400.15 - APPOINTING POWERS.

        400.15  APPOINTING POWERS.         All appointments or promotions to positions within the scope of      this chapter other than those of chief of police and chief of fire      department shall be made:         In cities under the commission form of government, by the      superintendents of the respective departments, with the approval of      the city council; in cities under the city manager plan, by the city      manager; in all other cities with the approval of the city council,      and in the police and fire departments by the chiefs of the      respective departments.         All such appointments or promotions shall promptly be reported to      the clerk of the commission by the appointing officer.  An appointing      authority may transfer an employee, other than police officers and      fire fighters, from one department to the same civil service      classification in another department, and such employee shall retain      the same civil service status.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5698; C39, § 5699.2;      C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 365.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.15]      
         Section History: Recent Form
         97 Acts, ch 162, § 8