(A) This chapter shall be known as the Personnel Chapter and it shall give effect to and augment the provisions of the City Charter pertaining to personnel. It is the policy of the city as a charter, home-rule-municipality established under the constitution and laws of the state, that this chapter and such rules as may be adopted in accordance with the provisions herein shall supercede all civil service laws passed by the state. This shall be true even when this chapter and such rules are silent on a particular topic which is included in the state civil service laws.
(B) Except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter, this chapter shall only apply to personnel in the nonexempt positions of the city. Nonexempt positions are those which have not been exempted from the civil service of the municipality or the competitive examination requirements. In accordance with the provisions of § 10.02 of the City Charter, the following positions are exempt from the civil service of the municipality and the open competitive examination requirements:
(1) Members of Council;
(2) The Clerk of Council;
(3) The City Manager;
(4) The Directors of Departments;
(5) The Secretary to the City Manager;
(6) The Assistant to the City Manager;
(7) Members of Boards and Commissions appointed by the Council; advisory committees appointed by the City Manager;
(8) Those positions requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, managerial, professional or educational character;
(9) Unskilled laborers;
(10) Seasonal, provisional, temporary, or part-time employees.
(C) In addition to the positions specified in division (B) above, other positions may be exempted from the civil service or the competitive examination requirements on the determination of the City Manager and the approval by the Personnel Appeals Board.
('70 Code, § 153.01; amend. Ord. 2297, passed 12-22-81)