In order to establish an equitable and uniform procedure for dealing with personnel matters, to attract to 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, and to provide a reasonable degree of security for qualified employees, the following Civil Service System is adopted.
('61 Code, § 2-2.301) (Ord. 10 C.S., passed 9-20-61)