A. The Department of Mayor and Council shall have assigned to it the elected Mayor and elected Councilmembers, the private secretary to the Mayor and Council that is permitted by Charter, any additional Charter positions assigned to either the Mayor or Mayor and Council, and any positions assigned to the Department of Mayor and Council through the legislative process, including the budgetary process or such other means commonly recognized for assignment of personnel. Subject to the provisions of the Charter, positions so assigned to the Department of Mayor and Council shall be given an unclassified status.

B. The Mayor shall serve as Department head and appointing authority, except when designated otherwise by the Charter or by the Council. The appointing authority includes the power to appoint and the power to remove from office. Persons in positions, other than clerical, who are appointed by the Mayor shall be term-limited to correspond to the tenure of the Mayor, unless removed prior to the end of the Mayor’s term.

C. The Council may, by ordinance not in conflict with the Charter, designate the Council as the appointing authority for a position created through the legislative process. A person appointed by the Council in the Department of Mayor and Council may be removed by a majority vote of the members of the Council.

D. The Council may, by ordinance not in conflict with the Charter, designate an individual Councilmember as the appointing authority for those positions serving at the individual Councilmember’s direction. Council Assistants and Senior Council Assistants shall be appointed by the individual Councilmembers. Council Assistants and Senior Council Assistants shall be term-limited to correspond to the tenure of the individual, appointing Councilmember, unless removed prior to the end of the Councilmember’s term. (Ord. 3054 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2619 § 1, 1994).