§ 12.02. Civil service commission—Number, qualifications, selection and term of members.

The commission shall consist of five (5) members who shall have an interest in civil service and merit principles in the public service, who shall otherwise have the qualifications prescribed in section 11.102 of this Charter and who shall serve without compensation. No member of the commission shall hold any public office or position nor be a member of any local, state or national political committee.

The members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor and shall be confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the whole membership of the council. One member of the commission shall be initially appointed for a period of one (1) year; one for two (2) years; one for three (3) years; one for four (4) years; and one for five (5) years. Thereafter, appointments shall be for terms of five (5) years, except that when a vacancy occurs prior to the end of a term, the member appointed to fill the same shall hold under such appointment only for the unexpired term. One member of the commission shall be a person actively engaged in the practice of law, one shall be a representative of business or industry, one shall be a representative of labor, and the remaining members shall be chosen without reference to profession or occupation.