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HomeMy WebLinkAbout77-8-1454580 . I ORDINANCENO. '77-8-1454 - - AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PROMOTIONS IN THE PADUCAH FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING THAT SUCH PROMOTIONS WILL BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF MERIT, QUALIFICATIONS AND SENIORITY; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MERIT AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION WHEREAS, in order to promote the highest possible quality of performance in the Paducah Fire Department, to foster professionalism within the department, and to insure the members greater opportunity for advancement, it is important that promotions be based upon merit, qualifications and seniority. In addition, it is necessary to establish procedures for an orderly determination of the merit and to specify criteria to be utilized in such determination; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. APPLICATION. This procedure shall apply to promotions in the Paducah Fire Department to the ranks of lieutenant, captain and assistant chief. SECTION 2. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. All promotions to which this procedure applies will be made from members holding the rank immediately below that to which promotion is to be made. No member of the Fire Department will be considered for promotion unless he shall have been, as of the time of the announcement that a promotion is to be made, a full-time member of the department for at least four (4) continuous years and be in a fit physical condition for the, duties of the rank to which promotion is to be made. The City physician, or other physician designated by the City, shall examine each successful applicant for promotion. Results of the physical examination shall be reported in writing to the personnel department, and the costs of such examination and report shall be paid by the City. SECTION 3. DETERMINATION & NOTIFICATION OF VACANCY & EXAMINATION. The Board of Commissioners shall determine and specify the existence of a vacancy in a position to which a promotion is to be made. Upon the Board's determination of such vacancy, the personnel director, with the concurrence of the fire chief, shall prepare a notice to be posted on all bulletin boards of the department in which -the vacancy exists. The notice shall advise the members of the department of the vacancy, of a time and place when written examinations for the rank for which pro- motion is to be made will be administered, and the time and place at which oral examinations for such vacancy will be given. A minimum of twenty (20) days will be required between posting and written examination. Members interested in con- 581 sideration for promotion shall notify the personnel director in writing at least two (2) days prior to the date specified for written examination. Employees who have taken the examination when applying for previous promotions may apply to take the examination again for succeeding vacancies to which they are eligible, whether or not they passed the test previously. SECTION 4. CONDUCT OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS. Written exami- nations provided for herein shall be administered and graded by the city personnel director. Each such examination shall be job related and shall be approved by the fire chief and the city manager. Written examinations shall be based on the International Fire Service Training Association (Oklahoma State University) texts which are the basis of the Fire Department's training program and which are available in each fire station for use by all firefighters. A total of 40 points will be assigned for written examination. The passing score will be 28 or more points. The results of such examination shall be certified to the city manager by the city personnel director. SECTION 5. ORAL EXAMINATIONS. Employees receiving a passing score on the written examination shall be eligible for oral examination. Oral examinations will be conducted by the city manager and the fire chief, hereinafter collectively called "examiners"'. Each examiner shall evaluate the applicant's fitness for the promotion in question on the basis of the applicant's service record, knowledge, experience, skill, physical fitness and characteristics of leadership. Evaluation of an applicant's service record may include consultation with his supervisors. Examiners are encouraged to so consult, especially where insufficient or inconclusive information may be available in the service record to allow a complete evaluation. Each of the examiners shall assign to an applicant up to thirty (30) points based upon evaluation of the above listed factors, with twenty (20) points assigned to the evaluation of the service record and ten (10) points assigned to the evaluation of the remaining aforementioned combined attributes. The personnel director shall add the scores given to each applicant by each of the above named examiners conducting the examination and divide the total so obtained by the number of examiners participating. The average as above obtained of the scores assigned to each applicant by the examiners will be the applicant's score on oral examination. SECTION 6. SENIORITY REQUIREMENTS. Applicants to be eligible to apply for the rank of lieutenant shall have held the rank of firefighter for a period of four (4) years. Applicants to be eligible to apply for the rank of captain shall have held the rank of lieutenant for a period of four (4) years. Applicants to be eligible to apply for the rank of assistant chief shall have held the rank of captain 582 for a period of four (4) years. One point shall be assigned for each year of seniority, up to a maximum of thirty (30) points. SECTION 7. DETERMINATION OF APPLICANTS TO BE PROMOTED. The total score of each applicant shall be determined by adding the applicant's point total from written examination, oral examination, and seniority points, with 100 points being the maximum attainable. The personnel director shall calculate the total score of each applicant and submit the scores to the Board of Commissioners. The applicant having the highest total score shall be recommended to the Board of Commissioners for appointment to the vacant position. In the event of a tie score of two or more applicants, it is recommended that the Board fill the vacancy by appointing the applicant with the most years of service with the city. SECTION 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the city of Paducah, Kentucky, in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. SECTION 9. This - ordinance shall be --in- full force and ' effect from and after the date of its adoption. Mayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners August 9, 1977 Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, August 9, 1977.