(A) The council shall have absolute and exclusive power to determine and limit the number of police officers and members to comprise the police force of the city, and to divide the police membership into two (2) lists: One an active list, who are to be actually employed and receive pay while so employed, and two (2) an eligible list, who shall not receive pay while not actually employed as an officer or member, and to reduce the number of the police force at any time.
(B) Officers or members of the active list, temporarily relieved from duty, shall become members of the eligible list without pay and shall be first entitled to reinstatement on the active list, in case of vacancy, according to their seniority in the service, and all others on the eligible list shall be entitled to fill a vacancy, in the order of their appointment. Such action of the council shall not be subject to review by any court.
In no event shall there be any officers or members placed on the eligible list, except in case of temporary reduction of the police force, when the number already on the eligible list shall equal in number of twenty percent (20%) of the active list. (Ord. 706, 7-21-1982)