R2024-362 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268, General Service Employees

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Section 2. Vacancies in classifications covered by this agreement shall be posted on all bulletin boards for a period of at least five (5) business days over a two-week period. Any bar- gaining unit employee may apply for a position; however, they must be qualified and eligible in order to be considered for selection. Section 3.Vacancies shall be filled based upon an individual's qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the work in question without additional training. Determi- nation of said criteria shall be made by a combination of written, practical and oral examination as determined by the Civil Service Commission. Said process shall generate a percentile score. Applicants shall be ranked according to their scores. All applicants attaining a score of seventy percent (70%) or more shall be considered eligible for the position. One-half(1/2) seniority point shall be given for each year of seniority to a maximum of 10 points. The sum of the percentile score and the seniority points shall determine an applicant's final position on the Civil Service register. Seniority points shall be calculated as of the date of the application deadline. Section 4. In the event no bargaining unit employees apply or are qualified to perform the work in question, the City may select an external applicant. Section 5.The City shall notify the Union of any proposed changes in the rules of the Civil Service Commission not less than thirty (30) days prior to the consideration and adoption of said change by the Commission. The City shall furnish the president of the union for use by the union and those in classified positions for which it is the bargaining unit a compilation of the position descriptions in use by the City and the Civil Service Commission of the city. When such descrip- tions are changed, a copy of the changes shall be furnished to said president. Section 6. Employees taking Civil Service promotional examinations shall have the right to review their answers and scores on all portions of such exams. Section 7. No vacancy will be filled while any classified employee in the same or previ- ously certified title is on a layoff status. Section 8. As used in this agreement, a transfer shall be considered to be a permanent assignment of an employee to the same position classification in a department or division or sec- tion other than the one in which the employee is serving at the time the transfer takes effect. Section 9. An employee requesting a transfer shall notify his/her supervisor, department director and the Human Resources Department in writing on a form provided by Human Re- sources. The form shall be Human Resources Department Form 2-1-62, and may be altered upon union/management agreement. Such requests for transfers shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they are submitted and must be renewed by the employee if transfer is still desired thereafter. Section 10. If a vacancy exists, an employee may transfer from one department or division or section to another within such employee's current classification, with the approval of the em- ployee's department director. Transfers will be made on the basis of seniority. Requests for trans- fer must be for reasons other than the elimination of jobs. In no case shall bumping occur because of a transfer. For purposes of this section, a vacancy is defined as a circumstance in which a Request for Personnel has been approved by the City Manager. Section 11.Any employee transferred must successfully complete a three (3) month pro- bationary period before the transfer is final. An employee who does not complete the probationary period shall be returned to his/her original department, division or section. During the first month 16