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  • (1) "Career service position" means any position in the county service except those exempted under Section 17-33-8.
  • (2) "Council" means the career service council, a three-member appeals and personnel advisory board.
  • (3) "Director" means the director of personnel management.
  • (4) "Eligible applicant" means any applicant that meets the job related minimum requirements established for a position in the career service.
  • (5) "Eligible list" means a list of eligible applicants ranked in order of relative knowledge, skill, ability and merit.
  • (6) "Exempt positions" means those positions which are not in the career service as specified in Section 17-33-8.
  • (7) "Merit system" means a system of personnel administration based on the principles set forth in Section 17-33-3.
  • (8) "Position classification" means a grouping of positions under the same title which are sufficiently similar to be compensated at the same salary range and to which the same tests of ability can be applied.
  • (9) "Provisional appointment" means an appointment to fill a position pending the establishment of a register for such position.




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