The civil service of the City shall be divided into the unclassified and classified service. The unclassified service shall comprise the following offices and positions:
(1) Elective officers and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices;
(2) The City Manager and other appointive positions created by this Charter;
(3) Members of boards and commissions appointed by the Council and advisory committees appointed by the City Manager;
(4) Employees of professional qualifications engaged as consultants;
(5) Secretary to the City Manager, and one secretary to each department or commission, when a secretary is authorized by ordinance or by this Charter;
(6) The City Clerk;
(7) Heads of all departments, their assistants and division heads within departments, including the Divisions of Police and Fire;
(8) Unskilled labor;
(9) Temporary employees and part-time employees;
(10) Volunteer members of the Division of Fire, members of the auxiliary police unit with the Division of Police, and part-time employees of the Divisions of Police and Fire.
The classified service shall comprise all positions not specifically included by this section of the unclassified service. Council by ordinance shall be able to determine the civil service status of any newly created position, not generally described above, designating the position(s) within said ordinance as either classified or unclassified, consistent with the language of this section.
(Amended November 2, 1999)