(1) An acting appointment to fill a vacant management and exempt position shall be permitted during the recruitment and selection process, when such appointment is necessary to insure operational continuity. An acting appointment may also be utilized, to replace an employee on leave or while organizational changes are being deliberated. Such an appointment shall not be permitted to circumvent confirmation decisions made by the council.

(2) Employees who receive an acting appointment to positions covered by the management and exempt employees compensation plan will be paid in accordance with normal county policy covering promotions, demotions, transfers, or initial employment, whichever is appropriate.

(3) Employees who are promoted, demoted, or transferred on an acting basis to an exempt position will continue to receive benefits as they did prior to appointment. New hires who receive an acting appointment are not eligible for benefits.

(4) Upon termination of an acting appointment, regular employees will be reinstated to their previous position without loss of status. Time spent in acting status will be considered as time in their regular position. New employee(s) will be terminated upon expiration of the acting appointment(s).

(5) Acting appointments shall not exceed six months unless an extension is granted by the council. At the completion of an acting appointment, the regular employee will return to the range and step that he/she would have occupied had he/she not received the acting appointment. Time spent in an acting capacity shall not be credited toward satisfying any time requirements under the management and exempt employees compensation plan. (Added by Ord. 89-172 § 6, Jan. 10, 1990).