§ 2-3. Transfers/Promotions/Demotions

City employees are encouraged and offered the opportunity to apply for a transfer or promotion to vacant positions for which they are qualified. In order to promote, the City will allow on-duty employees to attend testing and interview procedures for other City positions, during scheduled work hours, under the following conditions:

• Appropriate notice is given to the supervisor of the absence from work; and

• Employee will report to work immediately following appointment if during scheduled work hours.

Employees will not be compensated for time to attend testing and/or interviews that are conducted outside of their normally scheduled work hours.

The City Manager, or designee, may, for the good of the City, transfer an employee to a vacant position within a department or division or to a different department or division within the City. Employees cannot be laterally transferred outside their PERA Retirement classification where the transfer is detrimental to the employee's vested interest, unless employee initiated.

Pay Upon Transfers/Promotions/Demotions

Employees who are transferred may have their pay changed accordingly.

No transfers will be made outside the pay range for the new position.

Change of Anniversary Date & Introductory Period

A regular employee who is promoted, demoted, or transferred will have his/her anniversary date changed to the effective date of said personnel action for evaluation and seniority in grade purposes. They will also serve a probationary period as outlined in that section. This provision does not apply in the case of an involuntary transfer.

Employees transferring may have their pay changed accordingly.

(Ord. No. 1547 , 1-19-18)