1. Until such time as the Washington State Supreme Court or State Legislature determines that a city’s civil service system is not required to include noncommissioned personnel, all regular, full-time, noncommissioned personnel of the Police and Fire Departments who are not covered by Section 4.20.030 as commissioned or uniformed officers of such department or excluded from coverage by such section, and the incumbents holding such positions as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, are hereby included in the civil service system established by this chapter.

2. The City reserves the right to remove noncommissioned personnel listed above whether incumbents in the position or persons hired after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section. Such persons hereby are notified that their positions are subject to removal and no vested right shall be created by their temporary inclusion in the system or their removal from the system. Such persons are included in the civil service system and shall be hired, disciplined or removed from the system only in accordance with the provisions of this chapter until the City Council in its sole discretion deems it appropriate to remove such positions from civil service coverage.

3. The Civil Service Commission is authorized to delegate the design and administration of the testing process for clerical positions to the City of Redmond Human Resources Department under the supervision of the Commission’s Secretary/Chief Examiner. (Ord. 2581 § 3 (part), 2011).