§ 14-28. Unclassified and classified services.

(a)

The job positions of the county are hereby divided into the unclassified and classified services.

(b)

Those employed in positions deemed to be included in the unclassified service are not included and not covered under the provisions of the civil service merit system. The unclassified service shall include:

(1)

Officials elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in such elective offices;

(2)

Members of duly established boards and commissions of the county;

(3)

Any person retained by the county on a consulting basis and/or any professional person hired in his professional capacity as determined by the board;

(4)

Any employee of the county whose employment is on a temporary basis;

(5)

Any person who provides services to the county on a volunteer basis or who receives no compensation for such services;

(6)

Such person occupying the position of department head, deputy department head, chief clerk, manager responsible for policy-making, personal assistant to a department head or personal secretary to a department head as is designated by an appointing authority and approved by the board. The intent of this provision is to restrict positions in the unclassified service to those which involve sensitive policy-making duties. In granting its approval the board shall consider this intent as well as the size of the department in question. A list of these additional positions shall be prepared and maintained by the secretary;

(7)

All county employees of the Shelby County Head Start Program.

(c)

The classified service shall comprise all offices and positions of employment for the county not specifically included in the unclassified service.

(d)

Unclassified positions are excluded from the civil service merit system and are considered non-civil service. The classified/unclassified status of a job position is determined when the job position is initially established and/or each time the duties, responsibilities and scope of the position are reviewed by human resources. The classified/unclassified status may be changed as initiated by the appointing authority upon determination by the administrator of the human resources department that the job position duties, scope and relationship to the appointing authority have changed significantly to warrant such change in status. The board must approve a position change from classified status to unclassified status.

(Code 1992, § 12-28; Priv. Acts 1971, ch. 110, § 9; Priv. Acts 1984, ch. 192, § 2; Ord. No. 281, 2-23-2004; Ord. No. 373, exh. A, 6-1-2009)