§ 8.07. Classified and unclassified services.

The employments in the City service are hereby divided into the classified and unclassified service. The unclassified service shall consist of (a) officers elected by the people and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices; (b) the members of boards and commissions as provided by this charter; (c) the City manager, assistant City manager, City attorney, deputy, associate or assistant attorneys, the heads of one or more departments, and all persons holding an assistant department head position who were hired or promoted to that position after March 5, 2014, as provided for in this charter; (d) persons employed in a professional or scientific capacity to conduct or complete a special inquiry, investigation, examination or project, not to exceed thirty-six (36) months full-time employment or equivalent without a break of at least three (3) months; (e) persons employed for a temporary, seasonal or special purpose for a period not to exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) hours employment or the equivalent thereof in any twelve (12) month period; (f) reserve firefighters and reserve police officers; and (g) disaster service workers whether recruited or conscripted. The classified service shall comprise all positions not specifically included in the unclassified service.

(April 11, 1972; amended by General Municipal Election on November 7, 2000; amended by General Municipal Election on November 2, 2010; Amended by General Municipal Election on November 3, 2020)