The provisions of this article shall apply to all positions and employment in the city service as follows:
(A) All classifications, except temporary or provisional appointments, listed in the salary resolutions for Units I, II, III, and IV are included;
(B) All classifications in the management unit, except temporary and provisional appointments, listed in the senior management tier and the mid-management/professional tier, are included except that the City Manager may designate, prior to appoint-ment, that any position in the City Manager's Department and City Attorney's Department may be declared exempt;
(C) All classifications in the confidential unit, except the Secretary to the City Manager/Council and temporary or provisional appointments, are included;
(D) All other positions, including, but not limited to, elected officials; all members of boards and commissions or persons serving without compen-sations or on a part-time or provisional basis; executive management; and those so designated under divisions (B) and (C) above shall be exempt from the city's competitive service rules;
(E) Positions designated as exempt serve at the will of the City Manager except the City Attorney and his legal staff, and members of Boards and Commissions who, like the City Manager, serve at the will of the City Council, and elected officials who serve at the will of the electorate;
(F) Any incumbent holding a position in a classification which was not designated exempt prior to October 22, 1991, but which is now so designated, shall remain a competitive service employee so long as they remain in that position. Upon vacating, those positions will become exempt.
('66 Code, § 2-4.106) (Ord. 396-A, passed 7-8-57; Am. Ord. 143-C-S, passed 7-21-71; Am. Ord. 207-C-S, passed 3-29-73; Am. Ord. 823-C-S, passed 12-12-91)