Resolution No. 2240 - Personnel System Rules and Refulations for the City of Colton

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Section 4. New Positions: When a new position is created, before the same may be filled, the Department Head shall notify the Personnel Officer, and, except as otherwise provided by ordinance or these rules, no person shall be permanently employed to fill any such position until the classification plan shall have been amended to provide therefor and an appropriate employment list has been established for such position. Section 5. Reclassification: Positions, the duties of which have changed materially so as to necessitate reclassification, shall be allocated by the Personnel Officer to a more appropriate class, whether new or already created, in the same manner as originally classified and allocated. Reclassifications shall not be used for the purpose of avoiding restrictions surrounding demotions and promotions. Section 6. Amending the Classification Plan: The City Council may create new classes and revise or abolish existing classes. RULE V COMPENSATION Section 1. Preparation of plan: The Personnel Officer or the person or agency employed for that purpose shall prepare a pay plan covering all classes of positions in the competitive service, showing the minimum and maximum rates of pay. In arriv- ing at such salary ranges, consideration shall be given to prevailing rates of pay for comparable work in other public and in private employment, including consideration of conditions of work as well as basic pay; to current costs of living; to suggestions of Department Heads; and to the city's financial condition and policies. The Personnel Officer or the person or agency employed for that purpose shall thereafter make such further studies of the compensation plan as may be requested by the City Council. Section 2. Adoption of Plan: The Personnel Officer shall submit the proposed pay plan to the City Council. The Council shall adopt or amend and adopt the pro- posed plan. Thereafter, no position shall be assigned a salary higher than the maximum or lower than the minimum salary provided for that class or position un- less the salary schedule for the class is amended in the same manner as herein pro- vided for its adoption. RUL E VI APPLICATIONS FOR APPLICANTS Section 1. Announcements: All examinations for classes in the competitive service shall be published by posting announcements in the City Hall on official bulletin boards and in other places as the Civil Service Board deems advisable. The announce- ments shall specify the title and pay range of the class for which the examination is announced; the nature of the work to be performed; preparation desirable for the per- formance of the work of the class; minimum qualifications for the class; the dates, time, place and manner of making applications; the general scope of examination and relative weights to be given to/Its several parts; and other pertinent information. (Section 1 as amended by Resolution No. 2274. ) -5-