The Mayor upon recommendation of the Commission, shall appoint a person as the Commissioner of the Division of Civil Service to act as the executive head of the Commission's staff and who shall be responsible for extending administrative direction in carrying out the duties, functions and activities assigned to the Commission. Administrative direction shall be extended by overseeing staff activities and issuing policies and procedures to cover specific applications of the Civil Service Rules. Such functions shall include complete and comprehensive classification and examination programs, the certifications of payrolls to ascertain that the persons contained therein have been appointed or employed in accordance with Civil Service provisions, certification of eligible lists, the maintenance of all official records of action and other such duties as the Commission shall prescribe in accord with the highest principles of merit.
The Commission shall also, at its annual organizational meeting, appoint a Secretary-Civil Service to perform such duties of a secretarial and clerical nature as may be required.