VII Reduction in Force (RIF)
A. On occasion, City Departments may be forced to reduce staff. If a reduction in staff is deemed necessary, the City Manager in consultation with the Human Resource Director and the City Attorney, documents the financial reasons and process for restructuring.
B. As a general rule, the City will reduce temporary, part-time employees, and employees in their probation period within the Department(s) effected before it reduces Full Time employees.
C. In selecting the employees who will be affected through a reduction in force the City may:
1. Identify jobs which are least critical to the affected Department(s) and select the number of positions to be eliminated.
2. Employee’s competencies, skills, responsibilities, experience, leadership, education, training, personal commitment, and seniority will be used to determine which employees will be affected by the reduction in force.
D. Affected employees are encouraged to seek other positions in the City if available. Employees offered positions elsewhere in the City will not be eligible for any severance payments that may be offered to affected employees.