Chapter 3.16
RECRUITMENT

Sections:

3.16.010 General policy.

3.16.020 Recruitment.

3.16.030 Types of appointments.

3.16.040 Selection of current employees.

3.16.010 General policy.

A. The personnel office shall recruit all candidates for employment.

B. The most qualified applicant shall be appointed to a position without discrimination based on race, national origin, color, age, religious creed, sex, political affiliation, marital status, physical handicap or other statuses protected by law. [Ord. 05-15 § 2; Amd. 2, § 4 to Ord. 202; Ord. 202 § 3.031, 1992.]

3.16.020 Recruitment.

The city manager, or city council where appropriate, may utilize any recruitment and referral source deemed appropriate to obtain the highest caliber employees to fill positions not within the collective bargaining unit. The city manager, or city council where appropriate, may utilize such notices, appraisals or examinations he or she finds appropriate for effective recruitment of employees not within the collective bargaining unit. [Ord. 05-15 § 2; Ord. 202 § 3.032, 1992.]

3.16.030 Types of appointments.

A. Provisional Appointment. The city manager, or city council where appropriate, may fill a vacancy by means of a provisional appointment. A provisional appointment is temporary and shall expire when a regular appointment has been made, or it shall expire six (6) weeks from the date of such appointment.

B. Regular Appointment. A regular appointment is an appointment to a regular position. Regular appointment shall not apply to temporary positions.

C. Substitute Appointment. A substitute appointment is one (1) that is made to a position which is going to be vacant for longer than sixty (60) calendar days because of an authorized leave of absence where the incumbent has reinstatement rights.

D. Acting Appointment. An acting appointment is made when a qualified employee may be required to serve temporarily in a vacant higher level position in which no qualified applicant is available for its filling, when an announcement of position is delayed, or the employee who has a regular appointment for this position is on approved leave of absence. This type of appointment gives the acting employee no advantage in competition for regular filling of this position. However, time in acting appointment may be counted toward experience for the class of position concerned. An employee who obtains an acting appointment shall not always be required to perform all of the duties and responsibilities assigned to the incumbent who holds a regular appointment to the position. The duties and responsibilities that are actually assigned to the employee who has obtained the acting appointment shall be determined by the city manager, or city council where appropriate.

An acting appointment of expected duration of at least five (5) working days requires that the acting employee be offered the lowest rate of pay for the position that he or she is acting in, or the next highest step, for the acting position range, that is above his/her current pay level, whichever is higher. [Ord. 05-15 § 2; Ord. 202 § 3.033, 1992.]

3.16.040 Selection of current employees.

A. Reinstatement and Re-Employment.

1. As Required by State or Federal Law. A city employee may be entitled to reinstatement or re-employment as required by applicable law. [Ord. 05-15 § 2; Ord. 202 § 3.034, 1992.]