Final Rules (Amended 2022 09 19)_Rule 1 Corrected (1) - Flipbook - Page 10
RULE 1
(20) Civil Service Commission: The commission appointed by the City Council of the City
of Culver City, California, to oversee the Civil Service System. When the term
“Commission” is used in these Rules, it refers to the Civil Service Commission.
(21) Civil Service Ordinance: Culver City Municipal Code, as amended, which creates and
establishes the personnel system under Civil Service.
(22) Classification: A category or class of positions that:
i.
Perform the same essential functions of the job; and
ii.
Possess the same minimum requirements; and
iii.
Are sufficiently similar in respect to duties, responsibilities and function to
warrant the same descriptive title.
(23) Classification Specification: The official description of the purpose of the positions
assigned to the classification which specifies the minimum requirements for the
position and includes examples of some of the essential duties and responsibilities that
may be assigned to positions within that classification.
(24) Classified Employee: An employee holding a position within the classified service.
(25) Classified Position: A position within the classified service.
(26) Classified Service: All classifications, positions and appointments in the City service
except those specifically named in, or which may be designated as unclassified
pursuant to these Rules or the City Charter.
(27) Continuous Recruitment: A method used to recruit a greater number of applicants
by accepting applications on a continuous basis. The testing of qualified applicants
can take place when a sufficient number of qualified applicants have applied or at
specific intervals regardless of the number of qualified applicants that apply.
(28) Deferred Applicant: An applicant who was not amongst the most highly qualified
applicants and consequently, was not invited to participate in the examination process.
The City reserves the right to consider the applicant’s qualifications in consideration of
the position for which the applicant applied at a later date.
(29) Deferred Eligible: An eligible that has been interviewed but not selected for a position
within a given classification. The appointing authority that interviewed and did not
select the Deferred Eligible may request to have the name of this eligible withheld from
future certification to that appointing authority in an open and competitive process,
provided the appointing authority interviewed the Deferred Eligible for the same
classification and in the same division within the previous twelve (12) months.
(30) Demotion: A voluntary or involuntary action whereby a City employee is lowered in
classification, temporarily or permanently.
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