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.
f. Any employee who is awarded a transfer shall be allowed to transfer back to his/her
former position within their probationary period. In addition, any employee may transfer
back to his/her former position or to another position, if the other position has a higher
pay rate, for a period of one year after the award is made, and only if a vacancy exists.
B. TEMPORARY JOB ASSIGNMENTS
1. The superintendent may make temporary job assignments which will be filled as
required on the basis of ability, experience required, and departmental seniority. The
employee temporarily assigned will be paid his or her regular pay rate or the pay rate of
the job to which he/she is temporarily assigned, whichever is higher, provided he/she
qualifies under the 120 hour clause as in Article 7, paragraph D.
2. If a temporary job assignment is mandated after it has been posted division wide by
the City without any volunteer having the necessary ability and experience required, the
city will assign the least senior employee in the division who has the necessary ability
and experience required for the temporary job assignment.
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