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ARTICLE 18 VACANCIES AND PROMOTIONS 18.01 The decision whether or not to fill a bargaining unit vacancy shall be within the sole discretion of the Emergency Services Director. Should the Director decide to fill the vacancy, the filling of the vacancy shall be in accordance with the District Personnel Rules and Regulations, except as modified herein. 18.02 Promotional examinations for bargaining unit positions shall be held during the month of September. The Emergency Services Director, after consultation with the Union President, may hold promotional examinations if the available candidate pool falls below 3 eligible employees. 18.03 The Promotion Board shall be composed of the Assistant Chief, six (6) Battalion Chiefs, three (3) Captains, and one (1) member of the Union or his designee who will be elected by the bargaining unit. The Promotion Board shall rank all of the candidates, and shall forward the entire list of ranked candidates to the Emergency Services Director. The rankings shall be determined based upon a point system formulated in Article/Section 18.08 and 18.09. In order to be eligible, a candidate for the rank of Driver shall have at least three (3) years of service with the Department and a candidate for the rank of Lieutenant shall have at least three (3) years of service as a Driver with the Department. The Emergency Services Director shall select from the top three candidates the individual he believes, in his discretion, is most qualified for the position. Once the selection is made, the list shall automatically reset to advance the next highest -ranked candidate to the top three. In the event there are fewer than three employees on the promotional list, or the list is exhausted, the Emergency Services Director shall have the authority to appoint an employee who is not on the promotional list that the Emergency Services Director believes, in his discretion, is most qualified for the position; provided that the employee selected must be qualified to work out -of -classification for the position. In appointing an employee who is not on the list, the Emergency Services Director shall consider the employee's job performance, disciplinary actions, college degrees, additional training courses, certifications, leadership, 29