The Commission shall give written notice of each promotion examination
to each qualified applicant. The notice shall be mailed or otherwise delivered
to each applicant at least 10 days prior to the date of the examination. The
notice shall specify the date, time, duration and place of the examination
and explain the following:
A.
Only applicants receiving notices to report for examination
shall be permitted to participate in such examination, and each applicant
shall present his/her notice and photo I.D. motor vehicle operator's
license to the examiner before being examined.
B.
Failure to report for an examination in accordance with
the instructions contained in the notice shall be a cause for disqualification,
absent a waiver of such requirement by the Commission upon good cause shown.
The decision of the Commission on any waiver request shall be final and binding.
Examination for promotion shall consist of a written examination, an
oral examination and an evaluation of the applicant's service rating
and performance, performed in that order. Questions in the written and oral
examinations shall be practical in nature and fairly test the merits, experience
and fitness of the applicant. The evaluation of the applicant's service
rating and performance may be made in conjunction with the Mayor and Chief
of Police.
The written and oral examinations and the evaluation of the applicant's
service record and performance shall each be graded on a scale of 0% to 100%.
The minimum passing scores for the written examination, the oral examination
and the evaluation of service record and performance shall be 70% on each
segment. Any applicant who fails to attain the minimum passing score on any
examination or evaluation shall be disqualified from further consideration
for promotion and his/her name shall not appear on the eligible list. For
those applicants who pass each examination and the evaluation, a final overall
score shall be determined by adding 45% of the written examination score and
25% of the oral examination score to 30% of the evaluation score.
When the grading of each examination is completed, the Secretary shall
give each applicant written notice of his/her grade. Any applicant not receiving
a passing grade on any examination is disqualified from continuing in the
selection process for the position for which he/she applied.
Administration of the written and oral examinations and the evaluations
of the service records and performance shall be the responsibility of the
Commission. The Commission, however, may designate qualified agencies or individuals
to conduct or assist in the written and oral examinations while reserving
the right to accept or reject for cause, in whole or in part, the recommendations,
evaluations and conclusions provided by such agencies or individuals.
The Commission shall prepare a statement of instructions and rules for
the conduct of written examinations. The designated examiner shall administer
each examination in accordance with the instructions of the Commission and
be responsible for enforcing the rules of conduct for written examinations.
When two or more eligible applicants receive the same final overall
score, the order in which the names of such persons appear on the eligible
list shall be determined by their respective scores on that part of the examination
assigned the greatest weight. In the event a tie still exists, the next lower
weighted score shall be used. If a ties still exists, the final tie-breaker
shall be the lengths of service of each applicant.
When all examinations and evaluations have been completed and final
overall scores have been computed, the Commission shall prepare a promotion
eligible list.
