Sec. 11-61. - Classification of positions.

(a)

The director, or a person or agency employed for that purpose, shall ascertain the duties and responsibilities of all positions in the classified service and after consultation with the appointing authority and department heads shall recommend a classification plan for such positions. The plan shall be based upon similarity of duties performed and responsibilities assumed so that the same qualifications may reasonably be required for and the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to all positions in the same class. After such classification has been approved by the mayor, the director shall allocate the position of every employee in the classified service to one of the classes in the plan.

(b)

For each class of position the director shall prepare a written class specification setting forth the title of the class, a definition of the class, a description of illustrative examples of typical duties and responsibilities of positions in the class, such other pertinent data as the director deems desirable to define the class adequately, a statement of the minimum qualifications for appointment to positions in the class and, as far as practicable, the usual line of promotion to the next higher class. Qualifications not mentioned in the specifications such as citizenship, honesty, sobriety, good moral character and industry shall be considered part of the class specification.

(c)

The classification plan and amendments thereto shall become effective upon approval by the mayor.

(d)

Prior to filling a new or created position, such position shall be properly classified under the classification plan or amendments thereto by the director.

(e)

Positions wherein the duties have sufficiently changed to require reclassification shall be allocated to a more appropriate class, whether new or existing, in the same manner as originally classified and allocated. Reclassification shall not be applied for the purpose of avoiding provisions of this chapter relating to demotion or promotion.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 11-61; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)