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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 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 the candidates, and forward the top <br /> three ranked candidates to the Emergency Services Director, based upon the following <br /> factors: job performance, examination scores, working out of classification, disciplinary <br /> record, college degrees, educational courses, training, certification, and years of service. The <br /> rankings shall be determined based upon a point system formulated in Article/Section 18 .07. <br /> The Emergency Services Director shall select from the top three candidates the individual he <br /> believes, in his discretion, is most qualified for the position. <br /> 18 .03 Each employee covered hereunder shall annually receive a written evaluation assessing his <br /> performance of the essential functions of the employee ' s job . The appraisal form shall be <br /> developed by the Employer and the Union. <br /> 18 . 04 Newly hired employees shall serve an initial probationary period of one year. Newly hired <br /> probationary employees may be dismissed at any time at the discretion of the County and are <br /> not entitled to use the grievance/arbitration procedures relating to their discipline or <br /> discharge, and are not entitled to payments of sick leave or vacation leave at time of <br /> termination. <br /> 18 .05 Employees who are promoted shall serve a promotion trial period of six months. If an <br /> employee who is serving a trial period incurred as a result of a promotion is found to be <br /> unqualified to perform the duties of the higher position, a good faith effort will be made to <br /> 28 <br />