§ 99. Civil Service Commission: Civil Service positions.

(a) Positions included.

2. All employees of the City of Baltimore, except as otherwise provided by the Charter or State law, shall be members of the Civil Service, with the exception of:

a. elected officials and those employees whom the elected officials have designated as members of their personal staffs.

b. Assistant City Solicitors.

d. with the exception of the Director of the Department of Legislative Reference, directors, or by whatever other name the chief administrative officer may be known, and the deputy directors, of all departments of the City.

e. all members of boards and commissions.

f. all professional employees of the Department of Education.

g. persons in positions of temporary or seasonal employment.

h. persons who, in the judgment of the Civil Service Commission, exercise policy-making discretion or occupy a position of special trust and confidence that is inconsistent with membership in the Civil Service.

3. Any dispute about whether a position is within the Civil Service shall be finally resolved by the Commission.

(b) Reemployment of director or deputy.

Upon leaving a position of director or deputy director, one who relinquished Civil Service status to assume that position shall, on application and with approval of the Commission, be placed on the re-employment list for his or her former classification.