§ 2-94. Method of filling positions.

(a)

No person shall be certified as eligible for a beginning position who has reached his thirty-sixth birthday, and no person shall be certified who cannot intelligently read and write the English language.

(b)

Upon occurrence of a vacancy in the fire department or police department, the head of such department shall request, in writing, of the commission names of suitable persons from the eligibility list. The director shall certify to the mayor, as chief executive of the city, the names of the three (3) persons having the highest grade on the eligibility lists and the mayor shall make an appointment from those names. Whenever such appointment is made of one not holding the highest grade of the three (3), the reasons shall be put in writing and filed with the commission, and a copy furnished to each individual having a higher grade than that of the appointee.

(c)

Upon certification and appointment, the record of the appointee shall be forwarded to the mayor and the head of the department involved. Such records shall show date of notice of examination, date on which the appointee took the examination, names of persons conducting the examination, relative position of the appointee on eligibility list, date of physical examination, physician making such examination, and result of examination, date on which request for filling such vacancy was made, date on which appointee was notified to report for duty and date on which his pay is to begin.

(d)

Any person appointed to the fire and police departments under the civil service system shall serve a probationary period of six (6) months, and after the probationary period has been served, he shall become a full fledged civil service employee.

(e)

Ten (10) days in advance of any entrance or promotional examination the commission shall post notice of such examination at the city hall.

(f)

The commission shall make rules and regulations governing promotions and shall hold promotional examinations in accordance with the provisions of section 14, Article 1269m of the Revised Civil Statutes.

(Ord. of 8-2-60, § VII)