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disciplinary action will be subtracted from the City Seniority <br />Service Date. <br />All full-time services in the employ of the City in a promotional <br />rank above the entry level rank shall be counted toward the <br />establishment of an employee's Seniority Service Date for that <br />rank, including probationary and permanent status service as well <br />as leave of absences for obligatory military service while an <br />employee of the City. Time off as a result of disciplinary action <br />will be subtracted from the Rank Seniority Service Date. <br />In computing both City and Rank Seniority, all time spent on paid <br />leave of absence shall be included and all time spent on unpaid <br />leave of absence shall be excluded. <br />Whenever a layoff of one or more employees becomes necessary, as <br />defined above, such layoffs shall be made according to <br />classification Seniority Lists. Upon receiving notification that <br />the City Manager will proceed with a possible reduction in the <br />work force, and following receipt of information concerning the <br />specific positions involved, the Personnel Department will <br />establish separate Probationary and Permanent Seniority Lists for <br />each classification targeted for layoff. <br />The names of all City employees holding permanent and probationary <br />status appointments in a given classification will be listed on <br />the appropriate list in descending order by City Seniority Service <br />Date in the entry level positions and by Rank Seniority Service <br />Date in the promotional position of Police Sergeant. Except as <br />provided in retreat rights below, employees on all lists shall be <br />laid off on the basis of their Seniority Service Date, (i.e., <br />employees with the least amount of total service shall be laid off <br />first). All emergency, temporary, and provisional employees <br />working in classifications similar to those identified for layoff <br />must be terminated prior to the layoff of probationary or <br />permanent status employees. Employees on the Probationary Status <br />Seniority List for a specific classification will be laid off <br />prior to employees on the Permanent Status Seniority List for that <br />class. <br />Probationary or permanent status employees temporarily acting out <br />of classification or holding a provisional appointment in another <br />classification will only be listed on a Seniority List of the <br />class in which they hold permanent or probationary status targeted <br />for layoff. <br />If two (2) or more employees on a Seniority List have identical <br />Seniority Service Dates, the tie shall be broken based on <br />established Departmental procedures for awarding serial numbers in <br />such instances. <br />Before an employee with permanent or probationary status may be <br />17 <br />