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Sec. 48-1. - Short title.#
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the City Merit System Ordinance.
(Code 1971, § 14-1)
Sec. 48-2. - Purpose.#
The purpose of this chapter is to guarantee to all citizens a fair and reasonable opportunity for public service; to establish conditions of service which will attract persons of character and capacity and to increase the efficiency of the governmental departments and agencies by the improvement of methods of personnel administration.
(Code 1971, § 14-2)
Sec. 48-3. - Definitions.#
The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
Appointing authority means the person or group of persons having the power by virtue of the Charter, an ordinance, or lawfully delegated authority to make appointments.
Appropriate list means any employment list, promotion list, or reemployment list, which is declared appropriate by the division chief for purposes of certification and appointment.
City service means all offices and positions of employment in the service of the city.
Chief of the division means the head of this division.
Classified employee means any person holding a position in the classified service.
Classified service means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the city service except those placed in the unclassified service by this chapter or any other ordinance.
Disabled veteran means any war veteran who is an examinee and who is certified by the Veterans' Administration of the United States to be disabled as a result of a service-connected disability, with a disability rating of zero percent or more.
Division means the division of personnel.
Employee means any person holding a position subject to appointment by an appointing authority.
Employment list means a list of names of persons arranged in the order of their ratings who have been found qualified through suitable tests, and who are entitled to have their names certified to appointing authorities for original appointment under the provisions of article III of this chapter.
Position means any office or place of employment in the city service.
Promotion list means a list of names of classified employees arranged in order of their ratings, who have been found qualified through suitable tests for promotion to positions in other classes under the provisions of article III of this chapter.
Public hearing means an opportunity for any citizen or party to appear and be heard on the matter involved after five days' public notice advertised in a newspaper of local distribution. The public notice will contain the time, date and place of the public hearing as well as the specific changes affecting the classification and/or pay plan of the merit system ordinance.
Reemployment list means a list of names of persons who have occupied positions in the classified service, who have been separated from a position in the classified service, and who are entitled to have their names certified to appointing authorities under the provisions of article III of this chapter.
War veteran and veteran mean any person, male or female, who was employed as an officer, member of the enlisted personnel or otherwise in the active military or naval service of the United States or any auxiliary unit of such military or naval service, except civilian employees, during the periods set forth in the General Laws of 1956, as amended; provided, however, that such definition shall not include any person who has been separated from such employment or service, except through honorable discharge, if the reason for such separation shall be deemed by the chief of the division to be sufficient cause to deny such inclusion.
(Code 1971, § 14-3)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
Sec. 48-4. - Compliance with federal and state standards.#
The provisions of this chapter or of the personnel rules shall not apply in each instance where it is contrary to merit standards established by the federal and state government or any agency thereof where compliance with such merit standards is a condition precedent to the granting of federal and state funds to the city or any agency thereof.
(Code 1971, § 14-4)
Sec. 48-5. - Penalty.#
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules established in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in section 1-4. Any person holding a position in the classified service so convicted shall be dismissed from the service forthwith.
(Code 1971, § 14-6)