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REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITE' & COUNTY. OF HONOLULU 1973 ARTICLE VI EXECUTIVE BRANCH – P.AN__GING DIRECTOR AND AGENCIES • DIRECTLY UNDER THE MANAGING .DIRECTOR • Section 6-207. Liquor Commission—The organization and the duties and functions of the liquor commission of the City and County of Honolulu shall be as provided by law, except that the commission shall . be attached to the department of finance. CHAPTER 3 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE , Section 6=301. Organization— There shall be a department of civil ' service which shall consist of a director of civil service, a civil service commission and the necessary staff. The director of civil service shall be the administrative head of the department of civil service. Section 6-302. Statement of Policy—It is hereby declared to be the • purpose of this chapter of the charter to establish in the city a system of I ' personnel administration based on merit principles and generally accepted methods governing the classification of positions and the . employment, conduct, movement and separation of public officers and employees. • It is also declared to be the purpose of this chapter of the charter to build a career service which will attract, select and retain, on a merit basis, the best qualified civil servants who shall hold their offices or positions, free from coercive political influences, with incentives in the form of genuine opportunities for promotions in order that they may provide competent and impartial service to the public according to the • dictates of ethics and morality. In order to achieve these purposes, it is • the declared policy of the city that the, personnel system hereby . established be applied and administered in accordance with the following merit principles: (a) Equal opportunity for all regardless of age, race, sex, religion or politics. (b) Impartial selection of the ablest person for government service by means of competitive tests which are fair. (c) Just opportunity for competent employees to be promoted within the service. ': (d) Reasonable job security for the competent employee. (e) Systematic classification of all positions through adequate ' a job evaluation. . (f) Proper balance in employer-employee relations between the • people, as the employer, and employees, as individual citizens, to achieve a well trained and productive working force_ Section 6-303. Civil Service and Executive Branch Exemptions—The provisions of this chapter of the charter shall apply to all positions in the • service, of the executive branch. This section shall apply to semi- autonomous agencies as though they are departments of the executive branch. The positionsfollowing s shall be exempt'from the provisions of this chapter of the charter: . (a) Positions of officers elected by public vote; positions of 24 _