A. “Appointment” means those methods by which a person is designated to fill a specific vacant position.

B. “At will” means an employment relationship that can be terminated by either the employee or the employer at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice.

C. “Class” means a group of positions sufficiently similar as to duties performed, scope of discretion and responsibility, minimum requirements of training, experience or skill, and such other characteristics that the same title, the same test of fitness and the same range of compensation apply to each position in the group.

D. “Classification” means the process of obtaining adequate position descriptions, gathering necessary additional information, making comparison with other position descriptions and with class specifications, etc., and, finally, of taking official action by allocating a position to a particular pay range.

E. “Classification plan” means the orderly arrangement into classes of all positions in the city service, and a listing of class title, class codes and pay ranges assigned to each class.

F. “Department” means a city department as authorized by municipal ordinance. Authorized departments are administration, finance, fire, police, public works, and community services.

G. “Department head” means the highest supervisory position of a city department.

H. “Discipline” means a procedure or action taken to correct deficient performance; or punishment for not following set policies and procedures; or an action taken against an employee to maintain order and control.

I. “Employee” means any person in the employ of the city who is not within the collective bargaining unit and whose activities are directed by the city.

J. “Examination” means objective evaluation of skills, experience, education and other characteristics demonstrating the ability of a person to perform the duties required of a position.

K. “Immediate family member” means:

L. “Manager” means the city manager or their designee.

M. “Personnel office” means that office designated by the city manager to take care of and be responsible for personnel matters within the city job service.

N. “Position” means the duties and responsibilities assigned to an employee requiring full-time or part-time employment.

O. “Primary duty station” means Bethel, Alaska.

P. “Promotion” means a change in status of an employee from a position of one (1) class to a position of another class having a higher salary range.

Q. “Rehire” means an appointment into a position in the same class of positions from which the employee separated in good standing, or into a position in a parallel class.

R. “Reinstatement” means replacement of an employee into a position in the same class occupied previously or a parallel class when there has been no break in service, for one (1) of the following reasons:

S. “Relative” means any person who is related by marriage or blood to an applicant or employee.

T. “Separation” means cessation of the work relationship between the city and an employee for any reason including death, dismissal, layoff, resignation and retirement.

U. “Suspension” means an enforced unpaid leave for disciplinary reasons or pending investigation of charges made against an employee.

V. “Teleworking” means an arrangement where an employee conducts work activities during any regular, paid hours, from an alternative location from the primary duty station mutually agreeable to the employee and the city.

W. “Supervisory” means being in the same chain of command. [Ord. 23-19 § 2, 2023; Ord. 14-25 § 2; Ord. 14-15 § 2; Ord. 05-15 § 2; Ord. 96-10 § 4; Amd. 2 to Ord. 202 §§ 1 – 3; Amd. 1 to Ord. 202 § 1; Ord. 202 § 3.005, 1992.]