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Section 22. Promotion Promotional or open-promotional examinations may be conducted whenever in the opinion of the Personnel Officer the needs of the service require. Only employees who meet the requirements set forth in the examination announcements may compete in promotional examinations. Insofar as consistent with the best interests of the service all vacancies in the competitive service shall be filled by promotion from within the competitive service after a promotional examination has been given and a promotional list established. Upon the establishment of a ranked eligibility list, the names of the persons having the highest five (5) scores on the list shall be submitted to the department head for his/her consideration. Should an eligibility list be established based upon the banding of test scores, the names of the persons by band shall be submitted to the department head for his/her consideration. When the needs of the service so require, an employee meeting the minimum qualifications may be temporarily promoted to an authorized position on an "acting" basis. While serving in the position the employee temporarily promoted shall be paid the minimum rate of pay for the classification except that said rate of pay shall be no less than five percent (5%) above the employee's normal rate of pay. lf, in the opinion of the designated Assistant City Manager, a vacancy in the position could be filled better by an open-competitive examination instead of promotional examination, he/she shall arrange an open-competitive employee list consistent with the Personnel Rules. Section 23. Temporary Assignment A Department Head or his/her designee may temporarily assign an employee to a higher classification for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. Employees so assigned shall receive additional compensation ranging between five (5%) to ten (10%) percent of their hourly wage for hours worked beginning with the first (1st) work day, for assignments lasting five (5) or more working days. The designated Assistant City Manager and the employee shall be notified in writing of said assignments. In determining the additional pay percentage for the temporary assignment, the Department Head will give consideration to: the difference between the employee's current salary and the range into which they are placed during temporary assignment, the skill set of the employee compared with the requirements of the temporary assignment, the duration of the assignment, the criticality of the position and how important the continuity of the duties are to the operations of the City, other staffing availability to perform some of the assignments normally performed by the temporarily vacant position and other job-related factors when necessary to make decisions that are reasonable and supportable. -32 -