Chapter VIII — CIVIL SERVICE

• (a) There shall be a Municipal Civil Service, hereinafter referred to as the Classified Service. Membership in the Classified Service is defined in Section 8.03(a) of this chapter.

• (b) The City Council is authorized to pass ordinances pertaining to the Civil Service System.

(Amended, ratified, January 26, 1935; February 1, 1945; April 15, 1975; November 2, 1982; June 2, 1998; November 8, 2016)

• (a) All appointments, promotions, or other personnel decisions affecting the status of an employee shall be based upon selection of the best qualified individual.

• (b) No person in the Classified Service, or seeking admission thereto, shall be appointed, promoted, demoted, or discharged, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of political opinions, or affiliations or because of religious belief. (Added, ratified November 2, 1982; amended, ratified November 8, 2016)

• (a) Classified Service shall be defined as all sworn public safety personnel except for the Chief of Police and Fire Chief. All members, who are part of the Classified Service prior to the adoption of Chapter VIII, Sections 8.01 et seq., shall be considered as members with their present status of the Classified Service under the system as now adopted. Employees, not part of the previous Classified Service, shall have no change in status until rules, regulations, ordinances or procedures have been passed which may include additional employees. All future employees hired to positions which are part of the Classified Service at this time shall so remain part of the Classified Service.

• (b) The City Council is empowered to define other positions to be included in the Civil Service System and to expand the system to include additional members by ordinance. (Added, ratified November 2, 1982; amended, ratified November 8, 2016)

If any section, subsection, clause, or phrase of this law is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, clauses or phrases of this law. (Added, ratified November 2, 1982; amended, ratified November 8, 2016)

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