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ARTICLE 18 <br />VACANCIES AND PROMOTIONS <br />18.01 The decision whether or not to fill a bargaining unit vacancy shall be within the sole <br />discretion of the Emergency Services Director. Should the Director decide to fill the <br />vacancy, the filling of the vacancy shall be in accordance with the District Personnel Rules <br />and Regulations, except as modified herein. <br />18.02 Promotional examinations for bargaining unit positions shall be held during the month of <br />September. <br />18.03 The Promotion Board shall be composed of the Assistant Chief, three (3) Battalion Chiefs, <br />three (3) Captains, and one (1) member of the Union or his designee who will be elected by <br />the bargaining unit. The Promotion Board shall rank all of the candidates, and shall forward <br />the entire list of ranked candidates to the Emergency Services Director. The rankings shall <br />be determined based upon a point system formulated in Article/Section 18.08 and 18.09. The <br />Emergency Services Director shall select from the top three candidates the individual he <br />believes, in his discretion, is most qualified for the position. Once the selection is made, the <br />list shall automatically reset to advance the next highest -ranked candidate to the top three. hn <br />the event there are fewer than three employees on the promotional list, or the list is <br />exhausted, the Emergency Services Director shall have the authority to appoint an employee <br />who is not on the promotional list that the Emergency Services Director believes, in his <br />discretion, is most qualified for the position; provided that the employee selected must be <br />qualified to work out -of -classification for the position. In appointing an employee who is not <br />on the list, the Emergency Services Director shall consider the employee's job performance, <br />disciplinary actions, college degrees, additional training courses, certifications, leadership, <br />attitude, attendance, and seniority. No appointed employee shall be forced to accept a <br />promotion. <br />28 <br />