(B) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after Obetz is declared and proclaimed to be a City, the Council shall adopt ordinances providing for a Code of Personnel Practices, and the initial measures shall not be subject to referendum or to initiative procedures to repeal. Pursuant to the procedures established in the Code of Personnel Practices as it may be amended from time to time, all appointments and promotions of employees of Obetz shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examination. Upon adoption of the Personnel Practices, the position of Director of Human Resources shall be created to carry out the powers, duties and functions as provided by the Code of Personnel Practices. The Mayor shall appoint and remove the Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Charter. The Director of Human Resources shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council.
(C) The following offices and employee positions shall be exempted from the requirements of the merit system and shall be in the unclassified service of the City:
(1) All elected officials;
(2) The Clerk of Council, the Clerk or Secretary to each Board and Commission, the Director of Law, Prosecutor, the Director of Finance, the Director of Development, the Director of Public Works, the Director of Safety, the Director of Human Resources, the Superintendents of Utilities and Streets, and the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, the Administrator, other department and division heads, Assistant Directors of Law and Prosecutors, and one secretary and administrative assistant to the Mayor, the Law Director, the Finance Director and each of the other heads of departments or divisions other than police and fire;
(3) All members of Boards and Commissions;
(4) Any other offices or positions of employment that the Council shall determine by ordinance or resolution to be exempted from the merit system because of: (a) the confidential nature of their duties to the Mayor, any department head, the Council, or any board or commission; (b) the professional, technical or scientific nature of their duties; (c) the part-time or voluntary nature of the work or duties.
(D) The Code of Personnel Practices shall include provisions for causes and procedures for the dismissal, suspension and other disciplinary action against employees in the classified service. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the Mayor shall appoint, promote, dismiss, suspend and otherwise discipline employees in the classified and unclassified service of Obetz.
(E) There is hereby created a Personnel Board of Review consisting of three (3) members to be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the Council by a majority vote of the Council for a term of three (3) years, except that of the three (3) members of the Board first appointed, one (1) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) for a term of three (3) years, all (other than the initial appointments under this Charter) commencing the first day of January following their appointment. The Personnel Board of Review shall be organized as provided in Division (E)(1) of this Section and shall have the powers, duties and functions provided in Division (E)(2) of this Section.
(1) The Personnel Board of Review shall designate one of its members as the Chairperson and the Council, by ordinance or resolution, may authorize the appointment by said Board of a Clerk who may be a person having other employment with Obetz.
(2) The Personnel Board of Review shall have the power to hear appeals from administrative determinations made pursuant to the Code of Personnel Practices, as may be authorized by the Code, and may have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be given to it by ordinance of the Council. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection, and shall conduct its proceedings in accordance with the ordinances of the Council enacted pursuant to this Charter and the rules and regulations of the Board adopted by it pursuant to authority granted by ordinances of the Council. It is the specific intent of the people of Obetz to authorize the powers that are to be granted by ordinances of the Council and by its administrative rules issued by either the Mayor or the Personnel Board of Review.