123:1-8-03 County classification plan; general authority.

(A) General. A county may place on file with the department of administrative services a classification plan, which shall be used to classify all classified positions in the county in the manner prescribed by this chapter.

(B) Classification specifications. The classification plan shall be prepared in such a manner as to have each classification title described by a specification. Each classification specification must include a description of duties and responsibilities which are sufficiently similiar to have the same title, the same pay range, and the minimum qualifications applied for selection.

(C) Review by the director. The director shall review the classification plan and approve its use before the county may classify its employees under rule 123:1-8-05 of the Administrative Code.

(D) Modification of classification plan. Upon the acceptance, approval and implementation of a classification plan for use in a county, that county may modify its plan in rule 123:1-8-06 of the Administrative Code.

(E) Use of county classification plan. In accordance with rule 123:1-8-05 of the Administrative Code a county may submit a classification plan under the provisions of this chapter, if the plan is collectively submitted by a majority of the county offices in this rule, and the listed classifications include all of the classified employees of the county offices which are participating in the plan. The classification plan shall apply to all of the following county offices, positions are in the unclassified service, or the county office opts to follow the state classification plan for county offices as described in rule 123:1-8-01 of the Administrative Code.

Auditor Clerk of Courts Coroner Engineer Prosecutor Recorder Sheriff Treasurer Commissioners Sanitary Engineering Department Disaster Service Agency Children’s Home County Home Bureau of Support Adult Probation Juvenile Detention Center Mental Retardation Board Mental Health Board Children Services Board County Hospital County Tuberculosis Hospital Soldier’s Relief Commission Data Processing Board County Microfilming Board General Health District Any other agency, department, commission or elected office of the county.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 09/12/2005 and 09/12/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 124.09(A)

Rule Amplifies: 124.14, 124.20

Prior Effective Dates: 7/29/82, 1/17/83