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County Administrator's Recommendation Exhibit K <br />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 <br />of September. <br />18.033 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 top -three entire list of ranked candidates to the Emergency Services Director. The <br />rankings shall be determined based upon a point system formulated in Article/Section 18.078 <br />and 18.089. The Emergency Services Director shall select from the top three candidates the <br />individual he believes, in his discretion, is most qualified for the position. Once the <br />selection is made, the list shall automatically reset to advance the next highest -ranked <br />candidate to the top three. In the event there are fewer than three employees on the <br />promotional list, or the list is exhausted, the Emergency Services Director shall have the <br />authority to appoint an employee who is not on the promotional list that the Emergency <br />Services Director believes, in his discretion, is most qualified for the position; provided <br />that the employee selected must be qualified to work out -of -classification for the <br />position. In appointing an employee who is not on the list, the Emergency Services <br />Director shall consider the employee's job performance, disciplinary actions, college <br />degrees, additional training courses, certifications, leadership, attitude, attendance, and <br />seniority. No appointed employee shall be forced to accept a promotion. If all <br />employees offered the promotion reject it (a minimum of three employees shall be <br />offered the promotion), the Emergency Services Director shall have the authority to <br />62 <br />