Pursuant to the provisions of City Charter, Art. VII and the authority therein granted to the Council, and in order to establish an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters, to attract to the municipal service the best and most competent persons available, to assure that appointments and promotions of employees will be based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive test, to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees, and to provide a fair and just approach to municipal employment, giving due consideration to the relative interests of the city as an employer and of its employees so as not to impair the efficiency of the municipal service, there is hereby established a personnel system in the city, a Personnel Board with powers and duties as set forth in this subchapter, the office of Personnel Director, and the authority to adopt and maintain Personnel Rules and Regulations.
('63 Code, § 2-5.101) (Ord. 203-C.S., passed 4-6-73)