Ala. Code § 45-58A-70.40

For the purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor, city council, or any employee of the city duly authorized to make appointments to the regular service by virtue of his or her supervisory capacity.

(2) CERTIFICATION. A submission of names of eligibles from a reemployment list, promotion list, or eligible register to any appointing authority for the purpose of filling a position in the classified service.

(3) CITY. The City of Helena.

(4) CLASS. A group of positions in the regular service sufficiently similar in respect to the duties, responsibilities, and authority for which: (i) the same descriptive title may be used to identify all positions allocated to the class; (ii) the same requirements as to education, experience, capacity, knowledge, proficiency, ability, and other qualifications should be required of the incumbents; (iii) the same tests of fitness may be used to choose qualified employees; and (iv) the same schedule of compensation can be made to apply with equity.

(5) CLASSIFICATION. The assigning of a position to the appropriate class in accordance with its duties, responsibilities, and authority.

(6) CLASSIFIED SERVICE. Any employment position in the city, whether regular, probationary, temporary, or exempt, for which a position of employment exists and the salary and benefits are determined by the appointing authority.

(7) COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Helena.

(8) DEMOTION. Any disciplinary or other action that reduces the pay grade or pay step of a nonexempt employee in the regular service.

(9) DEPARTMENT HEAD. Any individual who provides administrative and supervisory work in directing all activities and employees of a city department.

(10) DIRECTOR. The personnel director appointed by the mayor or the company contracted by the mayor to perform personnel services.

(11) ELIGIBLE. An individual whose name is on a reemployment list, a promotion list, or an eligible register.

(12) ELIGIBLE REGISTER. A record containing names, listed and ranked in order of their final earned average from the highest to the lowest, of those individuals who have successfully completed prescribed tests and are qualified for original appointment to positions in the class for which the test was held.

(13) MAYOR. The individual elected or appointed to the official position of mayor of the city.

(14) OPEN-COMPETITIVE. The process of seeking qualified candidates for a regular position from any qualified individual including taking applications from the general public and other employees in the regular service not otherwise in the department for which the position exists.

(15) PAY GRADE. The specific pay range set forth in the pay plan for a classification.

(16) PAY STEP. The specific pay rate within a pay range as set forth in the pay plan.

(17) PERSONNEL BOARD. The board created by this part.

(18) POSITION. Any job or set of duties in the regular service requiring the full-time employment of one individual in the performances and exercises of the job or duties.

(19) PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE. An employee appointed to a regular position from a reemployment list, promotion list, or eligible register who has not completed his or her probationary period.

(20) PROMOTION. An advancement from one class to another related occupational class with increased duties or responsibilities, or both, and for which a higher rate of pay is prescribed.

(21) PUBLIC HEARING. A meeting of the board, open to the public, at which any resident, taxpayer, or party of interest may appear and may be heard.

(22) PUBLIC NOTICE. A written notice placed upon the bulletin board maintained at or near the entrance to the offices of the city clerk in a place accessible to the public during business hours.

(23) PUBLIC RECORD. A record that the public has the right to inspect in a reasonable manner during ordinary business hours.

(24) QUALIFICATIONS. The minimum experience, education, and physical and personal requirements determining the eligibility of an applicant for examination.

(25) REEMPLOYMENT LIST. A list containing the names of individuals who have occupied, and have been separated from, regular positions in the classified service and who are entitled to preference in appointment to vacancies in positions.

(26) REGULAR EMPLOYEE. An employee who was appointed under this part to a regular classified position and who has completed his or her probationary period, the hours of work of which shall be fixed by the appointing authority with due regard to the convenience of the public, and to working hours customarily observed in the community.

(27) REGULAR POSITION. Any position in the regular service which has required or which is likely to require the full-time services of an individual without interruption for a period of more than six months.

(28) SEASONAL POSITION. Any position in the classified service which requires or is likely to require the services of an incumbent during certain parts of each year, only at recurring annual or other periods.

(29) SERIES. A subdivision of a group consisting of two or more classes of positions, similar as to line of work but differing in responsibility or difficulty, which constitutes steps in a normal line of promotion.

(30) SPECIFICATIONS. A formal statement descriptive of a position that contains all of the following:

a. The title and class.

b. A description of the duties or responsibilities of the position.

c. The minimum qualifications required of applicants as to education, experience, physical ability, or other attributes.

(31) TEMPORARY POSITION. Any employment position in the city which is not regular, but which requires or is likely to require the services for a set period of time not to exceed 12 months.

(32) TEST. A written or oral examination, or both, or other methods established as herein provided to determine the merit, efficiency, or general fitness of applicants for positions.

(33) TITLE. The term used to designate all employment by class and grade and shall be descriptive of the duties of the position.