Alpine County Municipal Code Art. V Hiring Policies and Procedures

The administrative services coordinator, subject to board of supervisors approval, will establish recruiting procedures and techniques which, within practical limitations of budget and time, will secure qualified individuals to apply for employment in the county service. All such recruiting procedures and techniques will be in conformity with all applicable county provisions and all pertinent state and federal laws and regulations. (Ord. 533 §5.01, 1991)

A. When a promotional or general opening occurs in a department, the department head will notify the administrative services coordinator. The administrative services coordinator will commence county family advertising by means of a notice of the available position to each department, which will run for ten calendar days, allowing employees in the county service to apply for the position. It is each department head’s responsibility to provide a means by which employees receive notice of position availability.

B. Should one or more employees apply under this procedure, the department head will determine, through selection procedures, whether to recommend that an employee be appointed to the position. At his or her discretion, the department head may elect to include an employee who applies under this procedure in a general public recruitment. (Ord. 533 §5.02, 1991)

A. Subsequent to county family recruitment procedures, should the department head recommend general public recruitment, the department head will request the preparation of the announcement for the employment selection procedures. Each announcement will include the duties and salary range of the class; the minimum education, experience and personal qualifications for the position; the place and date to file applications; the application deadline; scheduled date of interviews; and such additional information as may be appropriate.

B. The personnel department will initiate public recruitment by advertising the job announcement as follows, at a minimum, unless the board makes a finding of an emergency situation which would require notice of a lesser duration:

1. Duration: two-week minimum;

2. Publication: three times in an area newspaper;

3. Posting: three places within the county;

4. Additional: notice to Washoe Tribe and Woodfords Community Council; notice to any county employment programs. (Ord. 732 (part), 2019: Ord. 533 §5.03, 1991).

A. An application for employment must be filed, on the approved county employment application form, in the office of the administrative services coordinator within the time and in the manner specified in the announcement. The application must include such additional information as may be required under the recruitment announcement for a particular position. At the request of the department head, recruitment may be extended for a period not to exceed two additional weeks. Any such extension will be noticed by posting in a minimum of three places in the county and by written notification to all current applicants. Applications received after the deadline specified in the recruitment announcement will not be accepted. Postmark of mailing prior to the date of deadline will not be deemed acceptable nor will applications received by means of a facsimile transmission.

B. Application forms may be obtained from the department head or from the office of the administrative services coordinator. A separate and complete application will be necessary for each classification for which a selection procedure is held. All applications shall be signed.

C. For specific positions for which the county may have difficulty recruiting, a continuous filing period may be authorized by the board of supervisors, during which applications will be evaluated and reviewed as received and selection procedures may commence on an individual applicant basis. (Ord. 533 §5.04, 1991)

Each completed application form and attachments will be treated as a confidential record of the county and will not be returned to the applicant. Neither the names of the applicants for an examination nor the names of those who failed in an examination will be made available to anyone not authorized to receive such information, except by order of court. (Ord. 533 §5.05, 1991)