§ 18-107. Merit system.

   (a) Establishment authorized. -- The Commission may establish a merit system that includes all of its employees except:

   (1) the general manager, secretary, treasurer, and chief engineer;

   (2) the head of a department; and

   (3) a part time, temporary, or contract employee.

(b) Appointments and promotions. -- The Commission may:

   (1) appoint or promote a merit system employee to the position of general manager or department head or designate a merit system employee as the general manager or department head on an acting basis;

   (2) retain the employee in the merit system in the position or grade from which the employee was appointed or promoted; and

   (3) continue to exclude the positions of general manager and department head from the merit system.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 29, § 11-102(a); 2010, ch. 37, § 3.