§ 3-206. PROCEDURE IN REVISING PLAN.

(a)  Creation of New Class. Whenever a department head, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, desires to create a new class the duties of which have not previously been performed in whole or in substantial part, in any existing class in the city service, he shall request the Director to draft job specifications therefor. When the specifications have been approved by the Chief Administrative Officer, the department head and the Director and filed in the office of the Director, they shall be in effect.

(b)  Change in Class Duties. Whenever a change in duties or responsibilities of any existing position in the classified service is claimed to have occurred or is contemplated in any proposed reorganization of a department or division thereof, the Director, on his own initiative or upon the written request of the appointing officer or any employee whose position is involved, when such request is approved by the Chief Administrative Officer, shall investigate the duties of the affected position. The Director shall hold a public hearing on the proposed change. All employees whose positions are involved in the reclassification, and all affected appointing officers, shall be given not less than five days' written notice of the time and place set for the hearing and accorded the opportunity to appear at the hearing and present reasons why the reclassification should not be made.

(c)  Division of a Class. Whenever the duties of different positions in an existing class become diverse and a single examination will no longer provide qualified applicants, the Director shall divide the class into two or more classes and assign the positions in the old class to the proper new classes. The employees filling the positions so assigned shall, with the consent of the head of the department and the Director, be transferred to the new class subject to the provisions of Section 3-209.

(d)  Addition of Total New Operation. Whenever the city shall take over the operation of any other jurisdiction or corporation or other operating activity, the Director shall, as soon as practicable, classify each position then existing and proposed to be created in such activity, in conformity with the existing classification of positions in the city service, and shall conduct such special examinations as may be necessary to provide eligibles for certification to each position. Pending the certification of eligibles for the positions mentioned in this section, such positions shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this article. (Rep. and Added Ord. 6128, 1962, based on former Sec. 2-1605; Am. Ord. 73-117, § 1, eff. 9-2-73).