For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)APPOINT. To hire to a regular classified position with the city.
(2)APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor, city council, city manager, or any department head of the city authorized to make appointments to the regular classified service due to his or her supervisory capacity.
(3)BOARD. The City of Pelham Personnel Board.
(4)CERTIFICATION. The submission of eligible names from a promotion list or a register to an appointing authority for the purpose of filling a position in the regular classified service.
(5)CITY. The City of Pelham, Alabama.
(6)CITY MANAGER. The executive administrator appointed pursuant to Section 11–43–20, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the city’s departments as the administrativ
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For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)
APPOINT. To hire to a regular classified position with the city.
(2)
APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor, city council, city manager, or any department head of the city authorized to make appointments to the regular classified service due to his or her supervisory capacity.
(3) BOARD. The City of Pelham Personnel Board.
(4)
CERTIFICATION. The submission of eligible names from a promotion list or a register to an appointing authority for the purpose of filling a position in the regular classified service.
(5)
CITY. The City of Pelham, Alabama.
(6)
CITY MANAGER. The executive administrator appointed pursuant to Section 11–43–20, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the city’s departments as the administrative head of the municipal government.
(7)
CLASS. A group of positions in the regular classified service sufficiently similar in duties, responsibilities, and authority, such that the same descriptive title may be used to identify all positions allocated to the class, the positions encompassing similar requirements as to education, experience, skill, knowledge, proficiency, and ability, with the same tests of fitness to choose qualified employees, and within a defined pay grade.
(8)
CLASSIFICATION. The assignment of a position to the appropriate class in accordance with its required duties and authority.
(9)
CLASSIFIED SERVICE. An employment position that exists in the city that is included in the compensation plan approved by the city council.
(10)
COUNCIL. The Pelham City Council.
(11)
DEMOTION. Any disciplinary or other action that reduces the pay grade or pay step of a non-exempt employee in the regular classified service.
(12)
DIRECTOR. The human resources director.
(13)
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE. An individual whose name is on an employment list, a promotion list, or an eligible register.
(14)
ELIGIBLE REGISTER. A record containing the names of those individuals who have applied for public safety positions and successfully completed prescribed tests, listed and ranked in order of their final earned average from the highest to the lowest, and who are qualified for appointment to positions in the class for which the test was held.
(15)
MAYOR. The Mayor of the City of Pelham.
(16)
OPEN–COMPETITIVE. The process of seeking qualified candidates for a regular classified position from any qualified individual including taking applications from the general public and other employees in the regular classified service.
(17)
PAY GRADE. The specific pay range set forth in the compensation plan for a classification.
(18)
PAY STEP. The specific pay rate within a pay range as set forth in the compensation plan.
(19)
POLICY or RULE. Policies or rules adopted by the city which are considered necessary to develop a comprehensive civil service system to implement this part. No policy or rule shall change or modify the intent of this part.
(20) POSITION. Any job or set of duties in the regular classified service requiring the full-time employment of one individual in the performance and exercise thereof.
(21) PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE. An employee appointed to a regular classified position from an employment list, promotion list, or eligible register who has not completed his or her probationary period.
(22) PROMOTION. An advancement from one class to another class with increased duties or responsibilities for which a higher rate of pay is prescribed.
(23) PUBLIC RECORDS. A record that the public has the right to inspect in a reasonable manner.
(24) REGULAR CLASSIFIED POSITION. Any position in the regular classified service.
(25) REGULAR EMPLOYEE. An employee who is appointed under this part to a regular classified position and who has completed his or her probationary period.
(26) SPECIFICATIONS. A formal statement descriptive of a position that contains the title and class of the position, a description of the duties of the position, and the minimum qualifications required of applicants as to education, experience, physical ability, and other attributes.
(27) TEMPORARY POSITION. Any employment position in the city which is not a regular classified position but which requires or is likely to require the services for a set period of time.
(28) TEST. A written or oral examination, or combination thereof, or other means established to assess the qualifications of an applicant for a position.
(29) TITLE. The term used to designate all employment by class and pay grade that generally describes the duties of the position.