The civil service of the Municipality is hereby divided into unclassified and classified service. The unclassified service shall include:
(a) All officers elected by the people;
(b) Any member of a board or commission or any head of a department, sub-department or division thereof, other than the police and fire departments;
(c) One secretary to the Mayor and one secretary to each head, superintendent and foreperson of any department, sub-department or division, or his or her assistants;
(d) Any deputy of an elected or appointed officer who holds a fiduciary relationship to his or her principal;
(e) Any office or position requiring peculiar or exceptional qualifications; (0 Plumbing, heating, building, electrical, health and sanitary or sewer inspectors;
(g) Provision employees whose employment without extension by the Commission shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) days;
(h) Unskilled labor.
The classified service shall include:
(a) Members, including officers, of the police and fire departments;
(b) Employees of any utility operated by the Municipality requiring an operator's license except a chauffeur's license in the performance of their duties;
(c) Except as herein provided the Civil Service Commission shall determine the practicability of classification and competitive examination for any nonelective office or job in the service of the Municipality. The Civil Service Commission may determine that no competitive exam is required for the initial appointment of a part-time firefighter. No part-time firefighter shall be eligible to take the full-time Civil Service test or be eligible for promotion in the part-time ranks unless a part-time firefighter has passed a competitive Civil Service exam and has been hired off of a Civil Service list as a part-time firefighter.
Any person in the classified service, who is serving the Municipality on the effective date of this Charter, may be retained in the same or similar position without examination.
(Amended 11-7-00; 5-8-18)