2.36.120 Classification plan—Maintenance.
A. The classification plan shall be so maintained that all positions substantially similar with respect to duties, responsibilities, authority and character of work are included within the same class, and that the same schedules of compensation may be made to apply with equity under like working conditions to all positions in the same class.
B. The classification plan shall be adopted by resolution of the council and may be amended from time to time in accordance with the following procedure:
1. Upon the request of a department head to create a new position or reevaluate a current position’s job classification, the personnel director shall classify or reclassify each such position on the basis of the duties and responsibilities of that position. The classification action of the personnel director will become final when approved by the city administrative officer.
2. An employee may request consideration of a change in the classification of his/her position during January and February of any year. Such requests shall be in writing, and shall set forth supporting reasons. The personnel director shale make a study of the position and shall submit a written report by May 1st to the city administrative officer, whose decision shall be in writing and shall be final. The decision, including supporting data, shall be submitted to the employee by May 15th. Such decision shall be made before adoption of the city budget for the next fiscal year. Upon the adoption of such a reclassification, the affected employee shall be placed in the new classification without competitive examination, in the first step of the new classification whose salary is at least five percent above that step last held in the former position. In no case, however, shall the new step number be higher than the step held in the previous salary range. Reclassification shall have no effect on an employee’s anniversary date or probationary status. (Prior code § 2702.2)