[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the
Borough of Seaside Park as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-16-1945 by Ord. No. 430 (Ch. 60 of the 1970 Borough
Code)]
A.
Whereas,
at the general election held in November 1943, there was submitted
to the voters of the Borough of Seaside Park the question of whether
or not said Borough should adopt the provisions of the Civil Service
Act of the State of New Jersey, and said adoption was duly approved
and authorized by a majority of the voters of the Borough at said
election; and
B.
Whereas,
immediately thereafter the Civil Service Commission of the State of
New Jersey made a survey of all Borough officers and employees, covering
the duties, salaries and respective department of said employees;
and
C.
Whereas,
following such survey the Civil Service Commission has submitted to
the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Seaside Park two separate
and distinct schedules, as follows:
(1)
Schedule
1. A complete list of the employees of the Borough of Seaside Park,
giving suggested titles for each employee, the salary of the same
and the department to which such employee is assigned.
(2)
Schedule
2. A duties classification of the employees, setting forth suggested
titles to be used for the employees of the Borough, their respective
duties, typical tasks, minimum qualifications for the purpose of examination
and suggested schedules.
[1]
Editor's Note: For salary and wage provisions see the
current salary ordinance on file in the Borough offices.
[Amended 6-14-1973 by Ord. No. 704]
Following adoption of the schedules referred to in the preamble
above, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Seaside Park requested
a revaluation of classification of all employees, which revaluation
is now contained in a report of Reclassification Survey, 1973, prepared
by the Department of Civil Service of the State of New Jersey, consisting
of the following schedules which are hereby made part of this chapter
in their entirety the same as though they had been specifically set
forth herein, said schedules being filed with the Clerk of this Borough
coincident with the passing of this chapter:
A.
Schedule 1. A list of employees in the Borough of Seaside Park with
their dates of last permanent appointment, title and their proposed
status, title and divisional classification.
B.
Schedule 2. Class specifications in alphabetical order including
definitions, examples of work, educational and experience requirements,
and knowledge and abilities.
C.
Schedule 3.
(1)
An alphabetical list of titles of full-time positions in the classified
service and divisional classifications.
(2)
A schematic list of titles of full-time positions in the classified
service.
(3)
An alphabetical list of titles of part-time positions in the classified
service.
(4)
An alphabetical list of titles in the unclassified service, with
the statutory or other provisions placing the position in the unclassified
service.
[Amended 6-14-1973 by Ord. No. 704]
For the purpose of effecting and maintaining the classification
and salary standardization plan recommended by the Civil Service Commission
of the State of New Jersey, the following regulations be and they
are hereby adopted and shall be in full force and effect with respect
to all employees and positions in the Borough, said regulations to
apply to the contents of Schedules 1, 2 and 3 hereinabove referred
to and hereby adopted, as well as to the terms of this chapter.
The specifications herein provided shall apply to all existing
authorized offices, positions and employments or such as have been
established or created in the classified civil service in the Borough,
and shall supersede all groupings of employments not consistent thereto
and shall be applied subject to the conditions in these regulations.
The specifications herein provided shall not in themselves be
construed to define or prescribe the organization or procedure under
which employees shall work, nor to limit or restrict the responsible
administrative officials in exercising supervision or assigning such
other duties as may be in the interest of good administration or necessary
in case of emergency; provided, however, that this chapter shall not
be interpreted as authorization to assign, detail or transfer an employee
to a position involving duties of an essentially different character.
The standard titles as set forth in Schedule 1 shall be applied
to all existing offices, positions and employments in the classified
civil service of the Borough. Changes in titles shall not alter or
affect the salaries of permanent incumbents of offices or positions
so rearranged.
The standard titles shall be used to designate positions in
all reports to the Civil Service Commission, departmental records,
and all payrolls or accounts of salaries and wages of all departments,
institutions and commissions submitted to the Civil Service Commission
for check and certification.
All departmental requests for additions to or changes in the
specifications involving either the classification or compensation
schedules, together with full reporting of maintenance requests, shall
be first presented to the Mayor and Council, which shall, as it deems
proper, forward the requests, together with their recommendations,
to the Civil Service Commission for investigation and consideration.
