All offices and positions of employment of the City are divided into the career service and the exempt service.
The career service shall comprise all tenured positions in the City service now existing or hereafter established, except positions expressly placed in the exempt service. All positions not specifically placed in the exempt service are in the career service.
The exempt service shall be comprised of the following:
A.
All elected officials and the members of boards and commissions.
B.
Persons employed as consultants rendering temporary professional services.
C.
Volunteer personnel and personnel appointed to serve without pay.
D.
Positions involving seasonal or part-time employment, unless specifically placed in the career service by personnel regulation.
E.
The City Attorney.
F.
Any position which by virtue of the City Charter is subject to an annual or periodic appointment.
G.
All contractual employees.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding the City from filling any position within the exempt service in a manner in which positions in the career service are filled.
When this chapter becomes effective, employees holding positions in the career service shall have career status if they have held their present positions for at least one year immediately preceding the effective date of this chapter. Employees with less than one year of service on the effective date of this chapter shall continue in a probationary status until they have served one year, at which time career status may be conferred, if they can qualify under the policies and procedures contained in the City's personnel rules and regulations handbook.