A. “Acting appointment” means the appointment of a person to a position higher than his permanent civil service classification.

B. “Applicant” means a person who has formally applied for employment for a classified position in accordance with the City Charter and ordinances.

C. “Appointive officer” means anyone appointed by the mayor to an unclassified position in accordance with the City Charter and city ordinances.

D. “Certification” means the formal process of the civil service commission or its designee approving the establishment of an eligibility list.

E. “Class” means a position or group of positions sufficiently alike so that a single descriptive class title can be used for all positions in the class and so that the knowledge, abilities and skills required for success in the position are comparable enough to make practical a general standard for recruitment and so that the levels of difficulty and responsibility of the positions are so nearly equal that the same salary range can be used.

F. “Classification” means the process of assigning a position to a class within the classification plan.

G. “Day laborer” means an employee occupying a position intended to be occupied on less than a year around basis to cover seasonal peak work loads, emergency work loads of limited duration, necessary vacation relief and other situations involving fluctuating staff.

H. “Eligibility list” means a list of names of all persons passing an examination arranged in order of final scores earned, from the highest to the lowest passing score.

I. “Layoff” means termination by reduction of force.

J. “Merit” means a system of appointing and promoting personnel by a competitive examination.

K. “Open and competitive examination” means an examination, as determined by the civil service commission, to establish an eligibility list for a classified position, which is open to anyone meeting the basic requirements as stated in the call for applicants.

L. “Position” means a group of current duties and responsibilities assigned by competent authority requiring the employment of one person.

M. “Probationary employee” means an employee in a classified position who has not yet completed the probationary period.

N. “Promotion” means the assignment of an employee to a position in a higher classification having a higher minimum and maximum salary than the position from which his assignment is made.

O. “Promotional examination” means an examination open only to city employees who meet the requirements as stated in the call for applicants.

P. “Reduction in rank” means the movement of an employee from one classification to another classification having a lower rate of pay, excluding reclassification.

Q. “Suspension” means a permanent or temporary cessation or reduction of wages.

R. “Temporary appointment” means the appointment of a person having no civil service status to a classified position.

S. “Termination” means the involuntary separation of any employee of the city by the appointing authority.

T. “Uniformed/uniformed service” means the classifications of police officer and subsequent ranks; firefighter and subsequent ranks. (Ord. 3721-19 § 5, 2019; Ord. 1069-84 § 14, 1984.)