Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

3.16.100 Continuous Examination.
Open competitive examinations may be administered periodically for a single class as the needs of the service
require. Names shall be placed on employment lists, and shall remain on such lists, as prescribed in Sections
3.16.140 to 3.16.170, inclusive. (Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.110 Conduct of Examination.
The City Council may contract with any competent agency or individual for the preparing and/or administering of
examinations. In the absence of such a contract, the Personnel Director shall insure that such duties are performed.
The Personnel Director shall arrange for the use of public buildings and equipment for the conduct of examinations.
(Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.120 Scoring Examinations and Qualifying Scores.
A candidate's score in a given examination shall be the average of his scores on each competitive part of the
examination, weighed as shown in the examination announcement. Failure in one (1) part of the examination may be
grounds for declaring such applicants as failing in the entire examination or as disqualified for subsequent parts of an
examination.
The Personnel Director may, at his discretion, include as a part of the examination, tests which are qualifying
only. (Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.130 Notification of Examination Results.
Each candidate in an examination shall be given written notice of the results thereof, and if successful, of his final
earned score and/or rank on the employment list. (Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.140 Employment Lists.
As soon as possible after the completion of an examination, the Personnel Director shall prepare and keep
available an employment list consisting of the names of candidates who qualified in the examination, arranged in
order of final scores, from the highest to the lowest qualifying score. (Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
3.16.150 Duration of Lists.
The Personnel Director may extend an employment list for additional periods, but in no event shall an
employment list remain in effect for more than two (2) years.
Promotional lists shall remain in effect for one (l) year unless sooner exhausted, open competitive
lists shall remain in effect six (6) months unless sooner exhausted or extended, but in no event shall an employee list
(open or promotional) remain in effect for more than two (2) years except that eligibles selected for acting positions
from a specific eligibility list pursuant to Section 3.04.130, who have held that position for a period of not less than
twelve (12) months, shall retain the same relative ranking on said list or any new list replacing said list.
Names placed on continuous lists shall be merged with any others already on the list in order of final scores and
shall remain on the list for six (6) months if the eligible is not an employee, and shall remain on the list for one (1)
year if the eligible is an employee. (Ord. 3838, 1976.)
3.16.155 Test Review.
All candidates who take a written test (other than a form or standardized test) will be allowed to look at the key
copy of the test for five (5) City Hall working days immediately following the date the written test was proctored.
A second review period will occur after candidates are notified of the results of the examination. After candidates
receive notice that they did not qualify on a written test, they will have five (5) City Hall working days after receiving
such notice to review the key copy and their own test paper. For purposes of this second review period, those who
passed the written test will not be allowed to review the test nor to see their test paper until they have been notified of
the final result of the entire examination.
Candidates may spend no more time reviewing the key copy and their test papers than half of the time that was
allowed for the written test. (Ord. 3525 §3, 1972.)
3.16.160 Reinstatement Lists.
The names of probationary and permanent employees who have been laid off shall be placed on appropriate
reinstatement lists, as provided in Section 1008 of the Charter. (Ord. 3925 §3, 1977; Ord. 3267 §1(part), 1968.)
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