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r <br />z' <br />R ULE IX <br />TEMPORARYAND <br />EXCEPTIONAL APPOINTMENTS <br />Section 1: Non -Competitive Appointment <br />Positions in the classified service may be filled without competition under the following <br />conditions: <br />a. Temporary: Whenever there are urgent reasons to fill a vacancy, due to emergency or other <br />temporary vacancy caused by sickness or disability, and the Civil Service Commission is <br />unable to certify a list of candidates from an eligible list to fill the vacancy on a permanent <br />basis, and where the urgency of the circumstances compels the appointing authority to <br />make an immediate appointment, such noncompetitive temporary appointment is <br />authorized for a period of not longer than one hundred and twenty (120) days, and <br />successive temporary appointments are prohibited. The appointing authority must <br />immediately notify the Commission of the vacancy, its duration, the date of temporary <br />appointment, and the urgent circumstances related thereto. If applicable, the Commission <br />may determine whether to proceed with a competitive examination and establish an eligible <br />list. <br />Amended 4/21/08 <br />b. Exceptional: Whenever there is a vacancy in a position in the classified service where <br />peculiar and exceptional qualifications of scientific, managerial, professional, or educational <br />character are required, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition <br />in such special case would be impractical and that the position can best be filled by selection <br />of some designated person of high and recognized attainment of such qualities. <br />Amended 5/24/04 <br />Section 2: Non -Competitive Appointment Procedure: <br />Procedure for making temporary, and exceptional appointments is as follows: <br />a. Temporary; Where the services to be rendered by an appointee are for a temporary period, <br />due to an emergency or other vacancy caused by sickness or disability, and the need for <br />such service is important and urgent, the appointing authority may select any person on a <br />noncompetitive basis for a period of not longer than one hundred and twenty (120) days. <br />Successive temporary appointments to the same position shall not be made under this <br />provision. If an eligible list exists for the position temporarily vacated, the appointing <br />authority shall request certification of candidates and must consider such candidates for <br />temporary appointment prior to consideration of other candidates. The appointing <br />authority shall not select from other candidates until certified candidates decline the <br />temporary appointment. Due to urgent circumstances, the Secretary of the Commission is <br />authorized to immediately release contact information from the eligible list to the <br />appointing authority in order to expedite said temporary appointment. <br />1. The acceptance or refusal by a person eligible for a temporary appointment shall <br />not affect standing on the list for permanent appointment; nor shall the <br />period of temporary service be counted as part of the appointee's <br />