2-5-206: APPOINTMENTS NOT WITHIN CLASSIFIED SERVICE:
Appointments not within the classified service shall be exempt from classified service provisions, no tenure rights shall accrue, and appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Such appointments may be part time or full time, and shall be made within one of the five (5) categories which follow:
   A.   Appointments to existing positions which are exempt from classified service.
   B.   Appointments to seasonal positions where the nature of the work is seasonal, provided that seasonal employees shall not be entitled to sick leave or vacation benefits.
   C.   Appointments in an emergency situation which are authorized by the city manager for the duration of the emergency, provided emergency appointees shall not be entitled to any city employee benefits except the wages designated by the appointment.
   D.   Appointments to temporary positions, provided such appointments shall not exceed a period of three (3) months and such appointees shall not be entitled to sick leave or vacation benefits.
   E.   Appointments for the purpose of training a person for a vacant position, where the appointment is to a designated "trainee" position. Trainee appointments shall expire upon filling the vacant position.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the employment of the police chief and the fire chief shall not be terminated by the city manager without cause provided that the police chief or the fire chief being terminated has completed five (5) or more years of employment for the city in such position. A decision by the city manager to terminate the police chief or fire chief for cause may be appealed by the terminated employee to the city council provided that a written appeal to the council, verified under penalty of perjury, is filed by the employee with the city clerk within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision by the city manager. A police chief or fire chief who has not completed five (5) or more years of employment for the city in such position may be terminated by the city manager with or without cause. This paragraph, involving certain terminations without cause of a police chief or fire chief, shall not apply to any police chief or fire chief first appointed to such position on or after July 1, 2001. (1962 Code § 2-6.108; amd. Ord. 90-O-2098, eff. 9-13-1990; Ord. 01-O-2381, eff. 10-5-2001)