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Immediately following a decision which may involve the potential layoff of employees, the City <br />Manager shall freeze all current vacancies in the Police Department in similar and related <br />classifications to those likely to be targeted for layoff, and notify the Police Chief that such <br />current and anticipated vacancies will be frozen until further notice. <br />As determined by official City payroll records: all service in the employ of the City shall be <br />counted toward the establishment of an employee's City Seniority Service Date, including, for <br />example, permanent, probationary, provisional, temporary (full- time and intermittent), as well as <br />leaves of absences for obligatory military service while an employee with the City. Less than <br />full-time service will be consolidated in equivalences of full-time service for the purpose of <br />establishing the City Seniority Service Date. Time off as a result of formal disciplinary action <br />will be subtracted from the City Seniority Service Date. <br />All full-time services in the employ of the City in a promotional rank above the entry level rank <br />shall be counted toward the establishment of an employee's Seniority Service Date for that rank, <br />including probationary and permanent status service as well as leave of absences for obligatory <br />military service while an employee of the City. Time off as a result of disciplinary action will be <br />subtracted from the Rank Seniority Service Date. <br />In computing both City and Rank Seniority, all time spent on paid leave of absence shall be <br />included and all time spent on unpaid leave of absence shall be excluded. <br />Whenever a layoff of one or more employees becomes necessary, as defined above, such layoffs <br />shall be made according to classification Seniority Lists. Upon receiving notification that the <br />City Manager will proceed with a possible reduction in the work force, and following receipt of <br />information concerning the specific positions involved, the Human Resources Department will <br />establish separate Probationary and Permanent Seniority Lists far each classification targeted for <br />layoff. <br />The names of all City employees holding permanent and probationary status appointments in a <br />given classification will be listed on the appropriate list in descending order by City Seniority <br />Service Date in the entry level positions and by Rank Seniority Service Date in the promotional <br />position of Police Sergeant. Except as provided in retreat rights below, employees on all lists <br />shall be laid off on the basis of their Seniority Service Date, (i.e., employees with the least <br />amount of total service shall be laid off first}. All emergency, temporary, and provisional <br />employees working in classifications similar to those identified for layoff must be terminated <br />prior to the layoff of probationary or permanent status employees. Employees on the <br />Probationary Status Seniority List for a specific classification will be laid off prior to employees <br />on the Permanent Status Seniority List for that class: <br />Probationary or permanent status employees temporarily acting out of classification or holding a <br />provisional appointment in another classification will only be listed on a Seniority List of the <br />class in which they hold permanent or probationary status targeted for layoff. <br />If two (2) or more employees on a Seniority List have identical Seniority Service Dates, the tie <br />shall be broken based on established Departmental procedures for awarding serial numbers in <br />such instances. <br />15 <br />