(A) All employees in the city service shall be divided into unclassified service and classified service. Elected officials and members of boards, commissions and authorities that are not employees of the city shall not be covered by the classified or unclassified service.
(B) The classified service shall be comprised of all employees except those who are specifically placed in the unclassified service.
(C) The unclassified service shall be comprised of the following:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer and Deputy Chief Administrative Officers;
(2) Assistants to the Mayor, assistants to the Chief Administrative Officer and the secretary to the Chief Administrative Officer;
(3) The city's Public Information Officer and the secretary to the Mayor;
(4) The City Attorney, Assistant City Attorneys, City Clerk/Recorder, administrative heads of departments as established in the city's organizational structure, physicians, veterinarians, the Director of the Office of Internal Audit, and the Inspector General;
(5) Temporary and seasonal employees employed as such;
(6) Part-time employees employed for less than 20 hours per week;
(7) Administrative heads of agencies or special programs sponsored by the city and defined as unclassified by the Chief Administrative Officer;
(8) The Director of Council Services and the Attorney for the Council; and
(9) Any position designated as unclassified by the Chief Administrative Officer.
(D) Unclassified employees are employees at will and serve at the discretion of the Chief Administrative Officer, except for unclassified City Council staff, which serve at the discretion of the Director of Council Services, and the Inspector General. Such employees shall have no property interest in continued unclassified employment and may be dismissed for any or no reason.
(E) All employees, except as otherwise provided herein, in the classified service shall be entitled to all of the rights and benefits provided for by this article. All employees in the unclassified service shall be entitled to all of the rights and benefits to which classified employees are entitled except the benefits provided for in §§ 3-1-23, 3-1-24 and 3-1-25, and also such rights and benefits specifically contracted for in writing between the Chief Administrative Officer and an unclassified employee.
(1) Temporary and seasonal employees are not entitled to any of the rights and benefits of employment to which other employees are entitled under this article.
(2) Permanent employees employed for a regular work week of 20 hours shall be entitled to half the leave benefits authorized for full-time, permanent employees of the city; leave benefits shall be prorated for employees employed for a regular work week of more than 20 hours. Hours worked in addition to a regular work week shall not entitle an employee to additional leave benefits.
(3) Elected officials except as otherwise provided by this article or law, shall be eligible to participate in the retirement, paid life and medical insurance available to full-time, permanent employees of the city.
(F) The initial contract between the Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer, including salary and benefits, shall be presented to the City Council for approval when the Mayor presents his selection for Chief Administrative Officer to the Council for advice and consent pursuant to the City Charter. The Mayor shall notify the Council of subsequent changes in the contract. The Mayor's employment benefits shall be reviewed and approved by the City Council annually as a part of the city budget.
('74 Code, § 2-9-6) (Ord. 52-1978; Am Ord. 54-1987; Am. Ord. 69-1988; Am. Ord. 30-1989; Am. Ord. 29-1998; Am. Ord. 1-2005; Am. Ord. 31-2007; Am. Ord. 7-2010; Am. Ord. 30-2010)