The council shall provide for a comprehensive public employment system for all full-time regular employees of the city except the heads of departments. The system shall provide for a classification of all employments in the public service, as specified herein; open and competitive examinations and/or interviews to determine qualifications for employment; employment and promotions based upon merit, experience and record of service; establishment of pay scales; and such other matters as the council may deem proper. All public employment rules and regulations shall be adopted pursuant to standards and general procedures established by ordinance. The public employment system has two components consisting of the civil service and career service systems. The career service system consists of regular full-time nonuniformed employees of the city, other than the manager and department heads. The civil service system consists of the uniformed members of the fire and police departments. The following Charter provisions in this Article III of the Charter relate to the civil service system. (Ord. No. 87-202, § 15, 11-3-1987)