(a) Appointments and promotions. All appointments and promotions of city officers and employees shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness.
(b) Civil service system. The city council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment, regulation, and maintenance of a civil service system governing personnel policies necessary to effect the administration of the employees of the city’s departments, offices, and agencies. The city council shall provide by ordinance for classification and pay plans, examinations, force reduction, removals, working conditions, provisional and exempt appointments, in-service training, civil service appeal procedures to address grievances of employees, and relationship with employee organizations.
(Ref. of 5-7-96)