B. As compensation for performing the additional duties of Clerk of Council, the Assistant City Manager shall be paid the sum of $500.00 per year. Such additional compensation shall be distributed over the year at the same intervals at which the Assistant City Manager presently receives a salary for the other duties performed for the City.

C.A. During any temporary absence of the Assistant City Manager in which he is not able to perform his additional duties as Clerk of Council, or vacancy in that role, an Acting Clerk of Council may be designated by the City Manager from among those persons then employed by the City. The person so appointed shall perform the functions of the Clerk of Council in addition to that employee's previously assigned duties.

D.B. Any employee, except the Assistant or Deputy City Manager, performing the duties of the office of serving as an Acting Clerk of Council shall receive additional compensation on an hourly basis for the time expended in attending Council meetings and performing related duties. Such compensation shall be paid at the same rate at which such employee is paid in his other position with the City, computed on the basis of an eight hour day, five days per week, and subject to the payment of overtime as may be required by law.

Existing Section 141.02, Merit System/Definitions, of the Oakwood Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows, with new text appearing in bold font and deleted text appearing in strike-through font:

A. Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 8.01, of the Charter, except as modified by Section 8.02, the merit system of employment shall prevail. Seniority shall be one factor in the determination of merit, but in no case shall seniority be deemed to supersede the application of merit employment principles. This principle of merit employment shall apply to hiring, promotion, ingrade increases and to the continued employment of any employee. It shall also be deemed to require employees to acquire and maintain the necessary skills, abilities and certifications to fulfill properly and completely the duties of the classification in which they are employed.

B. The following definitions shall apply under Chapter 141:

1. Appointing authority. The City Manager is the appointing authority for the City by authority of the City Charter.

2. Exempt classifications. Classifications specifically exempted from competitive examinations by the City Charter are:

• a)members of Council;
• b)Clerk of Council;
• c)City Manager;
• d)directors of the departments;
• e)secretary to the City Manager;
• f)assistant to the City Manager;
• g)members of boards and commissions appointed by the Council and Advisory Committees appointed by the City Manager;
• h)temporary employees of exceptional, professional or scientific qualifications engaged as consultants;
• i)unskilled laborers; and
• j)seasonal and part-time employees.
• k)Council may act by ordinance to designate other positions which may be filled (by original appointment or by promotion) without the necessity of such examinations. The positions of utility clerk Accounting Specialist I/II, city engineer City Engineer/Assistant Public Works Director, water plant operator Water Plant Superintendent, engineering technician, secretary to the director of public safety Dept. Head Administrative Assistant, account clerk II in the income tax department, secretary to the city engineer, secretary to the director of leisure services, assistant public works director, public works department foreman Public Works Department Foreman, motor equipment mechanic I/II, account clerk II in the finance department and custodian Custodian have been