Whenever in the judgment of the city council it becomes necessary, the city council may abolish any position or employment in the competitive service. Employees transferred, demoted or laid off because of the abolishment of positions shall not be subject to written charges nor shall they have the right of appeal in such cases.

Seniority shall be observed in effecting such reduction in personnel and the order of layoff shall be in the reverse order of total cumulative time served in regular and probationary status in the competitive service upon the effective date of the layoff. Layoff shall be made within classes of positions, and all provisional employees in the affected class or classes shall be laid off prior to the layoff of any probationary or regular employee.

For the purpose of determining order of layoff, total cumulative time shall include time served on military leave of absence.

The names of probationary and regular employees laid off shall be placed upon reemployment lists for classes which, in the opinion of the personnel officer, require basically the same qualifications and duties and responsibilities of those of the class of positions from which layoff was made.

Names of persons laid off shall be placed upon reemployment lists in order of total cumulative time served in probationary and regular status and shall remain on such lists for a period of one year unless reemployed sooner. (Ord. 1599 NCS §4, 1985; Ord. 837 NCS §1; prior code §2.100.)