No reclassification, change in compensation schedules or maintenance
allowances shall be effective until it has the approval of the Mayor
and Council and the Civil Service Commission.
When new positions are to be created, there shall be submitted
by the department head, through the Mayor and Council to the Civil
Service Commission, a statement of the duties, qualification requirements
and matters effecting the proper classification, title, grade and
compensation, and the necessity for the creation of such position.
No office or employment shall be considered new unless the duties
thereof are found to be substantially different from those of every
other existing position in the classified service of the Borough.
When the Civil Service Commission shall find that an office or employment
is in fact new or that the requested changes affecting any existing
position should be made, the Commission shall so classify such position
under appropriate service, grade and title and it shall become a part
of the classification of the Borough upon approval of the Mayor and
Council and the Civil Service Commission.
Appointments to newly created or vacant offices or employments
shall be made at the lowest rate within the standard range of compensation
for such office or employment. In cases of promotion where the employee
to be promoted is receiving compensation equal to or greater than
the minimum rate established for the position to which promotions
is to be made, appointment shall be made at the next salary rate higher
than the compensation now received by such employee.
Advancement to the next higher rate within the range of compensation
provided for a particular position shall be conditional upon service
at each rate for at least the period specified in the schedules, or
later, determined upon by the Mayor and Council and upon satisfactory
efficiency in the performance of the specified duties.
An advance in compensation from rate to rate within the range
for each position shall be made at such periods as may be determined
upon by the Mayor and Council for all officers and employees who are
eligible to advance, after the completion of the designated period
of satisfactory service. Unless otherwise provided, proof of satisfactory
and meritorious service shall be established for all employees in
the classified civil service, through efficiency records of the departments,
which shall be kept in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations
and in the form approved by the Civil Service Commission.
Where efficiency records are kept in any office in accordance
with the Civil Service Act, no advancement in a salary shall be granted
to an employee whose average net efficiency for the six months preceding
the date or request for advancement in salary is less than 75%.
Nothing in these regulations, the rules of the Civil Service
Commission or the action of the Mayor and Council in adopting the
classification and salary standardization plan shall be construed
to mean that it shall be mandatory upon the head of the department,
institution or commission to advance an officer or employee to the
next higher salary rate within the range of compensation provided
for the position, merely because such officer or employee has served
at the lower salary rate for a certain period of time.
An increase above the maximum salary rate of an existing position shall not be made except in case of increased duties or responsibilities which actually involve a change of position, or until changes in the prevailing compensation schedule for the position or positions in question are made as provided in § 79-8.
Promotions from one class to the next higher class of position
in the classified civil service shall involve a change of duties and
shall be made only when a vacancy has been created by resignation,
transfer, death or dismissal, or when the needs of the service require
additional employees in the higher positions.
All employees of the Borough on November 2, 1943, the date on
which civil service was adopted in the Borough of Seaside Park, who
are presently employees of the Borough, shall continue in the salaries
which they are now receiving until the same are changed as provided
in these regulations.
All employees appointed since the adoption of civil service
in the Borough of Seaside Park, namely, since November 2, 1943, shall,
upon the adoption hereof, take the minimum salary prescribed by the
schedules hereby adopted for the classification or position to which
they shall have been appointed.
All new employees appointed after the adoption of the classification
and compensation plan shall be appointed at the minimum rate established
for such positions.
All employees now receiving the maximum of the salary established
for such employees, or more than the maximum so established in this
classification and compensation plan, shall not receive further advancements
in compensation as long as they continue to serve in such classification
or position.
[Adopted 7-28-2016 by Ord. No. 1709]
All full-time employees and elected public officials who receive
compensation from the Borough of Seaside Park are mandated to have
direct deposit of their compensation as of September 1, 2016, in accordance
with Chapter 28, P.L. 2013, as defined under N.J.S.A. 52:14-15f(b).
Seasonal and temporary employees who are employed by the Borough
of Seaside Park are exempt from the direct deposit mandate.
Municipal employees may request, in writing, an exemption from
the direct deposit mandate to the Borough's Administrator. Such
requests will be presented to the Borough's governing body within
14 days. The Mayor and Council may grant such an exemption by resolution
and only for good cause.
