 1, a schedule of all positions
in the City of Ventnor City and containing under such positions the
duties, typical tasks, minimum qualifications and probable line of
promotion for each such position, is hereby adopted by this body as
the official civil service classification of positions in and for
the City of Ventnor City.
For the purpose of effecting and maintaining
the classification and salary standardization plan recommended by
the Civil Service Commission of the State of New Jersey, the following
regulations are hereby adopted and shall be in full force and effect
with respect to all positions and employees in the City of Ventnor
City, said regulations to apply to the contents of Schedules 1 and
2 hereinabove referred to and hereby adopted, as well as to the terms
of this chapter.
A.
The specifications herein provided shall apply to
all existing authorized offices, positions and employments or such
as have been established or created in the classified civil service
in the City and shall supersede all groupings of employments not consistent
thereto and shall be applied subject to the conditions in these regulations.
B.
The specifications herein provided shall not in themselves
be construed to define or prescribe the organization or procedure
under which employees shall work, nor to limit or restrict the responsible
administrative officials in exercising supervision or assigning such
other duties as may be in the interest of good administration or necessary
in case of emergency; provided, however, that this chapter shall not
be interpreted as authorization to assign, detail or transfer an employee
to a position involving duties of an essentially different character.
C.
The standard titles as set forth in Schedule 1 shall
be applied to all existing offices, positions and employments in the
classified civil service of the City of Ventnor City. Changes in titles
shall not alter or affect the salaries of the present incumbents of
offices or positions so rearranged.
D.
The standard titles shall be used to designate positions
in all reports to the Civil Service Commission, departmental records
and all payrolls or accounts of salaries and wages of all departments,
institutions and commissions submitted to the Civil Service Commission
for check and certification.
E.
All departmental requests for additions to or changes
in the specifications involving either the classification or compensation
schedules, together with full reporting of maintenance requests, shall
be first presented to the Board of Commissioners, which shall, as
it deems proper, forward the requests, together with their recommendations,
to the Civil Service Commission for investigation and consideration.
No reclassifications or changes in compensation schedules or maintenance
allowances shall be effective until they have received the approval
of both the Board of Commissioners and the Civil Service Commission.
F.
When new positions are to be created, there shall
be submitted by the department head, through the Board of Commissioners,
to the Civil Service Commission a statement of the duties, qualification
requirements and other matters affecting the proper classification,
title, grade and compensation and of the necessity for the creation
of such position. No office or employment shall be considered new
unless the duties thereof are found to be substantially different
from those of every other existing position in the classified service
of the City. When the Civil Service Commission shall find that an
office or employment is, in fact, new or that the requested changes
affecting any existing position should be made, the Commission shall
so classify such position under the appropriate service, grade and
title, and it shall become a part of the classification of the City
of Ventnor City upon approval by the Board of Commissioners and the
Civil Service Commission.
G.
Appointments to newly created or vacant offices or
employments shall be made at the lowest rate within the standard range
of compensation for such office or employment. In cases of promotion
where the employee to be promoted is receiving compensation equal
to or greater than the minimum rate established for the position to
which promotion is to be made, appointment shall be made at the nearest
next salary rate higher than the compensation received by such employee.
H.
Advancement to the next higher rate within the range
of compensation provided for a particular position shall be conditional
upon service at each rate for at least the period specified in the
schedules or later determined by the Board of Commissioners and upon
satisfactory efficiency in the performance of the specified duties.
I.
Advances in compensation from rate to rate within
the range for each position shall be made at such periods as may be
determined by the Board of Commissioners for all officers and employees
who are eligible for advancement after the completion of the designated
period of satisfactory service. Unless otherwise provided, proof of
satisfactory and meritorious service shall be established for all
employees in the classified civil service through efficiency records
of the departments, which shall be kept in accordance with existing
laws, rules and regulations and in the form approved by the Civil
Service Commission.
J.
Where efficiency records are kept in an office in
accordance with the Civil Service Act, no advancement in salary shall
be granted to an employee whose average net efficiency for the six
months preceding the date of request for advancement in salary is
less than 75%.
K.
Nothing in these regulations, the rules of the Civil
Service Commission or the action of the Board of Commissioners in
adopting the classification and salary standardization plan shall
be construed to mean that it shall be mandatory upon the head of the
department, institution or commission to advance an officer or employee
to the next higher rate within the range of compensation provided
for the position merely because such officer or employee has served
at the lower salary rate for a certain period of time.
L.
An increase above the maximum salary rate of an existing position shall not be made except in case of increased duties or responsibilities which actually involve a change of position or until changes in the prevailing compensation schedule for the position or positions in question are made as provided in Subsection E.
M.
Promotions from one class to the next higher class
of positions in the classified civil service shall involve a change
of duties and shall be made only when a vacancy has been created by
resignation, transfer, death or dismissal or when the needs of the
service require additional employees in the higher position.
N.
All employees of the City of Ventnor City on November
4, 1941, the date on which civil service was adopted in the City of
Ventnor City, who are presently employees of the City of Ventnor City
shall continue to receive the salaries which they are now receiving
until the same are changed as provided in these regulations and by
such regulations as may be hereafter adopted by Board of Commissioners.
O.
All employees appointed since the adoption of civil
service in the City of Ventnor City, namely, since November 4, 1941,
shall, upon the adoption hereof, take the minimum salary prescribed
by the ordinance or ordinances thereunto pertaining, according to
the classification or position to which they shall have been appointed.
[Adopted 3-10-1969 by Ord. No. 6-1969[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble to this ordinance
read as follows:
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission,
at the request of the Ventnor City Council, pursuant to their resolution
adopted at their regular meeting held December 4, 1967, has completed
a reclassification survey and salary study of the nonuniform positions
in the City of Ventnor City, and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission
has submitted to the local governing body of said jurisdiction, three
separate and distinct schedules, as follows:
SCHEDULE 1 — A list of employees, together
with their dates of last permanent appointment, present salary, present
title of position and division classification, and proposed title
of position, divisional classification and indicating Civil Service
administrative action;
SCHEDULE 2 — Class specification in
alphabetical order, including definitions, examples of work, educational
and experience requirements, knowledge and ability;
SCHEDULE 3 — a) An alphabetical list
of all titles, their divisional classification and proposed salary
ranges for full time positions;
b) In schematic arrangement, a list of titles
of full time positions and proposed salary ranges and divisional classification;
c) In descending order, a list of titles of
full time positions, showing proposed salary ranges;
d) An alphabetical list of titles in the Unclassified
Service, with statutory or other provisions which place the positions
in Unclassified Service;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF VENTNOR CITY, NEW JERSEY, that:. .
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The classes of positions and duties assigned
thereto as set forth in the three schedules referred to above and
incorporated herein by reference and listed are hereby created and
adopted.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The list of titles which immediately
followed this section is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
