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ARTICLE XXII <br />22.0 LAYOFFS <br />22.1 All layoffs within the competitive service occasioned by abolishment of a position, the <br />combination of duties of two (2) or more positions, or the reduction in numbers of employees <br />in a given class, shall be governed by seniority in the class. Reemployment shall be in <br />reverse order of layoff. <br />22.2 Any promotional probationary employee laid off under these procedures who held permanent <br />status in a lower class shall retain seniority rights in the previously held classification <br />provided that it is still listed in the City's current basic classification and compensation plan. <br />22.3 Any permanent, full-time employee laid off under the above provisions may request a <br />demotion to a position in a lower class provided he/she meets reasonably related <br />qualifications required for placement in the class and the position is vacant. <br />22.4 In lieu of layoff, an employee may elect to work in a lower level classification, in which he or <br />she has served, providing that classification is within the same job family/career ladder. In <br />that event, the employee's length of service in the next lower classification will be added to <br />his or her length of service in the affected classification, and said combined seniority shall be <br />used to bump down into the next lower classification. This method of combining seniority <br />shall be applied to subsequent lower classifications. <br />22.5 For positions that were advertised in the Police Department as "open and promotional" or <br />"promotional only" which are open to Police Department employees only, there will be <br />created a "job ladder" such that those employees in positions to be eliminated through layoff <br />shall be entitled to return to the POA job classification in the Police Department from which <br />they promoted, "bumping" any employee in that job class with less cumulative years of <br />service in that job class than the bumping employee had in that job class prior to promotion. <br />22.6 Notice of Service. On request, a laid off employee shall receive a statement certifying that <br />his/her services have been satisfactory. Layoff shall not be used in lieu of a disciplinary <br />dismissal. <br />22.7 The City agrees that there shall be no layoffs of members of this bargaining unit during the <br />fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. <br />22.8 The City agrees that there will be no layoffs of members of this bargaining unit during fiscal <br />year 2011-2012 except upon the occurrence of a five percent (5%) or greater decline in the <br />2010-2011 general fund revenues of the City. For purposes of this provision, general fund <br />revenues of the City will not include one-time revenues to the City or transfers between other <br />existing City funds and the general fund. <br />22.9 During Fiscal Year 2012-13, the City will not layoff any employees in the unit without first <br />meeting and conferring with the Association on the decision, not just the impact of the <br />decision. <br />66 <br />