§ 2-32. Appointments and employee status.
All nonelected department heads shall be appointed by the board of supervisors or as provided by law. Appointed department heads shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors or as provided by law.
Appointments to positions in the classified service shall be made by department heads or their designated representative. Regular appointments to positions in the classified service shall only be made from among those persons certified by the personnel director as being qualified applicants for appointment to a particular class of position. Appointments shall be made in writing on forms prescribed by the personnel director. The personnel director shall, before approving any appointment to the classified service, determine that there is a vacancy in an authorized position as allocated in the salary ordinance that the work to be performed relates to the concepts of the position as described in the class specification and that the appointment was made from among the highest ranking available qualified candidates for the position.
A copy of the approved appointment shall be delivered to the county auditor before payment shall be made to any employee occupying a position in the classified service. Each employee appointed to a position in the classified service as shown in the salary ordinance who successfully completed a probationary period not to exceed one year shall have permanent status.
(Ord. No. 1724, § 1, 6-15-76; Ord. No. 3832 § 1, 9-10-02)