2.36.190 Staffing—Certification and appointment.
A. Notice to Personnel Director. If a vacant position in the city service is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the personnel director in the manner prescribed. If there is no reemployment list available for the class, the personnel director and department head shall determine whether to fill the vacancy by transfer, demotion, appointment from a promotional or open eligible list or reinstatement.
B. Certification. If a position vacancy in the competitive service cannot be filled by transfer, demotion or from a reemployment list, certification shall be made from a promotional and/or open eligible list, provided eligibles are available and willing to accept appointment.
C. Appointments.
1. All vacancies in the competitive service shall be filled at the discretion of management by transfer, demotion, promotion, reinstatement or utilization of an appropriate eligible list.
2. After interview and investigation, the appointing authority shall recommend appointments from among those certified, such appointments shall be approved by the personnel director. The person accepting appointment shall present himself/herself to the personnel director, or a designated representative at a specified time before the date of appointment for processing. Otherwise he/she shall be deemed to have declined the appointment.
D. Temporary Appointments.
1. In the absence of the appropriate eligible lists, the appointing authority, upon approval of the personnel director, may make a temporary appointment to a vacant line-item position, of a person meeting the minimum qualifications for the position. The personnel director shall immediately commence the recruitment process and establish an eligible list from which a probationary employee shall be appointed. Such temporary appointment to a line-item position shall be for a period not to exceed six months and the temporary employee shall not accumulate fringe benefits.
2. In the event of a serious emergency, such as extraordinary fire, flood or earthquake, a department head, with the approval of the city administrative officer, may make temporary appointments on an emergency basis. Such appointments shall only last until either the council or city administrative officer declares the end of such emergency.
3. A temporary employee may be removed at any time without the right of appeal or hearing.
E. Reinstatement.
1. A regular or probationary employee who has completed at least six months of probationary service and who has resigned with a good record may be reinstated within one year of the effective date of resignation to a vacant position in the same classification, subject to the approval of the department head and personnel director and a favorable report from the city medical examiner. Upon reinstatement, the employee shall be subject to the one-year probationary period.
2. No credit for former employment with the city may be granted in computing salary, vacation, sick leave or other benefits except on specific recommendations of the appointing authority and approval of the personnel director at the time of reinstatement. (Prior code § 2704.4)