§ 84 — Examinations

§ 84 Examinations.

For the purpose of establishing eligible registers from which positions in the classified service shall be filled, it shall be the duty of the civil service board to conduct competitive examinations open to all persons who lawfully may be appointed to any position within the class for which such examinations are held, and who meet the minimum qualifications requisite to the performance of the duties of such position as established by the civil service board. Positions in the higher classes shall be filled, as far as is practicable and consistent with the best interests of the service, by promotion following competitive tests of employees in lower classes holding permanent civil service status. The civil service board, shall, by rule, establish regulations for promotional eligibility, except that in the police and fire departments, all higher uniform positions in the classified service shall be filled from eligible registers established as a result of promotional examination only, and no such member shall be eligible for promotion to a higher class until that person has served at least three (3) years in such department and that in subsequent promotions the member must have held the rank from which that person is promoted for at least two (2) years. For the filling of one vacancy, the appointment shall be made from among the eligible persons whose scores, at the time of certification, represent the three highest whole percentage score ranks on the list. For the purpose of ranking, scores of eligibles on an eligible list shall be rounded to the next highest whole percent and a rank shall consist of one or more eligibles with the same score. However, in the case of an appointment from an eligible list resulting from a promotional examination, the appointment shall be made from the three candidates standing highest on the list. (Adopted November 6, 1990)