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90.110 Definitions for KRS 90.110 to 90.230.
The following terms, as used in KRS 90.110 to 90.230, shall have the following
meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Emergency appointment" means any appointment to any position subject to the
provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, which may be made only in the absence of an
appropriate eligible list for the position and which may be made without
competitive examination pending the establishment of an eligible list and which
appointment shall not exceed the duration of the emergency and in no case to
exceed ninety (90) days in any one (1) fiscal year.
(2) "Probationary appointment" means an appointment to any position subject to the
provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, which shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of KRS 90.180 and which shall not be less than six (6) months nor more
than one (1) year in duration.
(3) "Regular appointment" means an appointment to a position subject to the provisions
of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 made after an employee has served a probationary period
in a manner deemed satisfactory to the appointing authority.
(4) "Director" means the personnel director, as provided for in KRS 90.140.
(5) "Position" means every place of employment in the classified service hereunder
including office.
(6) "Employee" means any person in the classified service hereunder.
(7) "Classified service" means all positions in cities of the first class within the
jurisdiction of the board, and within the purview of KRS 90.110 to 90.230.
(8) "Board" means the civil service board created hereunder.
(9) "Appointing authority" means the officer, board, commission, department, agency,
person or group of persons, having the power of appointment to and removal from
positions in the classified service as provided for in KRS 90.110 to 90.230.
(10) "Competitive examination" shall include consideration and rating of any or all of
the following qualifications of applicants: Education, training, experience, general
adaptability, special aptitude, physical fitness, knowledge, skill, personality,
character, and such other qualifications as may be deemed necessary for the
satisfactory performance of the duties of the respective positions.
(11) "Eligible list" means a list of names of persons who have been found qualified
through suitable competitive examinations for positions or classes of positions as
provided for in KRS 90.110 to 90.230.
(12) "Service ratings" means the evaluation of the efficiency and general worth of
employees in positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 as
determined by the appointing authority.
(13) "Dismissal" means the discharge of an employee by the appointing authority.
(14) "Lay-off" means the separation of an employee from the classified service because
of a reduction of force owing to decreased work or decreased funds in the
department, commission, board or agency in which the employee has been
employed.
(15) "Class" or "class of positions" means a position or group of positions subject to the
provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 sufficiently similar in duties, responsibilities
and qualification requirements to be designated by the same title and placed within
the same salary range.
(16) "Reinstatement" means the reappointment of a person who formerly held a position,
subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, to such former position or to any
other position in the same class.
(17) "Transfer" means a change by an employee from one (1) position to another
position within the same class.
(18) "Promotion" means a change from a position in a lower class to a position in a
higher class involving an increase in responsibility or a change in title.
(19) "Demotion" means a change from a position in a higher class to a position in a
lower class involving a decrease in responsibility or a change in title.
(20) "Suspension" means the separation of an employee from the service for a temporary
or fixed period of time, which separation is inflicted upon the employee by his
appointing authority, as a disciplinary measure under the rules established by the
board.
(21) "Public hearing" means such as may be given after public notice of at least five (5)
days, so that any person or persons may have an opportunity to appear before the
board and be heard on the matter involved.
History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 1.
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