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Cayuga County Department of Human Resources and Civil Service Commission County Office Building, 2nd Floor 160 Genesee Street Auburn, NY 13021 Phone: (315) 253-1284 Email: [EMAIL REDACTED] Website: cayugacounty.us/civilservice Fax: (315) 253-1084 An Equal Opportunity Employer From Cayuga County Civil Service Rules, Regulations & Appendices (Rule XVI: Effect of Non-Permanent Service on Status of Employees) Contingent Permanent Appointments A competitive class position left temporarily vacant by the leave of absence of the permanent incumbent may be filled, at the discretion of the appointing authority, by a contingent permanent appointment through the use of an open-competitive, promotion eligible or preferred list. Any person appointed on a contingent permanent basis shall have all the rights and benefits of a permanent competitive class employee subject to the following limitations: Probationary Period: All appointments under this rule shall be required to complete the probationary period for original appointment or promotion as prescribed in this rule. Return of Incumbents: In the event of a layoff or if the permanent incumbent returns from leave of absence, persons holding positions on a contingent permanent basis shall be displaced before any persons holding permanent status in the same title regardless of total seniority. In the event more than one position in the same title is held by persons having contingent permanent appointments, displacement among those persons shall be based on the inverse order of their contingent permanent appointments. Preferred List: Upon displacement, if the contingent permanent appointee was appointed from a promotion eligible list, he/she shall be restored to his/her permanent position and have his/her name placed on a preferred eligible list for certification as a mandatory list only to the department or agency in which the contingent permanent appointment was made. If the contingent permanent appointee was appointed from an open- competitive eligible list, he/she shall have his/her name placed on a preferred eligible list for certification as a mandatory list in the civil division in which the contingent permanent appointment was made. Seniority: When a contingent permanent appointment matures into a permanent appointment, the date of permanent service shall be the date of the original contingent permanent appointment. All prospective appointees under this rule shall receive a copy of this rule and be canvassed as “permanent- contingent permanent”. Contingent permanent appointments from eligible lists shall be made by selection of one of the top three candidates on an appropriate eligible list willing to accept a contingent permanent appointment; there will be no recanvassing of the eligible list in the event the contingent permanent position becomes unencumbered. Acceptance of a contingent permanent appointment will remove the person’s name from the eligible list for any future contingent permanent or permanent vacancies within the department or agency in which the contingent permanent appointment was made. If a permanent vacancy becomes available in the same title in the department or agency in which a contingent permanent appointment has been made, contingent permanent appointees may be offered reassignment, prior to canvassing for a permanent appointment from an appropriate eligible list, or prior to appointing a temporary or provisional to the position. When a position filled by a contingent permanent appointee becomes unencumbered, the contingent permanent appointee in that position shall immediately gain permanent competitive class status in the class if the required probationary period as prescribed in this rule has been satisfactorily completed. When a permanent competitive class employee accepts a contingent permanent appointment in the same civil division, the position vacated by such employee shall not be filled except on a temporary or contingent permanent basis until the contingent permanent appointment matures into a permanent appointment. z:civil\letterhead\contingent perm rule