Major independent construction projects shall be considered to be those projects requiring prolonged detached or independent construction work as determined from time to time necessary by the City Council or Public Utility Board by resolution. Major federal aid projects shall include all activities by the City of Tacoma acting under and pursuant to authority given and granted by the laws of the United States of America implemented in a proper manner by loan and grant agreements or other contracts or agreements resulting in the financing of a major portion of said project by moneys received from the Federal Government. Said major federal aid projects shall include but not be limited to urban renewal projects or programs, model cities or demonstration projects or programs, Economic Opportunity Act programs or projects, Emergency Employment Act of 1971 projects or programs requiring prolonged and independent activities required under the terms of such contracts or agreements and as determined from time to time by ordinance or resolution. The positions required to be filled for the proper completion of such projects are not those regularly existing or to exist in the City service. For these positions, the employee may be appointed without the necessity of calling from existing eligible lists.
(Ord. 16383, 1959-06-29; amended pursuant to Charter § 6.14, 1980-01-29)