§ 45-58A-70.01 — Definitions

Alabama § 45-58A-70.01

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 45: Local Laws
• Ch. 58A: Shelby County Municipalities
• Art. 7: Helena
• Part 1: Employees

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The words, terms, and phrases defined below shall have the following meanings:
(1)
APPOINTING AUTHORITY. A person, officer, board, council, or other body whose jurisdiction or powers are confined wholly or primarily within the territorial limits of the city and who or which possess final power to appoint persons to services, jobs, offices, or positions, the compensation of which is paid in whole or in part from public funds of the city subject to this part. The mayor and city department heads are appointing authorities within the meaning of this definition.
(2)
BOARD. The personnel board created by this part.
(3)
CERTIFICATION. A submission of names of eligibles from a reemployment list, a promotion list, or an eligible register to an appointing authority for the purpose of filling a position in the classified service.
(4)
CITY. The City of Helena, Shelby County, Alabama.
(5)
CLASS. A group of positions in the classified service sufficiently similar in respect to the duties, responsibilities, and authority that the same descriptive title may be used to identify all positions allocated to the class, that the same requirements as to education, experience, capacity, knowledge, proficiency, ability, and other qualifications should be required of the incumbents, that the same tests of fitness may be used to choose qualified employees, and that the same schedule of compensation can be made to apply with equity.
(6)
CLASSIFICATION. The assigning of a position to the appropriate class in accordance with its duties, responsibilities, and authority.
(7)
COUNCIL. Those individuals elected to the city council of the city.
(8)
DEPARTMENT HEAD. The top management individual in each of the city’s operations divisions, including, but not limited to, the chief of police, the fire chief, the director of public works, the city clerk, and the library director. Each department head is an appointing authority in his or her respective divisions. Department heads are members of the classified service as defined in this part.
(9)
DIRECTOR. The personnel director appointed by the mayor with the council’s approval.
(10)
DISCOVERY. The process apart from the hearing whereby a party may obtain relevant information from another person, including a party, which has not otherwise been provided.
(11)
ELIGIBLE. A person whose name is on a reemployment list, a promotion list, or an eligible register.
(12) ELIGIBLE REGISTER. A record containing the names of those persons who have successfully completed prescribed tests, listed and ranked in order of their final earned average from the highest to the lowest, and are qualified for original appointment to positions in the class for which the test was held.
(13)
EMPLOYEE or APPOINTEE. A person in the classified service herein established and appointed by an appointing authority, unless specifically exempted.
(14)
MAYOR. The individual elected to the official position of mayor of the city.
(15)
PAY GRADE. The specific pay range set forth in the pay plan for a classification.
(16)
PAY STEP. The specific pay rate within a pay range as set forth in the pay plan.
(17)
PERMANENT POSITION. Any position in the classified service which has required or which is likely to require the full-time services of an incumbent without interruption for a period of more than six months.
(18)
PERSONNEL BOARD. The board created by this part.
(19)
POLICY, RULE, or REGULATION. Policies, rules, or regulations, adopted by the board in accordance with this part which are considered necessary to carry out this part and to develop a comprehensive civil service system, so long as the policies, rules, and regulations adopted by the board do not modify or change the intent of this part.
(20)
POSITION. Any job or set of duties in the classified service requiring the full-time or part-time employment of one person in the performance and exercise thereof.
(21)
PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE. An employee appointed to a permanent position from a reemployment list, promotion list, or eligible register who has not completed his or her probationary period.
(22)
PROMOTION. An advancement from one class to another related occupational class with increased duties or responsibilities, or both, and for which a higher rate of pay is prescribed.
(23)
PUBLIC HEARINGS. A meeting of the board, open to the public, at which any citizen, taxpayer, or party at interest may appear and be heard.
(24)
PUBLIC NOTICE. A written notice placed upon the bulletin board maintained at or near the entrance to the offices of the city clerk in a place accessible to the public during business hours.
(25)
PUBLIC RECORDS. A record which the public has the right to inspect in a reasonable manner during ordinary business hours.
(26)
QUALIFICATIONS. The minimum experience, educational, physical, and personal requirements determining the eligibility of an applicant for examination.
(27) REEMPLOYMENT LIST. A list containing the names of persons who have occupied, and have been separated from, permanent positions in the classified service and who are entitled to preference in appointment to vacancies in positions.
(28) REGULAR EMPLOYEE. An employee who was appointed under this part to a permanent position and who has completed his or her probationary period.
(29) SEASONAL POSITION. Any position in the classified service which requires or is likely to require the services of an incumbent during certain parts of each year, only at recurring annual or other periods.
(30) SERIES. A subdivision of a group consisting of two or more classes of positions, similar as to line of work but differing in responsibility or difficulty, which constitutes steps in a normal line of promotion.
(31) SPECIFICATIONS. A formal statement descriptive of a position and shall contain:
a. The title and class.
b. A description of the duties or responsibilities thereof.
c. The minimum qualifications required of applicants as to education, experience, physical ability, and other attributes.
(32) TEMPORARY POSITION. Any position in the classified service which is not permanent, but which requires or is likely to require the services of an incumbent for a period of six months or less.
(33) TESTS. Written or oral examinations, or both, or other methods established as herein provided to determine the merit, efficiency, and general fitness of applicants for positions.
(34) TITLE. The term used to designate all employment by class and grade and shall be descriptive of the duties of the position.

Legislative History

(Act 92–201, p. 442, § 2.)