The several terms herein specified whenever used in the administration of this Chapter shall be construed as follows:
(a) "Commission" refers to the municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of Mentor.
(b) "Civil Service" refers to and includes all full-time certified sworn personnel of the Fire and Police Departments but does not refer to or include the Fire Chief or Police Chief.
(c) "Unclassified service" shall include all employees, except those persons specifically referred to in paragraph (b) above.
(d) The "classified service" shall comprise those persons specifically referred to in paragraph (b) above.
(e) "Position classification" shall refer to the arrangement of positions into classes including grades. Positions shall be classified in accordance with the duties and responsibilities of the position.
(f) "Municipal service" shall include those positions in the classified service of the City of Mentor.
(g) "Position" when used by itself shall refer to any specific office, employment or job calling for the performance of certain duties, either full-time or part-time and for the exercise of certain responsibilities by one individual.
(h) "Appointing authority" refers to the City Manager or his representative duly designated in writing.
(i) The term "employee" shall signify any person holding a position subject to appointment, removal, promotion or reduction in the classified service by the City Manager or his representative duly designated in writing.
(j) The masculine pronoun "he" and its derivatives, whenever employed, include the feminine pronoun and its derivatives.
(k) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to any employees that are authorized to be employed by the City Council under the City Charter.
(1969 Code 33.42)