§ 3-207. PERSONNEL TRANSACTIONS RESULTING FROM CITY-REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSOLIDATION.

(a) Each person holding a permanent appointment to a full-time position with the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Fresno ("Agency") as of May 2, 1976, hereinafter referred to as an "Agency employee," shall, not more than two years from the effective date of this section, provided he is at that time an Agency employee, be offered an appointment to a permanent position in the unclassified or in the classified service of the city in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 3-206; provided each such Agency employee first passes a special qualifying examination conducted in accordance with said subsection and provided each such Agency employee qualifies for appointment by conformance to the physical standards established pursuant to Section 3-287. Classification of positions to which Agency employees are offered appointment shall be at the sole discretion of the Director. Sections 3-240, 3-241, 3-242, and 3-243 shall not apply to any qualifying examination given under this section.

(b) A refusal by an Agency employee to accept an appointment offered pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, or a failure to conform to the physical standards upon receipt of an offer of appointment, shall relieve the city henceforth of any obligation under this section to offer employment to such Agency employee.

(c) Each Agency employee shall be entitled to credit for his full-time continuous employment by the Agency as city employment for purposes of determining completion of his probationary period pursuant to Section 3-272, for purposes of determining the applicable rate of vacation accumulation pursuant to Section 3-101, for determining his qualifications for admission to a promotional examination, and for computing seniority for the purpose of determining the order of layoff in accordance with Section 3-291; provided, however, if the cause of the layoff is a result of a diminution or elimination of functions, activities or services which, except for the consolidation with the Agency, would not be conducted, performed, or rendered by the city, the Agency employee shall not be entitled to credit for such employment by the Agency. No credits for such employment by the Agency shall be allowed for any benefit except as expressly provided herein or in Article 3 of this chapter.

(d) The continuity of full-time continuous employment by the Agency for which an Agency employee is entitled to credit as city employment shall not be deemed broken by any leave of absence without pay; provided, however, that the time a person has been on a leave of absence without pay, for any reason, shall not be included in calculating such person's credit for continuous employment pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. In determining whether a person's employment with the Agency has been full-time, reference shall be made to and the matter decided in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 3-102.

(e) Upon employment by the city, each Agency employee shall be credited with the number of hours of sick leave and vacation leave accumulated to the employee's credit with the Agency as of the end of the last day of employment with the Agency. One year from the date of an Agency employee's appointment to a position in the service of the city, any accumulation of such employee's unused vacation leave credit in excess of the limits prescribed in Section 3-108(h) shall thereupon be canceled.

(f) The provisions of this section shall apply to any Agency employee employed in accordance herewith on or after July 1, 1976. (Added Ord. 76-72, § 1, eff. 8-29-76; Am. Ord. 76-104, § 1, eff. 11-14-76).