ARTICLE 11 - VACANCIES, PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS
A. Within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of a permanent opening in a
department, the City shall either abolish the job or post it and fill it in accordance with the
provisions below:
a. If a permanent job in a department is not abolished, the job shall within said ninety
(90) days be posted on bulletin boards in the respective departments together with the
title or the classification, the duties involved, rate of pay, job location, and the shift. The
posting shall occur for a period of fifteen (15) days. All applicants shall then be
considered on the basis of minimum qualifications, seniority, experience, and ability. If
an applicant is qualified by reason of such minimum qualifications, seniority, experience,
and ability, the job will be filled within thirty (30) days following the close of the posting
period.
b. The City may administer testing procedures to determine the qualifications of
applicants for a posted vacancy. If an employee has acquired sufficient creditable
experience it can be considered in lieu of the testing procedure. The City has the right to
determine job qualifications, provided they are limited to those factors directly required
to satisfactorily perform the job. Wherever possible, promotions shall be made from the
ranks of regular employees who are employed in the department in which the vacancy
occurs. The Division shall promptly post the names of employees selected for posted
jobs.
c. An employee selected by the City for a posted job shall have a trial period of sixty
(60) days, starting on the effective date of appointment to the position as approved by the
Board of Public Works. The effective date of appointment will be within seven (7) days
following the Board of Public Works meeting, and will be within the time frames
established in subsection (a) above. At the end of said trial period, the City may do one
of the following:
(1) Consider the employee qualified and assign the new classification.
(2) Consider the employee unqualified and return the employee to the employee’s
former classification without the loss of seniority.
(3) Consider the employee questionably qualified and extend the trial period an
additional thirty (30) days, after which the City must act under (1) or (2) above.
d. After an award is made of a promotion, the name of the person promoted shall be
posted for five (5) working days following said award. Employees may file a grievance
in accordance with the grievance procedure.
e. The City agrees that members of the Union may apply for any vacant or newly created
supervisory or administrative position and will receive full consideration according to
their qualifications. However, final selection of such persons shall be the sole
prerogative of the City.
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