(a) Membership. The Civil Service Commission shall consist of three (3) members appointed by the Mayor, with the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to Council, for terms of six (6) years each. The members of the present Civil Service Commission shall continue to serve until their respective terms of office have expired. At the time of any appointment, not more than two (2) of the Commissioners shall be members of the same political party. (Amended November 8, 1983)
(b) Officers. The Civil Service Commission shall designate one of its members as Chairman thereof, and may appoint a Secretary who need not be a member of the Civil Service Commission.
(c) Duties. The Commission shall provide by rule for ascertainment of merit and fitness as the basis for appointment and promotion in the classified service of the City, as provided by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, and for appeals from the action of the Mayor and/or of any director in any case of transfer, reduction or removal. The action of the Commission on any such appeal shall be final except as otherwise provided by the general laws of the State of Ohio.
Public notice shall be given to the City thirty (30) days prior to filing date on any vacancy in the classified service. The Civil Service Commission shall keep a record of its proceedings and examinations, which record shall be open to public inspection, and the Commission shall, in all matters not in conflict with this Charter conduct its affairs in accordance with the provisions of the general laws of the State of Ohio.
(d) Classification of Service. The civil service of the City is hereby divided into classified and unclassified service.
(1) The unclassified service shall include the following positions and such other positions as may now or hereafter be included in the unclassified service by the general laws of the State of Ohio.
A. All officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices.
B. The members of all boards and commissions, and heads of departments, divisions, boards, and commissions, and all employees of the Division of Building, appointed by the Mayor or by and with his consent and/or by the Council.
C. Employees of the Council.
D. The deputies and/or assistants of elective or principal executive officers authorized to act for and in the place of their principals, or holding a fiduciary relation to such principals.
E. One personal secretary to the Mayor and one personal secretary to each elective or appointive department head.
F. Assistants to the Director of Law.
G. All persons who in accordance with the rules established by the Civil Service Commission constitute temporary employees.
H. All firemen, policemen and members of the Civil Defense Corps who serve on a volunteer basis or who serve without compensation.
I. Any position, the applicants for which must possess unusual or peculiar qualifications such that the Commission finds it impractical to determine their fitness by competitive examination.
J. All compensated adult school patrol guards.
(2) The classified service shall include but not be limited to the following positions:
A. All regular members of the Divisions of Police and Fire in the Department of Public Safety.
B. All foremen, truck drivers and laborers employed in the Department of Public Service.
C. All clerks working with the Divisions of Police and Fire.
(e) Qualifications. Every member of the classified service, within six (6) months of successful completion of probation, must reside within Cuyahoga County or any county adjacent to Cuyahoga County.
(Amended November 7, 1989; November 4, 1997; November 4, 2008)