Town of Wells, ME Article VI Administrative Departments

Sec. 6.01 Direction by Town Manager.

All departments and offices under the direction and supervision of the Town Manager may be administered by an officer appointed by and subject to the direction and supervision of the Town Manager.

Sec. 6.02 Personnel system.

(1) Appointments and promotions. All appointments and promotions of Town officers and employees, subject to the direction and supervision of the Town Manager, shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examinations or other evidence of competence.

(2) Personnel Director. The Town Manager shall be the Personnel Director.

(3) Personnel rules. The Personnel Director shall prepare personnel rules, which the Board of Selectmen shall adopt by ordinance with or without amendment. These rules shall provide for:

(a) The classification of all Town positions, based on the duties, authority and responsibility of each position, with adequate provision for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed circumstances;

(b) A pay plan for all Town positions;

(c) Methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment or promotion, demotion or dismissal;

(d) The policies and procedures regulating reduction in force and removal of employees;

(e) A retention and retirement plan for all Town employees;

(f) The hours of work, attendance regulations and provisions for sick and vacation leave;

(g) The policies and procedures governing persons holding provisional appointments;

(h) The policies and procedures governing relationships with employee organizations;

(i) Policies regarding in-service training programs;

(j) Grievance procedures, including procedures for the hearing of grievances by the Personnel Advisory Committee, which may render advisory opinions based on its findings to the Town Manager with a copy to the aggrieved employee;

(k) Provide for the manner of identifying and bonding personnel as deemed advisable; and

(l) Other practices and procedures necessary to the administration of the Town personnel system.

Sec. 6.03 Personnel Advisory Committee.

There shall be a Town Personnel Advisory Committee whose members and alternates shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen as provided in this Charter and in the Code of the Town of Wells. The Personnel Advisory Committee shall have such powers and perform such duties as provided by law and the Code of the Town of Wells.