All officers and employees of a statutory strong-mayor-council city shall be divided into the classified and the unclassified service. The unclassified service shall consist of:
1. The mayor and councilmembers, one secretary of the mayor, if any, the municipal judge, and one clerk or secretary of the municipal court, if any;
2. All personnel appointed, elected or confirmed by the council;
3. Members and secretaries of boards, commissions and other plural authorities; 4. All personnel who serve without compensation; and
5. Persons appointed or employed on a temporary basis to make or conduct a special audit, inquiry, investigation, study, examination or installation, or to perform a temporary professional or technical service, subject to exclusions, limitations and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance or personnel rules.
All other officers and employees shall be in the classified service.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 11-121, eff. July 1, 1978.