All appointments and promotions of employees in the service of the Municipality shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examination. The Council by ordinance shall provide that the City Manager or an appointee is to be the personnel director of the Municipality and by ordinance shall establish a classified and unclassified service for employees of the Municipality and a Code of Personnel Practices and Procedures to implement the mandate of this section; provided that appointments to and removal from offices, boards, and commissions created by this Charter shall be made in accordance with the specific applicable provision of this Charter and shall not be subject to this Article.
(Amended November 2, 2010)