This article shall apply to all officers and employees of the city and shall apply to all such positions in the city service now existing or hereafter established, except as provided below.
(a) The mayor, members of the city council and members of appointive boards shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
(b) The following positions shall be exempt from the dismissal, suspension and demotion section of this article:
(1) The city manager and the assistant city managers.
(2) The heads of departments, assistant heads of department, and division heads;
(3) The judges of the municipal court system;
(4) The city internal auditor;
(5) The city secretary;
(6) Persons temporarily appointed to the city service;
(7) Employees in their initial probationary period;
(8) The city attorney and all deputy and assistance city attorneys in the department of law;
(9) Aides to the city council members/district directors.
(c) Employees of the police department and fire department who are subject to the provisions of the Fire and Police Civil Service Law (Tex. Local Government Code Chapter 143) are exempt from the section on dismissal, suspension and demotion, and the section on political activities.
(d) The city manager’s secretary shall be subject to the dismissal, suspension and demotion section of this article, save and except that, in the event of an appeal by the city manager’s secretary of a disciplinary action, all findings and recommendations of the disciplinary appeals board of its designated hearing officer shall be made to the appropriate committee of the city council for final decision rather than to the city manager.
(Ord. 11921, § 2 (5), passed 4-18-1995; Ord. 25226-12-2021, § 1, passed 12-14-2021)