The Civil Service Commission shall be composed of three electors to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. The members of the existing Commission shall continue in office for the terms for which they were severally appointed. The term of each commissioner thereafter appointed shall be for six years; but appointments for full terms or to fill vacancies shall be so made that on the 31st day of March in each even numbered year, the term of one commissioner, and one only, shall end.
The Commission shall annually designate one of its members as president, and shall appoint a secretary and such other employees as may be necessary. The salary of the secretary and other employees, and the salary of the commissioners, if any, shall be fixed by the Council; and a sufficient sum shall be appropriated each year to carry out the civil service provisions of this Charter.
The civil service of the City is hereby divided into the unclassified (not subject to the examination herein provided) and the classified service.
(1) The unclassified service shall include:
(a) Officers elected by the people.
(b) The City Auditor and the secretary and the auditing assistants to the City Auditor.
(c) Directors of departments, Commissioners, and other heads of divisions.
(d) Members of boards or commissions, and the chief administrative officers thereof.
(e) The Mayor's Executive Assistant, secretary, and assistants.
(f) One (1) secretary for each department, board or commission.
(g) The legal assistants to the Director of Law.
(h) The Clerk of the Council and one (1) secretary to the Clerk of Council.
(2) The classified service shall comprise all positions not specifically included by this Chapter in the unclassified service and shall be divided into a competitive and non-competitive class.
(a) The competitive class shall include all positions and employments for which it is practicable to determine the merit and fitness of applicants by competitive tests.
(b) The non-competitive class shall consist of all positions requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, managerial, professional, or educational character, as may be determined by the rules of the Commission.
(c) By ordinance the classified service may be extended to include some portions of the unclassified service as determined by this section. Such ordinance, however, unless adopted by the Civil Service Commission as part of its code of rules, shall require the vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all members of the Council.
(Amended by electors 11-3-92)
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