The Town Manager shall adopt rules and regulations
establishing a personnel system. The personnel system shall make use
of modern concepts of personnel management and may include, but not
be limited to, the following elements: a method of administration;
personnel policies indicating the rights, obligations and benefits
of employees; a classification plan; a compensation plan; a method
of recruiting and selecting employees based upon merit principles;
a centralized record keeping system; a performance evaluation system;
disciplinary procedures; and other elements that are determined necessary.
All town agencies and positions shall be subject to the rules and
regulations adopted under this section excluding employees of the
school department, the libraries of the town and the airport commission.