2005-25 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - GENERAL SERVICES

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be entitled to all the rights, privileges and protections of the Civil Service Law for Cities (65 ILCS 5/10-1-1, et seq.), and such new positions shall be governed by said law in all respects, includ- ing, but not limited to, probationary periods, and appointments and promotions thereto and dis- charges there from, except as expressly provided otherwise herein. (b). Entry into such new positions shall be permitted for certain employees of the Engi- neering and Infrastructure and Water Management Departments, as described herein. Appro- priate, validated examinations for entry or promotion thereto shall be established for each such new position by the Civil Service Commission. Employees from the Engineering and Infrastruc- ture and Water Management Departments so employed on December 12, 1990, (hereafter re- ferred to as "current employees"), shall be permitted to take said examinations for such new po- sitions as scheduled by the Civil Service Commission except as limited by the provisions of subparagraph (c) hereof. (c). No current employee occupying an existing position shall be permitted to take an examination for a new position that is not substantially equivalent to the existing position, as es- tablished hereby. For the purposes of this section, and for no other, "existing positions" are those listed below as such and are hereby declared to be substantially equivalent to the new positions listed opposite each: EXISTING POSITIONS NEW POSITIONS Crew Chief(Water) Traffic Line Painter Crew Chief MEO II Water Maintenance Worker MEO I Equipment Operator Maintenance Laborer Service Worker Buildings and Grounds Custodian Laborer (d). A current employee who passes an examination described in paragraph (b) of this section shall be appointed to the appropriate new position, and such employee shall, at the time of such appointment, be considered a member of the classifiied service and shall not be required to serve a probationary period in such new position. (e). Current employees shall be permitted to take the examinations described in para- graph (b) of this section without limitation on the number of such attempts, and such current employees shall suffer no adverse consequences for any failure or failures to pass such exami- nations. The City and the Union hereby agree that all such current employees shall be permit- ted to remain in such existing positions until such time as said current employees are appointed as provided herein or removed there from for cause or by resignation or retirement. (fl. At such time as a current employee is appointed to a new position, as provided by the provisions hereof, the authorized number of employees assigned to such existing position shall be reduced by one, and such existing position shall be abolished at the time of the removal of the last occupant thereof, whether by appointment as described herein or otherwise; provided that for purposes of reduction in personnel only, any existing position may be reinstated if nec- essary, for an employee in another existing position to be reduced to such newly-reinstated ex- 21