10-3-1105 - Municipal employees -- Duration and termination of employment -- Exceptions.
10-3-1105. Municipal employees -- Duration and termination of employment --Exceptions.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), each employee of a municipality shall holdemployment without limitation of time, being subject to discharge, suspension of over two dayswithout pay, or involuntary transfer to a position with less remuneration only as provided inSection 10-3-1106.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a) an officer appointed by the mayor or other person or body exercising executive powerin the municipality;
(b) a member of the municipality's police department or fire department who is a memberof the classified civil service in a first or second class city;
(c) a police chief of the municipality;
(d) a deputy police chief of the municipality;
(e) a fire chief of the municipality;
(f) a deputy or assistant fire chief of the municipality;
(g) a head of a municipal department;
(h) a deputy of a head of a municipal department;
(i) a superintendent;
(j) a probationary employee of the municipality;
(k) a part-time employee of the municipality; or
(l) a seasonal employee of the municipality.
(3) Nothing in this section or Section 10-3-1106 may be construed to limit amunicipality's ability to define cause for an employee termination or reduction in force.
Amended by Chapter 260, 2004 General Session