(A) Personnel rules, prepared by the Personnel Officer subject to this chapter and to revision by the Council, shall be adopted and may be amended from time to time, by resolution of the Council.
(B) The rules shall establish specific procedures and regulations governing the following phases of the personnel system:
(1) Preparation, installation, revision and maintenance of a position classification plan covering all positions in the competitive service, including employment standards and qualifications for each class;
(2) Preparation, revision and administra-tion of a plan of compensation directly correlated with the position classification plan, providing a rate or range of pay for each class;
(3) Public announcement of all tests and the acceptance of applications for employment;
(4) Preparation and conduct of tests and the establishment and the use of resulting employment lists containing names of persons eligible for appoint-ment;
(5) Certification and appointment of persons from employment lists, and making of temporary and emergency appointments;
(6) Evaluation of employees during the probationary period;
(7) Transfer, promotion, demotion and reinstatement of employees in the competitive service;
(8) Separation of employees from the city service through layoff, suspension and dismissal;
(9) Standardization of hours of work, attendance and leave regulations, working conditions and the development of employees morale, welfare and training;
(10) Suitable provision for orderly and equitable presentations to the City Manager and to the Council by employees relating to general conditions of employment;
(11) Content, maintenance and use of personnel records and forms.
('81 Code, § 2.44.040)