Vacancies within the municipal service may be filled by promotion
of incumbent municipal employees. All promotional procedures shall
be governed by this article.
Notice of vacancies shall be posted on the employee bulletin
boards.
B.
A promotional examination may be in more than one part and may include
written, oral and physical examinations. In addition, performance
rating of the candidate in his present position and his seniority
shall be considered in determining the score or rate of each candidate.
The announcement of the examination shall state how the various parts
of the examination, the performance rating and seniority shall be
weighed in determining the final score or grade of each candidate.
C.
Written examination shall be a part of every promotional examination
for the Police or Fire Department, and an oral examination shall be
held within seven days of the written examination.
[Amended 9-11-1978 by Ord. No. 1174]
Promotions in the classified service as provided for in this
chapter shall be "provisional promotions" for a probationary period
of one year. If during the probationary period the work and performance
of the employee so promoted is found to be below standards satisfactory
to the department head and the Manager, the Manager may demote the
employee to the position held by the employee previous to the provisional
promotion.
A.
It is the policy of the municipality that vacancies be filled first
from lists of qualified eligible persons already employed by the municipality.
Only when such a list is exhausted shall positions be filled by appointment
of persons not employed by the municipality.
B.
The list of qualified eligibles laid off shall next be used to fill
vacancies until that list is exhausted.
C.
Thereafter, a vacant position may be filled from any list of qualified
eligibles available.
